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• Rapper Tinie Tempah makes catwalk debut with menswear line in London

  07-01-2017 22:41
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British rapper Tinie Tempah made his catwalk debut at London Fashion Week Men's on Saturday with a minimalistic, casualwear collection inspired by architecture and "the everyday...
  
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• Top Watchmakers Are Rethinking the Moon-Phase Display to Astronomical Effect

  07-01-2017 21:00
  
  DeWitt Twenty-8-Eight Full Moon ($30,600); Graff GyroGraff (price on application)
  The old and overlooked moon-phase complication is on the rise both technically and cosmetically…Carol Besler
  
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• Cat Winter Mask

  07-01-2017 19:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Who wants to be the cool feline on the winter slopes? You of course and you can easily be with this cat winter mask. You might get chased down the hill by a pack of wild wolves but that’s something to risk because at the same time you’ll get tons of attention from other humans as well. Meow!
  Cat Winter Mask – Meow
  And this mask worn on a day to day basis can be helpful as well if you’re concerned about all the selfies being taken around you. This will protect your privacy
  
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• Revered Italian Marble Company Opens Its First U.S. Showroom

  07-01-2017 18:00
  
  Citco offers highly customizable, show-stopping pieces ideal for high-end homes, hotels, or yachts
  The Citco showroom in Miami’s Design District features original pieces and designer collaborations…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Italian Apartment Thinks Inside the Box

  07-01-2017 17:00
  
  AIM Studio was challenged to design a creative apartment in a former office building in Milan, Italy. Even though Brazilian Taste exudes a harmonious design throughout, its functional spaces — the kitchen, dining area, living room and study — are well defined.“The owner asked us to think about an elegant, fresh, flexible space that would communicate with numerous plants, their major passion,” the architects said. The layout was redesigned accordin
  
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• A Minimalist Villa High in the Italian Alps

  07-01-2017 16:00
  
  Camillo Botticini Architect completed the design of Alps Villa, a spacious minimalist villa perched 2,300 feet up on a mountain pass in Lumezzane, Italy. Integrated in a sublime natural environment, the residence is an oasis of tranquility.“The landscape is characterized by a valley to the south and a frame of green mountains with peaks of dolomite rock to the north,” the architect said. “It’s close to the urban area, but at the same time far away
  
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• Ask Alys Fowler: will my magnolia ever flower?

  07-01-2017 12:00
  
  Our gardening expert has the answer My Magnolia grandiflora has not flowered since it was planted 14 years ago, in clay soil near a well-behaved septic tank (ie, it’s not waterlogged). It is sheltered from the wind by a tall privet hedge 10ft away and is large and very healthy. Can I add something to the soil to help it flower?
  Patience is required here. Bull bay magnolia takes around 12-15 years to flower. Yours may just be getting such a nice boost from the septic tank that it is concent
  
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• Nicola Walker: The phrase I most overuse? ‘I don’t know my lines’

  07-01-2017 10:30
  
  The actor on growing old happily, not being a morning person and eating lemons covered in saltLondon-born Nicola Walker, 46, starred in the BBC drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011. In 2013, she won an Olivier award for her role in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time; last year she starred on Broadway in A View From The Bridge. Her recent television work includes Last Tango In Halifax, River and Unforgotten, which recently started a second series on ITV. She is married to the actor Barna
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s winter soup recipes

  07-01-2017 10:00
  
  A warming, comforting soup ticks all the boxes for January eatingJanuary can be a confusing time, but the general resolve is to eat less and move more. After a month of potatoes roasted in duck fat, wedges of stilton and brandy-soaked cake, we somehow convince ourselves that a diet of blitzed green things, sprouted seeds and not a drop of wine is what our body needs in the deep midwinter. Well, I love blitzed green things and sprouted seeds, but they can be a shock to the system – so, for
  
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• The 24-hour race: 'It is a battle with your mind'

  07-01-2017 09:00
  
  Ultra-running is one of the fastest growing sports, usually taking place in remote, scenic landscapes. Not a running track in London. Will competitors reach nirvana?‘I hallucinated, of course. I always do,” Pat Seabrook says. She is 76 and has spent the past 24 hours running round a 400m athletics track in Tooting, south London. She sits in the front seat of her car, peeling plasters off her toes. “At some point I began to think the white lines on the track were ropes, rising u
  
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• Modern tribes: the amateur genealogist

  07-01-2017 09:00
  
  My great-grandmother Smith used to treasure these slippers from the days when her mother was a famous Spanish dancer whose beauty inspired Thomas Hardy So, remember I said we’d found out my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother on my father’s side was related to Anne Boleyn’s lady-in-waiting? No, not the one who owned most of Lancashire – that was her second cousin who died in childbirth who they think could be Shakespeare’s Dark Lady. I mean the one
  
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• How to keep your resolutions (clue: it's not all about willpower)

  07-01-2017 09:00
  
  It’s not the only way to change your habits: you could start by making the goal easier in the first place• From quitting sugar to writing that novel – how to achieve your goalIt’s hard to think of a situation in which it wouldn’t be extremely useful to have more willpower. For a start, your New Year’s resolutions would no longer be laughably short-lived. You could stop yourself spending all day on social media, spiralling into despair at the state of the world,
  
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• How to be more positive this year: 'Trump makes this much harder'

  07-01-2017 09:00
  
  I’ve been described as ‘radiating gloom’; can I change my attitude?• From volunteering to quitting sugar – how to achieve your goal“You are positive, though,” a friend says as I explain that I’m trying to make myself into a sunnier person. “Actually,” she pauses for a minute, “you’re kind of both upbeat and miserable.”It’s true. On the grey side, I’m the guy whose university professor described him as &ldquo
  
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• Beauty: the best eyeshadow palettes | Sali Hughes

  07-01-2017 09:00
  
  One can only fit four shades, max, on to one’s lids at a time I am sent hundreds of eye palettes each year and, after the initial gasp as I flip open the compact and admire the sheer prettiness within, I am mostly identifying which of the component colours I would never wear in a million years. And this is the inherent flaw in an otherwise delightful plan – one can only fit four shades, max, on to one’s eyelids at any given time (a neutral base tone, a darke
  
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• What links Elizabeth Taylor, Lady Jane Grey, Enid Blyton and the future Queen Mother? The Weekend quiz

  07-01-2017 08:00
  
  From actor’s dog to Icelandic dish, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which actor had a dog called Archie Leach?
  2 Which hormone can be administered to induce childbirth?
  3 Who is the only English Doctor of the Catholic church?
  4 Which Carlo Goldoni comedy was updated by Richard Bean?
  5 What mathematical operation is represented by an obelus?
  6 The Icelandic dish hákarl consists of what?
  7 Which company launched products at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts?
  8 Which Asian
  
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• My partner bought me a Fitbit but I’m a couch potato – is it worth trying?

  07-01-2017 08:00
  
  I need some convincing to use the fitness tracker as I am tempted to take it back to the shopEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• My lay life coach’s call to spice things up stokes my new year’s positivity

  07-01-2017 07:45
  
  We should never postpone happiness, love, good deeds or anything that matters. If we do so, it is unlikely to happen as planned – or at allI’m having a curry with Pete, who’s definitely not enduring a dry January. A near-nude Christmas tree sulks in the corner; its evolution almost over from “Ah, lovely tree!” to its 12th night last hurrah, “What the hell is that tree doing in here?”“So, Adam, what resolutions this year?” inquires Pete. I pon
  
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• TV news obviously hates older folks

  07-01-2017 07:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A growing number of fictional readers are approaching me in public and asking the following hard-hitting question: “Hey, Doug, how do you come up with all those entertaining yet educational column ideas?”Most of the time I just shriek like a little girl and run away because they...
  
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• Dressing up, dressing down

  07-01-2017 07:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  A new vibe is blowing through the menswear scene this winter.In the corporate world, execs are trading in classic, boxy suits for soft, tailored blazers and relaxed trousers in soft herringbones and funky windowpane prints.Meanwhile, men with a more casual style have (thankfully) moved beyond
  
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• What Star Wars' accented hero means to Latinos

  07-01-2017 07:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  When the newest Star Wars movie came out in movie theatres, Perla Nation insisted on waiting to see it with her father after the holidays. He was by no means a fan of the saga, and neither was she. But the 27-year-old from San Diego had a feeling the movie would resonate with her father, a
  
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• After her death I discovered Mum was a decade older than she claimed

  07-01-2017 07:30
  
  A search for my Hungarian family’s immigration records gave me more information than I’d bargained for – and left lingering questions over my mother’s ageThe discovery of my mother’s big lie happened by accident. I had been mulling over ideas for a birthday present for her. Something personal; something that showed that I knew her like no one else.For most of our lives, we had had a tempestuous relationship. She was my hypercritical mother; I was her disaster o
  
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• A letter to … My parents, who abandoned me to boarding school

  07-01-2017 07:30
  
  The letter you always wanted to writeI can understand why you did it. In theory. I understand that you wanted to give me the best education money could buy. I don’t blame you for sending me away to an extremely strict boarding school when I was very young. I think you genuinely thought it was best for me – and for my younger brother, who you also sent away, to another boarding school in another part of the country, miles away from me.What I find harder to forgive is that when there w
  
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• Why I love… the TV show Lovesick

  07-01-2017 07:00
  
  How a TV series that began life with a terrible name turned into the finest British romantic comedy in yearsThe most delightful things do not always have auspicious beginnings. Truffles, for example, need help from a hog to go from forest floor to haute cuisine. Diamonds lurk in the rough. I uncovered one such gem a couple of years ago: a TV series by the name of Scrotal Recall, with the head-scratching premise of a visit to a sexual health clinic. It was a terrible thing to call
  
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• Tim Dowling: ‘There’s a crowd in the kitchen’

  07-01-2017 07:00
  
  At this stage in life, I thought the house would be empty or full. Turns out it is both On Tuesday morning, I lie in bed until 10am, because I can. My wife is already out somewhere, so there is no one around to question my choices. In fact, I am under the impression that I’m alone in the house, but when I eventually go downstairs to make coffee, I find three grown sons sitting at the kitchen table in their coats. They are not, I can’t help noticing, my sons. Continue reading...
  
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• Blind date: ‘I thought he was going in for a kiss’

  07-01-2017 07:00
  
  Did 23-year-old office manager Alice hit it off with carpenter Nick, 23?What were you hoping for?
  A fun, easygoing date and a nice meal. Continue reading...
  
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• 10 of the World’s Most Expensive In-Ear Headphones

  07-01-2017 03:00
  
  Spending time in the gym for the new year? Don’t be without a set of these earbuds…Alexander Lamascus
  
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• The Top 21 Trips to Take in 2017

  07-01-2017 02:00
  
  From a Maldives surfing safari to a global culinary crusade, these are the 21 trips to take in 2017…
  
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• Driving the Infiniti Q60 Coupe in Robb Report’s Own Backyard

  07-01-2017 02:00
  
  Infiniti Q60 Coupe
  The Japanese automaker’s new coupe is a sexy luxury alternative that stands out from the crowd…Laura Burstein
  
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• Vive la différence

  07-01-2017 01:03 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Chantale Lavack leans back in her chair and laughs as she recalls a homework assignment she was given when she was a Grade 2 student at École Précieux-Sang.It was one of those classic, what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up-type projects, she explains, which required her and her
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,088

  07-01-2017 01:00
  
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• Whiskey of the Week: the Last Drop 50 Year Old “Double Matured”

  07-01-2017 00:00
  
  The Last Drop 50-Year-Old “Double Matured” Blended Scotch ($4,500)
  Only 898 bottles of this rare blended Scotch were made…Richard Carleton Hacker
  
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