Licorice

Eating small amounts of licorice, in keeping with the World Health Organization’s suggested daily intake, may still cause high blood pressure in otherwise healthy young people, a new study has found. The findings highlight the need for caution when consuming the sweet black treat.Black licorice is one of those divisive foods; you either love the taste or you hate it. It’s made from the root of the Glycyrrhiza glabra plant, which has been used medicinally for centuries to treat various conditions such as lung, liver,…

Welcome to the Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up! The column spotlights crowdfunding campaigns by queer creators, disabled creators, women creators, and creators of color, which we think are a great investment, whether for a one-shot story or a sprawling anthology. This week’s round-up includes the latest from the female-led publisher Unlikely Heroes Studios, an all-ages story inspired by Finnish folklore, and one woman’s journey chronicling her life in comics for five years. Are you ready to dive in? Let’s get going!…

Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film is a love story set in 1973, and far too interesting and complicated to be called “coming-of-age”. A grinningly fast-talking 15-year-old boy meets a bored 25-year-old woman who works as assistant to a photographer taking pictures for the high-school yearbook. She is in equal parts amused, intrigued and depressed when this kid starts hitting on her and she realises that she is somehow interested in him.Anderson makes glorious movie stars of his two newcomers. Cooper Hoffman, son of the late…