Tax advisers have warned Britons against the idea of flying to a sunny bolt-hole and working from their favourite holiday spots this winter as increasingly stringent rules force many back to home working. People “working from anywhere” face fines or investigations from foreign tax authorities if they stay too long, […]

Kent, Hertfordshire, Sussex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Essex make up the Home Counties; the girdle that rings London, nipped in by the M25. Increasingly, there are some serious bits of Green Belt glamour tucked into the oft-stereotyped commuter-land, including the brand new Birch in Hertfordshire with its rescue chickens and […]

There might have been a time when working from home seemed too good to be true, but no more. The U.S. economy was already shifting toward more remote jobs even before the coronavirus pandemic struck. Now, with social distancing in place, working from home is more critical than ever. Using […]

Sean CoughlanEducation correspondent image copyrightPeter Byrne Getting university students home for the Christmas holidays has become a political priority – and the plans to make it possible are getting more complicated by the day. There are proposals for a mass testing programme for students and for stopping any in-person teaching […]

Refinery29 Get A Leg Up On Holiday Shopping With Prime Day’s Best Gift Deals Halloween hasn’t hit yet, but (right on cue) the nearest Hobby Lobby is already stocking evergreen wreaths, tree ornaments, and creepy elves for our shelves — all an alarming reminder that the holiday season isn’t actually […]

CDC releases COVID-19 guidelines for Halloween Besides trick-or-treating, the CDC also identified trunk-or-treating, indoor costume parties, haunted houses, hayrides and tractor rides, and rural fall festivals as high-risk COVID-19 activities. ExploreMake sure COVID doesn’t come home for holidays “Thanksgiving is a time when many families travel long distances to celebrate […]

The Bachelorette Clare Crawley’s long-awaited journey to find love has finally begun. She and all her suitors successfully endured quarantine and multiple COVID-19 tests, so they can mingle within the Bachelorette bubble in Palm Springs, CA, and season 16 can go on (mostly) as planned. Yes, one guy did literally […]

Linda Miller has found a happy medium. She lives in Warrenton, Va., which puts her right in between her job as an executive assistant at the economic consulting firm Bates White in Northwest Washington and her 86-year-old parents’ home in Harrisonburg, Va. Before the novel coronavirus forced many workers out […]

When the pandemic hit, the main problem for television productions was how you could possibly make shows in these times. The next and related problem was how you could possibly make shows about these times. Producers first tackled these related problems, technical and narrative, in special episodes like the “Parks […]

Learning outside of the home, what once seemed a common activity but now a precious rarity, is back in downtown. After six months of closure, downtown’s Explore More Discovery Museum reopened last week under limited hours and reduced capacity for pre-scheduled play sessions. Museum Director Lisa Shull said staff has […]

Travel shows are the only thing I watch for fun these days. Many factors have led to this choice, with the most obvious being our collective inability to travel anywhere during this pandemic. But other contributing factors certainly include the logistical aspect of most good shows halting production (and not […]

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. KB Home (NYSE: KBH) today announced the grand opening of Flatiron Meadows Villas, a new enclave of paired homes situated in a premier master-planned community that offers a unique Colorado lifestyle, combining comfort and modern design with […]

Having a night in by yourself? Being alone at home doesn’t have to be boring! If you are looking to do something different, here is a list of great ideas for you to do when you are alone at home. What’s special about all of these activities? They are all […]

A view of Stateline, Edgewood and Lake Tahoe.Bill Rozak / Tahoe Daily Tribune When the pandemic hit back in March, Nic Owens’ job at a renewable infrastructure company in San Francisco, like so many others, transitioned to work-from-home. Though his company could be flexible at times with remote working in […]

The 2010s ushered in the modern age of smart home technology, complete with affordable voice assistants, design-forward thermostats that adjust for you and robot vacuums you control from your phone.  But smart home products existed long before the 21st century.  For more like this Subscribe to the Smart Home newsletter, receive […]

HAYS – Anybody who wants to can now view the fossil collections at Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays without leaving home. That means more than 23,000 rock and fossil specimens, most of them housed in storage cabinets behind the scenes on the museum’s first floor, are now accessible […]