Lara Williams

  • Inside Manchester’s First Japanese Tea Bar

    Tokyo tea expert Mei Lee wants to introduce Manchester to the art of the Japanese tea ceremony, a drinking ritual involving matcha and mochi that can last for several hours.

  • The Rise of the Vegan Bro

    Once the realm of hemp fans and people who smoke apple bongs, veganism is now overrun with “bros”—guys who think meat is for pussies and call tofu “the tits.”

  • The Rise of the Vegan Bro

    Once the preserve of hemp fans and people who smoke apple bongs, veganism is now overrun with “bros”—guys who think meat is for pussies and call tofu “the tits.” But does such frat boy rhetoric actually help the movement?

  • The Rise of the Vegan Bro

    Once the preserve of hemp fans and people who smoke apple bongs, veganism is now overrun with “bros”—guys who think meat is for pussies and call tofu “the tits.” But does such frat boy rhetoric actually help the movement?

  • A ‘Living Room with a Licence’ Is Strengthening This Manchester Community

    “In Stretford, there isn’t much of a sense of pride towards the community,” says Heather Garlick, who opened her homely bar in the Manchester suburb two years ago. “I wanted to create somewhere integrated.”

  • What Our Love of Sadistic Pranks Tells Us About Ourselves

    Scientists know where fear comes from—it's triggered by the feeling of losing control or being rendered powerless in some way. But why is it now a cultural obsession?