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• Five Legendary U.S. Hotels Unveil Over-the-Top Renovations

  06-11-2016 21:00
  
  These five U.S. hotels are upping the ante with luxurious new looks…
  
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• Open secret: sexual abuse haunts children in indigenous communities

  06-11-2016 20:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Freda Ens says she was a baby when her birth mother sold her for a bottle of beer.The buyer was an unrelated man she would later call "Grandfather." Her earliest memories include being sexually molested by a number of men in his extended family."I don't ever remember being able to say, 'No,...
  
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• No to opera houses; yes to rivers – the dos and don’ts of scattering ashes

  06-11-2016 18:00
  
  When an opera buff sprinkled his friend’s remains in the orchestra pit of the Met, it caused a terror scare. Here’s a quick guide to ash-scattering etiquetteIf “dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return”, the Bible offers little guidance about how – and where – this final reconstitution should occur in the modern age of cremation. The proportion of deaths in the UK that were followed by cremation tipped over half in 1968, according to the Cremation Societ
  
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• Thailand Getaway Built Around Natural Rock Formations

  06-11-2016 17:00
  
  Featuring stunning sea views and a secluded garden with large natural rock formations, Samujana Holiday Villa 11A is an exotic retreat in Ko Samui, Thailand. The residence is a treat in itself, but also offers a privileged hillside position for contemplating the neighboring sights. Located just minutes from Samui International Airport and the stunning beaches of Choeng Mon and popular Chaweng, this is a holiday escape at its best.The residence is a treat in itself, but also offers a privileged h
  
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• Dazzling Ashoka Diamond Cut Comes to the States

  06-11-2016 17:00
  
  Kwiat has partnered with William Goldberg to produce a new collection of rings, earrings, bracelets, and necklaces that feature Ashoka-cut diamonds
  New York diamond houses Kwiat and William Goldberg team up for a special diamond collection…
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• The anxiety and stress Remembrance Day holds for many damaged soldiers

  06-11-2016 14:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  TORONTO - After returning from Rwanda, retired lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire avoided Remembrance Day "like the plague."The prospect of donning his uniform for a public ceremony, or even watching a televised parade, was too much after witnessing countless atrocities during that failed...
  
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• 12 DIY Projects to Try in November

  06-11-2016 14:00
  
  As the weather gets colder and days get shorter, we’re hunkering down in our homes. For me and many of my friends, I’ll admit that means cozying up on our couches and catching up on all of the Netflix we missed in the summer months.Spending more time at home also gives me the yearning for new decor for my space. Enter these 12 DIY projects, which are perfect to keep your hands busy while you binge on a new show, or keep you entertained all on their own.Here are 12 fun DIY projects to
  
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• Nigel Slater’s nuts recipes

  06-11-2016 13:59
  
  In a delicate tart or with fruit and seeds in a salad, nuts take centre stageA cluster of toasted nuts in a soft syrup tart. A jumble of grains with pomegranate seeds and cashews. A Picnic bar or even a Snickers. There is much satisfaction in the crunch of seeds and nuts alongside the softness of syrup, sweet molasses or honey, a layer of soft caramel or chewy strings of toffee. You can harness that in a pecan tart or chocolate bar, but also in a homemade salad, nubbly with barley, nuts and seed
  
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• How a robot could be grandma’s new carer

  06-11-2016 11:59
  
  With an ageing population and care costs rising, robots and smart homes may be a solution. But would you want a plastic dog to look after your loved ones?Sitting in a studio in Kensington, London, the designer Sebastian Conran walks me through a worst-case scenario. “Basically, what it’s looking for is a break in routine,” he explains, pointing to a drawing of an elderly woman, collapsed on the floor of her home. “There’s an event. The e-sensor in the room notices t
  
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• Why do successful women like Hillary Clinton get under so many people's skin?

  06-11-2016 10:00
  
  There’s nothing the public enjoys more than a high-flying woman brought low, argues Sady Doyle, and nothing we like less than a woman who refuses to play the gameHillary Clinton has a unique talent to make people viscerally angry. Just look at the footage from Trump rallies: supporters carry “Lyin Hillary” dolls hung from miniature nooses, cry “Lock her up” and “Hang her in the streets”, and wear Trump That Bitch T-shirts. You could chalk this up to Trum
  
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• The problem with maternity discrimination and the mumpreneur

  06-11-2016 10:00
  
  If employment conditions were more just, fewer mothers would have to go it aloneDuring my maternity leave I had a conversation with a guy at a party, where he regretfully told me that as long as men couldn’t give birth, equality would never be a reality. Perhaps women just aren’t meant to work, he concluded. Maybe not! I replied brightly, later deciding not to tell him he was trailing toilet paper from his shoe.I felt really lucky a couple of months later, to return to a job that I c
  
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• Eddie Redmayne: ‘I loved Harry Potter, so I don’t want to screw up’

  06-11-2016 09:30
  
  He suffers for his art, whether it’s curling his spine into Stephen Hawking’s wheelchair or acting opposite imaginary animals in Fantastic Beasts. But in life, finds Tim Lewis, he’s the easiest, wittiest companyWhen he was nine years old, maybe 10, a small, freckly, flame-haired Eddie Redmayne auditioned to be in the West End production of the Irving Berlin musical Annie Get Your Gun. Acting was a new thing for him and before the casting call he found himself dreaming – b
  
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• The morning Fidel Castro held a flight for me

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  Havana, the 1990s, and after an all-night chatting session with the Cuban leader David Tang fears he’ll miss his planeI first met Fidel Castro when I secured the right to export Cuban cigars to Asia. It was around 1992. We were driven to meet him in one of his homes, as he was very supportive of the Cuban cigar industry. It was a sort of bunker on the outskirts of Havana. We went downstairs into a basement that looked out on to a lowered garden, which was very beautiful.I arrived for dinne
  
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• The eco guide to house plants

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  Plants help to purify the air and process out pollutantsBreathing is given remarkably little air time. But a comprehensive report on outdoor air quality worldwide emerged from the World Health Organisation recently, linking 3 million deaths a year to air pollution.It’s enough to keep you indoors. Unfortunately there’s declining air quality inside, too, particularly from concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This chemical class includes formaldehyde and toluene and lead
  
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• Super-size cat’s eye flicks

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  Big, bold wings as seen on the Dior runwayThe cat’s eye flick has become almost a neutral. No longer seen as ultra-glam or retro, it can be dieted down to a subtle line or, as on the Dior couture catwalks, blown up into a big, bold wing. Black nods to punk, gold nods to disco. Use the end of the eyebrow as an anchor, and head towards there from the top of your lashes with a felt-tipped eyeliner. Draw another line from under the lash line to the point of your wing, then colour in the gap.Ge
  
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• Riot of colour in a 1960s semi

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  Zinging prints and midcentury art turn Rocco Catalano’s small Northamptonshire house into a box of tricks
  “If I could go back in time, I’d live in Italy in the 1960s. I’d be zooming up and down cobbled streets on a Vespa, surrounded by colour and art, hanging out with all the other crazy cats.” It’s fair to say that Rocco Catalano works, lives and breathes retro. The house he shares with his partner, Peter Daniels, zings with the colours and shapes of midcentu
  
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• Jaya, Llandudno: restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  The Welsh town is famous for its Edwardian elegance and grand seafront. But for Jay the real delight is this hidden gem…Jaya, 36 Church Walks, Llandudno LL30 2HN (01492 818 198). Meal for two, including drinks and service: £70They are playing bridge in the ballroom of the Imperial Hotel, Llandudno. Outside, early autumn winds tease the sea into peaks the colour of tarnished silver and the road along the front is slicked from the showers just passed. Inside, all is spades over hearts
  
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• Gardens: the surprising benefits of acid rain

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  Sulphur is a key plant nutrient and we often don’t get enoughWho isn’t nostalgic about the 1980s – the era of mullets, electro pop, family sitcoms and, of course, acid rain? I used to sit up late to watch the Nine O’Clock News, showing the ecological devastation that sulphuric acid raining down from the sky had on forests and waterways across the world. Yet the decline over the past 30 years in the emissions of toxic sulphur dioxide in air pollution that once caused this
  
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• Easy Rider Bonsai: bike review | Martin Love

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  An attractive wood-framed balance bike which will get your little Laura Trott or mini Mark Cavendish off to a flying startStabilisers are out. These days it’s all about balance bikes. That’s good news for kids as they’ll learn to ride more quickly – but it does mean they’ll miss out on that glorious moment when your rattling, scraping stabilisers were finally unscrewed and you cruised off on two wheels for the first time. Balance bikes are just small bikes without p
  
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• Blades of glory: my life with knives

  06-11-2016 07:00
  
  From an ancient bread knife to the latest Japanese sushi slicer, Tim Hayward looks into our obsession with the cutting edgeI came down to an empty kitchen one morning and saw my everyday knife sitting alone on the work surface. With the early morning light glancing off its blade, it looked, well, lethal. How weird it seemed, to have this thing sitting in my kitchen every day, this purpose-built tool for cutting things up, an object with the same sort of potential for mayhem as a loaded handgun &
  
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• My wife had cancer but my family didn’t call or visit | Mariella Frostrup

  06-11-2016 06:59
  
  A man says his mum and siblings did nothing while his wife had a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Mariella Frostrup says he must demand answersThe dilemma In February my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was devastating news for her – and for me and our son. After chemotherapy, physiotherapy, radiotherapy and a mastectomy, she has now, thankfully, been given the all-clear. But my mother, brother and sister did nothing to help us in our darkest moments. Not one phone call or visit, noth
  
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• From Nordic noir to hygge hype – how Scandi style took over the high street

  06-11-2016 01:05
  
  The success of Nordic fashion, architecture and design means we’re all Scandinavians nowDuring the first half of this decade, if you looked hard enough, any man with an interest in style was dressed like a Scandinavian. Fast-forward to this winter, and it seems that we are all Scandinavians now. When Topman launches a “Malmö collection”, it’s the same cosy aesthetic that helped make The Killing’s Sofie Gråbøl a star that has clearly achieved total
  
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• Observer sudoku killer

  06-11-2016 01:01
  
  Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within grey lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by grey lines.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls cost £1.03 per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at standard rate). Continue reading...
  
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• Outdoor living: winter coats for men – in pictures

  06-11-2016 00:45
  
  Stride into winter with a traditional classic wool coat that’s long on style and big on warmth Continue reading...
  
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