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Cocoa planting is destroying protected forests in west Africa, study finds | Deforestation

Global trade in chocolate, worth more than $1tn a year, is leading to widespread deforestation in Ivory Coast and Ghana The worlds hunger for chocolate is a major cause of the destruction of protected forests in west Africa, scientists have said.

Eye Mama what motherhood looks like | Culture

Eye Mama is a global photography project conceived by Karni Arieli to document the varied experiences of home and family. Featuring the work of more than 200 female and non-binary artists, a book of the images is published by teNeues

Joana Vasconcelos: Wedding Cake review giant woodland gateau is an absurd slice of joy

Waddesdon Manor, BuckinghamshireThis lovingly crafted tower in Lord Rothschilds grove is kitsch and beautiful with glossy icing, dolphins, putti, mermaids and Cupids in crisp pastel colours. What a preposterous masterpiece!

My favourite album: Risqu by Chic

Chic's third album came out in 1979, the same year as Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Earth Wind & Fire's I Am, those other symphonic disco classics. I always thought it had as much in common with Talking Heads' Fear of Music and PiL's Metal Box, also from 1979 and featuring a darker kind

Switzerlands brilliant new train route: direct from Montreux to Interlaken

The GoldenPass line has long been known for incredible views, but now a pioneering engineering feat has made it even more attractive As the train winds up the hillside above Lac Lmans north shore, leaving Montreux behind, I know exactly where were heading because Ive done this journey before. The bustle of the so-called Swiss