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• British Columbia’s Most Extreme Heli-Skiing Trip

  11-12-2016 19:00
  
  British Columbia’s Kuldo Valley
  British Columbia’s most adrenaline-pumping heli-ski experience…Mark Sissons
  
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• Kenya's Maasai break with coming-of-age tradition to save the lion

  11-12-2016 18:10
  
  KIMANA, Kenya (Reuters) - Under the shadow of a snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, hundreds of Maasai boys brave the morning chill to take part in a ritual that marks their coming of age.
  
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• Light and Space Issues Solved with this Innovative Glass Atrium

  11-12-2016 16:00
  
  Steffen Welsch Architects took Parkville Connect House in Melbourne, Australia as an opportunity to think creatively about a common problem.  Their glass atrium offers a unique approach to bringing light and living space into older homes, which often lack these two modern essentials.  As an added bonus, the design uses passive design principles for efficient ventilation.The reenvisioned layout has a communal family space in the glazed infill.  The room is filled with light and pro
  
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• What makes celebrity meltdowns entertainment instead of tragedy? | David Ferguson

  11-12-2016 14:00
  
  Spurned in the Grammy nominations shortly after a hospital stay, Kanye West is just the latest celeb whose mental health is tabloid goldWhen I was in my 20s, I remember my therapist patiently listening to me complain about how out-of-my-depth I often felt around other gay men. I was asking her why they always seemed so effortlessly aloof and cool, whereas I was – and to some extent, still am – a slobbering golden retriever of a person, quivering with eagerness to be your new best fri
  
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• Nigel Slater’s Christmas vegetarian loaf

  11-12-2016 13:00
  
  If you don’t eat meat, this loaf could be your centrepiece – or else you could just enjoy it with the roast turkeyI made a vegetable loaf the other day, seed-encrusted and flecked with herbs, a practice run for the big feast itself. A tangle of root vegetables, parsnips and carrots mostly, coarsely grated and held together with buttery onion and a little egg, the plan is that it will be the vegetarian option, though it would make a fine accompaniment for the roast bird. Soft and givi
  
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• Monty Don: ‘I like dogs because they are not humans’

  11-12-2016 13:00
  
  The nation’s favourite gardener on his bond with the subject of his current book – his pet dogs – and why he won’t be appearing on TV shows with ‘celebrity’ in the titleIt’s incongruous to sit with Monty Don in a Soho restaurant. His grin demands a backdrop of hedgerow and coppice, not the clogged London streetscape outside Quo Vadis. When we meet for lunch the restaurant is in a late stage of refurbishment so the exterior is temporarily scaffolded and o
  
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• Gloria Steinem: 'Fewer people will say we live in a post-racist, post-feminist world'

  11-12-2016 13:00
  
  The women’s rights activist plans to keep fighting against injustice beyond age 82 and uplift the ‘new burst of feminist energy’ ready to take on Trump’s presidencyGloria Steinem intends to be at the forefront of a “full-on revolt” in the US against the incoming administration of Donald Trump, and the celebrated feminist has no plans to slow down at the age of 82.Related: Gloria Steinem: 'If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament'Continue readin
  
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• Artist works to preserve Christian heritage in Hamas-run Gaza

  11-12-2016 11:37
  
  GAZA (Reuters) - Only about 1,200 Christians remain in Gaza -- only a tiny fraction of the population in a territory run by Hamas Islamists -- but artist Naser Jeldha is doing what he can to preserve...
  
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• The best thing I ate in 2016

  11-12-2016 10:00
  
  From a homemade birthday cake to wild pig in the Yucatán, the big names in food, including Nigella Lawson, René Redzepi and Nadiya Hussain, recall their favourite eating experiences of 2016Fat chips with feta at Gazi, Melbourne:
  chosen by Nigella Lawson, food writer and broadcasterIf I tell you that the best thing I ate this year was in January, please don’t think that the rest of my eating year has been a disappointment: know that I would never allow that to be the case. I h
  
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• Greg Rutherford: ‘Strictly helped me to not dwell on the Rio Olympics’

  11-12-2016 10:00
  
  The Olympic gold-winning long jumper on going off the rails, his debt to his dogs – and the fun of his nine weeks on Strictly Come DancingLast month you were the ninth celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing. You seemed almost teary – how upset were you?
  It was always going to be disappointing, because you want to go as far as you possibly can. It takes up all of your life: I was in the training room with Nat probably 10 to 12 hours a day most days. But equally, I could see the
  
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• The great Christmas 2016 taste test

  11-12-2016 09:00
  
  Observer Food Monthly’s cast of Dickensian players feast on the high street’s cakes, cheese and chocolates. Which are the best buys? And did anyone ask for more?Continue reading...
  
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• Roy Hudd: ‘I saw Dick Whittington and spent a fortnight on all fours impersonating a cat’

  11-12-2016 09:00
  
  The comedian and classic pantomime dame on the secrets of stage goo and the joy of condensed milkI don’t remember eating with Mum or Dad. Dad wasn’t around in Croydon, then Mum died while I was evacuated out in Maidford. Afterwards Gran managed to bring us up on her £2 and 15 shillings pension and still found spare coins for seats at the Croydon Empire every Tuesday evening. I remember seeing Dick Whittington there and then impersonating a cat for the next fortnight – lap
  
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• What is your earning potential across your life? Quiz | Ben Ambridge

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  Your answers to just two questions will tell you what your financial life chances areAccording to a recent report, you only need to answer two very simple questions about your childhood to find out your earning potential for your whole life. When you were 10 years old did you live in an urban or rural area? And, secondly, how many non-school books were there in the house: (a) 0-10 or (b) 11 or more?A study by the World Economic Forum found that, on average, an additional year of education boosts
  
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• The ethical guide to the Anthropocene

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  We humans have polluted our world into a new geological epochIf you’re feeling unsettled by the Brexit/Trump future, consider this: since the 1950s humans have ramped up the pressure on the planet to such an extent that we have very likely propelled ourselves into a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene. Now that’s what geologists call change. The thing that freaks me out is that it’s rarely mentioned.To unwrap that: for the past 10,000 years or so, we have hung out com
  
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• Temper, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  Smoke gets in your eyes at Temper, but it’s the sumptuous rendered meat that will make you weepTemper, 25 Broadwick Street, London W1F 0DF (020 3879 3834). Meal for two, including drinks and service: £100After dinner at Temper I slept with the smell of dinner in my hair. I stank of wood smoke, rendered animal and testosterone. That’s what restaurants with big, manly smoke pits are like. They leave their mark on your nostrils and your hair and your psyche. I was derailed by the
  
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• Tales from Wales: meet the couple behind Do Lectures

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  Escaping the city for a farmhouse near Cardigan, the Hieatts found a new way of living – and workingClare Hieatt remembers how the idea of moving to a Welsh farmhouse began to take shape. “I saw a photograph by Juergen Teller of a remote homestead, pretty rough and ready, with chickens wandering in and out of the kitchen. I thought: “That’s what I want. Not the sanitised version of country living, with a Range Rover on the drive. We’ll do it properly.”’W
  
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• My best friend met the love of her life – and I can’t cope

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  A woman feels bereft because her friend has less time for her. Mariella says stamping her foot because she’s getting less attention is not the way forwardI’m 32 and struggling with unwanted changes to a much valued friendship. Over the past two years I’ve been rather left behind with a friend who met the love of her life, got married and fully embraced her friendships with her husband’s friends. We spent less and less time together and when we did, she seemed disengaged.
  
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• How would the Stoics cope today? | Ryan Holiday

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  The ancient philosophy of Stoicism offers many insights into coping with our troubling timesSome of us are stressed. Others are overworked, struggling with the new responsibilities of parenthood, or moving from one flawed relationship to another. Whatever it is, whatever you are going through, there is wisdom from the Stoics that can help.Followers of this ancient and inscrutable philosophy have found themselves at the centre of some of history’s most trying ordeals, from the French Revolu
  
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• Get out of my echo chamber. It's cosy in here

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  They keep telling us to listen to opposing views, to hear the voices of the other side. But what happens if you don’t want to?Don’t build your house on the sandy land, they said, don’t build it too near the shore. Except what if you really like the view? Yes it might slip into the sea during the first winter winds, but until then, it’s lovely near the shore. Lemonade sun twinkling off the water as you sit out in the morning with your toast, the gentle plip of waves agains
  
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• Buffalo: bike preview | Martin Love

  11-12-2016 07:00
  
  A bike has the ability to change the lives of people living in the developing world – and World Bicycle Relief has donated thousands. Here’s your chance to help them help othersReceiving a new bike is always magical. But here is your chance to give one instead – to a family where that bike really will be for life and not just for Christmas. World Bike Relief was founded just over a decade ago and since then has distributed more than 320,000 bikes across the developing world, to
  
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• The Porsche Panamera Gets a New, Sleeker Look and Other Improvements for 2017

  11-12-2016 05:00
  
  The Panamera has a new look and two new engines, including a 550 hp V-8 for the Turbo variant
  The sedan also has a 550 hp turbo engine and a redesigned interior…Basem Wasef
  
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• The Beckhams: Britain’s real royal family? | Observer profile

  11-12-2016 01:05
  
  Last week, 11-year-old Cruz became the latest Beckham to taste fame with a charity single, leading some to wonder if the family are developing a dynasty to rival the WindsorsAt the top of a steep, snowy slope on Hampstead Heath a few winters back, so the story goes, a disparate group of north London parents were expressing mild concern to one another about their unruly children, tobogganing down the ice together on assorted tea trays and sledges. “It’s an accident waiting to happen,&
  
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• Five ways to wear... Pyjamas – in pictures

  11-12-2016 00:50
  
  Pyjamas aren’t just for sleeping this festive season. Fashion has decreed that you can also wear them to parties and to lunch. Equipment’s monochrome silk-satin pyjamas work well as versatile separates Continue reading...
  
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• Guide to men's quilted jackets: the wish list – in pictures

  11-12-2016 00:45
  
  There are two camps when it comes to quilted jackets: performance or fashion. Purists (anoraks, if you will) demand extreme weatherproofing guarantees while fashion lovers delighted in Raf Simons and Burberry’s supersized quilted coats. Whatever your budget, there’s a style to keep you toasty all winter long. Continue reading...
  
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• The Jet Capsule Will Soon Catapult Across the Water

  11-12-2016 00:00
  
  Jet Capsule designed by Pierpaolo Lazzarini
  The otherworldly speedboats blast off with up to 740 hp and a maximum speed of 35 knots…Viju Mathew
  
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