According to the Oxford Dictionary, halcyon refers to "a period of calm, happiness, or prosperity; (as a mass noun) calm, ...

A team of Department of Environment and Natural Resources technical staff excitedly peered through a bird-watching telescope. Their subject: a tiny brown-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon gularis) perched ...

At other times, most of Kolkata’s thoroughfares are nothing more than humdrum stretches. Yet, come spring, a delightful ...

Apparently, we can let sleeping DOGEs lie: Elon Musk has been sleeping on the floor in his office across the street from the White House, unnamed “Republican sources in Musk’s orbit” told People in a ...

The Cruel Sea. Universal Music Australia ★★★★ It’s been 24 years since The Cruel Sea last released an album. It seems almost ...

In my halcyon years as a party boy I’d drag home at 4am and now ... I go to the supermarket for my weekly shop at 7.30 every Friday morning. It’s quiet. For early birds it’s annoying that some shops ...

In my halcyon years as a party boy I’d drag home ... It’s quiet. For early birds it’s annoying that some shops now open at 10am and not 9am. Why? Older people often avoid going out at ...