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• Boom Is Another Step Closer to Bringing Back Supersonic Jet Travel

  25-02-2017 21:00
  
  The company completed wind-tunnel testing and recently announced a partnership with Virgin Galactic… Mary Grady
  
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• Oldest Rio party kicks off as Carnival in Brazil hits full stride

  25-02-2017 19:08
  
  SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival bacchanalia hit full stride on Saturday, as hundreds of thousands roared into the streets for one of the city's oldest and by far its biggest...
  
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• Roger Dubuis Short Films Highlighting Its Excalibur Watches Meld Art and Innovation

  25-02-2017 19:00
  
  Excalibur Spider Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon (from $279,000)
  The watchmaker showcases the four main Excalibur calibers in hand-drawn films by Cyril Clapin…Justin Mastine-Frost
  
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• Bottega Veneta plays in Milan an ode to rigor and elegance

  25-02-2017 18:35
  
  MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta composed an ode to sharp, rigorous yet elegant shapes on its Milan catwalk on Saturday, inits first true combined men and women's show.
  
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• Carnival kicks off in Brazil despite recession, security woes

  25-02-2017 18:15
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Carnival festivities kicked off in Brazil on Friday, with officials in Rio de Janeiro, site of the country's best-known revelry, handing the key of the city over to "King...
  
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• Missoni floods fashion world with pink pussy hats

  25-02-2017 18:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Milan Fashion Week took a formal turn on the fourth day of previews for next fall and winter.Mindful of the price point, designers were not churning out looks that could be tossed into a suitcase for a fanciful journey, but rather pieces that could hang in the closet for years to come, even
  
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• Missoni talks politics with pink cat-eared hats at Milan show

  25-02-2017 17:44
  
  MILAN (Reuters) - Fashion talked politics at Missoni's Milan show with models strutting down the runway wearing pink knitted cat-eared hats, in a sign of support by creative director Angela Missoni...
  
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• Celebrities launch pot brands as California legalizes drug

  25-02-2017 17:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO - Country singer Willie Nelson, the children of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and comedian Whoopi Goldberg are just a few of the growing number of celebrities publicly jumping into the marijuana industry and eyeing the California pot market, which is expected to explode after...
  
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• AP Explains: Who competes and how Carnival parades judged

  25-02-2017 16:10 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parade is world famous for the samba dancing, costumes that leave little to the imagination and the magnificent floats that roll down Avenida Marques de Sapucai, also known as the "sambadrome." For the competitors, getting to the big show is months in the making.Here...
  
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• Maine's smelts, sought by ice fishermen, have strong winter

  25-02-2017 15:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORTLAND, Maine - Ice fishing for smelts is a winter tradition in Maine, where the small fish are fried and eaten whole.Fishermen and fish camp owners say this smelt-fishing season has been a robust one after the mild winter last year produced hardly any smelts. The ice has been thick enough
  
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• This Girl Can: campaign launches new ad – video

  25-02-2017 15:42
  
  Sport England release a new ad for the This Girl Can campaign, which encourages women to challenge cultural assumptions about femininity that prevent them engaging in sport and exercise. The ad uses extracts from Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Women poem alongside real women taking part in sport Continue reading...
  
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• Natalia Vodianova: 'I have an animal sense for danger'

  25-02-2017 15:00
  
  The supermodel, 34, on the humiliation of poverty, weekends in nightclubs and building a play park for children from the Beslan siegePoverty is humiliation. You feel like there is something wrong with you, not with society, especially as a child. You see other children who are happy and you think it must be so incredible. You daydream a lot about not being yourself. Maybe that helped me model.Boys in my school in Nizhny Novgorod hated me. I was unhealthily skinny because sometimes we had nothing
  
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• Bottega Veneta exudes 1940s Hollywood glamour in Milan

  25-02-2017 14:28 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Milan Fashion Week took a formal turn on the third day of previews for next fall and winter.Mindful of the price point, designers were not churning out looks that could be tossed into a suitcase for a fanciful journey, but rather pieces that could hang in the closet for years to come, even left...
  
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• Los Angeles city guide: what to see, plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants

  25-02-2017 13:30
  
  All eyes are on LA ahead of the Oscars, and the city has more to offer visitors than ever: new bars and attractions in regenerated districts, better transport options, plus views and beaches galoreThe opening scene of La La Land – which looks set to sweep the board at the Oscars this weekend – may reinforce Los Angeles’ reputation as one big traffic jam, but the rest of the film is essentially a beautifully crafted love letter to the city.And while the famous landscape showcase
  
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• The Corner House, Canterbury, Kent: hotel review

  25-02-2017 12:00
  
  Any doubts about the roadside location of this restaurant with rooms are soon overcome by its comfort, sumptuous food, Tudor charm – and secondary glazingThe house-made ketchup is the clincher. Two diminutive jars in tomato and mushroom varieties by the side of a classy full English breakfast: slow-roasted tomatoes, tasty bacon and sausage and the best black pudding outside Lancashire. The orangey-red tomato ketchup adds fruity depth with none of the usual sugariness, while the mushroom on
  
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• Inside Teen Vogue: 'Our readers consider themselves activists'

  25-02-2017 12:00
  
  Once known for its beauty tips, Teen Vogue has become a powerful critic of the Trump administration. What’s behind its transformation?Charlie Knoles is a 39-year-old meditation coach and father based in California. He reads Politico, ProPublica and the Wall Street Journal, and posts on Facebook about all sorts, including science, technology and ethics. But recently he posted: “I now go to Teen Vogue for serious journalism.”Not your average consumer of glossy magazines aimed at
  
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• How to get your garden ready for spring

  25-02-2017 12:00
  
  Desperate to get going after months of enforced idleness? The long wait is coming to an endWith March just around the corner, it’s about now that every gardener starts getting cabin fever. There is only so much peering at snowdrops, sniffing scented daphnes and admiring frosted leaves you can do before the desire to start sowing seeds with abandon sets in.Be careful what you sow, though: it’s still too early for many seeds, which need spring to be in full flow before they sprout. Tha
  
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• Plant of the week: perennial wallflower

  25-02-2017 11:59
  
  Choose the right one and you’ll have cheery flowers from March to JulyAccording to the Victorian language of flowers, wallflowers represent faithfulness, which is odd, really, because many wallflowers are anything but. Wallflowers are classed as short-lived perennials, but many will pop their clogs after a year or two, which isn’t great for the low-maintenance garden. Time was when ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ was the only reliably perennial wallflower, but breeders have e
  
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• Salmon Oscars and five gallons of hot fudge: catering for the Academy Awards

  25-02-2017 11:00
  
  Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has the unenviable task of feeding an army of stars, guests and workers on Oscars night. He discusses shopping with 50 tractor trailers and tickling John Travolta’s tastebudsIt’s hard to move far through the shopping malls of Los Angeles without encountering the name Wolfgang Puck. The Austrian-born chef, 67, moved to California in 1975 and soon earned fame and celebrity endorsements for the à la minute cuisine he served at fine-dining joints such
  
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• 'It's very scary in the forest': should Finland's wolves be culled?

  25-02-2017 11:00
  
  Europe’s wolf population is on the rise – and in Finland, their future hangs in the balance. Are they a threat to humans, or should they be protected?The story of a kill is told in the snow. On the Finnish island of Porosaari, we find the first paw print. “That’s a male,” says Asko Kettunen, retired border guard, hunter and tracker. How can he be sure? “It’s big.”Five ravens rise from dark pines, croaking in the icy silence; they will scavenge anyt
  
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• Simone Biles: ‘My guiltiest pleasure? A pizza and ice-cream party’

  25-02-2017 10:30
  
  The gymnast on the bee that surprised her, why she hates talking about her weight but quite likes the idea of being a witchBorn in Ohio, Simone Biles, 19, started training at the age of six. She spent her early childhood in and out of foster care, due to her mother’s substance abuse, and was adopted by her grandfather and step-grandmother. She has won 10 World Championship gold medals, the most ever amassed by a female gymnast. Last year she won four Olympic golds in Rio, was BBC Overseas
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for winter salads and slaws

  25-02-2017 10:00
  
  Banish the February blues with a crunchy, vibrant winter saladThere are two ways to get warm and happy in the kitchen right now. One is to turn on the oven or stove, and put on a pot to simmer away for a good few hours. I love this sort of slow, warming and hearty cooking, because it challenges the cold and grey outdoors. The other way, though, is to meet the weather head on with a riot of colour, an abundance of freshness and the wake-up call of citrus fruit. Today’s recipes for raw meals
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the trans employee

  25-02-2017 10:00
  
  I’ve tried hard to convey to people how much it means to me to be addressed as ‘he’ but when people still get it wrong for the 60th or 70th time, it hurtsWhen I transitioned from female to male, I knew it would take time for the regular customers where I work to adjust. It’s a small town and many hadn’t met a trans person before. It’s been three years now, though, and while some very dear, cherished customers do use my preferred pronouns, it hurts and frustrat
  
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• Rachel Dolezal: ‘I’m not going to stoop and apologise and grovel’

  25-02-2017 10:00
  
  Two years ago, she was a respected black rights activist and teacher. Then she was exposed as a white woman who had deceived almost everyone she knew. Why did she do it?Spokane is a modest town of wide streets and snow-capped horizons in Washington state, 90 miles from the Canadian border. Its population is 91% white, and voted heavily for Donald Trump. The lunchtime crowd in a downtown hotel bar is too absorbed in the ice hockey game on big screens to notice the woman who sidles into the lobby,
  
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• Florta Shedden: Bake-offs, books and bacon sandwiches | Kitchen Encounters

  25-02-2017 10:00
  
  Bake-off runner-up, blogger, writer and cook Flora Shedden on her cravings and cookbook inspirationsMy kitchen is … a big open room, right in the heart of the house. We live in an old barn that my parents converted, in rural Perthshire. I grew up in this kitchen – my mum still has drawings I did as a kid up on the walls. There’s a 1960s Aga at one end, and a big table at the other, counters all around. It’s a very busy space, full of things and people. It’s the one
  
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• Rob Delaney: ‘If I’m not feeling funny about something, that’s fine’

  25-02-2017 09:00
  
  He made his name as the funniest person on Twitter. But can the Catastrophe writer and star make light of dark times?Catastrophe: noun; an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disasterThere’s a huge titanium plate in Rob Delaney’s right arm, one that goes pretty much all the way from his wrist to his elbow. Delaney is a man who doesn’t do things by halves. It’s a constant reminder to him of the time he should have died, and the time he chose to ge
  
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• Modern tribes: the aspiring interior designer | Catherine Bennett

  25-02-2017 09:00
  
  I’ve gone for a spaceship-style sleeping capsule made of plywood, which I’m going to cover with tin foil I sourced in LidlSo here’s my mood board: the brief is for something quite cool, modern, classic, yet in keeping with the whole thatched-country-cottage vibe, so in the bedroom I’ve gone for a classic, spaceship-style sleeping capsule made out of plywood, which I’m going to cover with this beautiful tinfoil I sourced cheaply in Lidl. No, trust me, it’s goin
  
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• Beauty: low-foam shampoos | Sali Hughes

  25-02-2017 08:59
  
  There are marked benefits in going sulphate-free: colour remains brighter, scalp and hair dryness should improveSo many stupid ideas emerge from the beauty industry (currently squatting in my dining room: foaming lip cleanser, self-adhesive ear correctors, a new skincare range for testicles) that it’s disappointing when genuinely good ones fail to take off. The most recent case in point: cleansing conditioners. These are conditioners with mild cleansing agents, inspired by “co-washin
  
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• Who said, ‘Dave, my mind is going, I can feel it’? The Weekend quiz

  25-02-2017 08:00
  
  From Polovtsian Dances to Martha Gellhorn, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which artist had an ecstatic revelation at Perpignan railway station in 1963?
  2 William Cobbett coined what disparaging nickname for London?
  3 What engineering project began in 1880 at Abbot’s Cliff, Kent?
  4 Whose revolt was known as the 80 Years’ War?
  5 Who said, “Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it”?
  6 Which opera features the Polovtsian Dances?
  7 Which footballer co-founded the Spor
  
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• What can I do with my National Geographic magazine collection?

  25-02-2017 08:00
  
  No one wants to buy them and I don’t want to throw them awayEvery 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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• On your bike: the best and the worst of city cycle schemes

  25-02-2017 08:00
  
  As bike-sharing in London hits a record high, we explore schemes across the globe
  This year is the 10th ­anniversary of the world’s first large-scale bike-sharing scheme, the Velib in Paris, whose immediate success – 20 million users in its first year – prompted cities across the world to wheel out their own copies. A decade later there are 1,000 of these schemes, from Milton Keynes to the medina in Marrakech, with 17 across the UK and more opening this year.Some have back-
  
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• My workout: Wings Chan, 24 – ‘For skateboarders, towns become massive playgrounds’

  25-02-2017 08:00
  
  It can be dangerous – I’ve fractured an elbow, my ankle and both wrists (twice). I used to skate with my cast on As a teenager I used to hang out at the skate park after school. It’s where most of my friends were. I’d just sit there while they all skated, chatting to them when they were resting. I thought it looked really cool. Back then it was rare to see girl skaters, so even though I gave it a go and my friends were supportive, I didn’t really get into it. That c
  
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• Bogotá, Colombia’s banging capital

  25-02-2017 08:00
  
  Most visitors to Colombia skip Bogotá, but time spent in the city means discovering one of the best music and nightlife scenes in Latin AmericaBowling alleys will never seem the same once you’ve been to Colombia and played tejo. Not unless you employ equal amounts of beer and gunpowder. Here’s how this little-known Colombian sport works: you throw a lump of metal – it looks like a squashed version of what shotputters throw – down what looks like a bowling lane, aim
  
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• ‘Part-time is unfairly interpreted as lack of commitment’ – our work expert responds

  25-02-2017 07:59
  
  Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a marketer who wants to write, and a part-time ecologist who isn’t being paid enoughI graduated with a first in English when the recession was at its worst. Consequently I was fixated on stability and survival, even though that meant relegating my real love, writing, to a hobby. As a result I’ve done well, and at the age of 27 became head of marketing at a mid-size company. Continue reading...
  
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• Why I wish I hadn’t blamed my father for all of my faults

  25-02-2017 07:45
  
  Ariane Sherine on the estrangement that started when she banned her father from seeing her young daughterMy father and I have been estranged for over two years. He was physically violent and emotionally abusive to me throughout my childhood, and I felt that I couldn’t forgive him. In August 2014, I told him I never wanted to see him again, focusing on all the negative things about him and all the ways in which he had hurt me. And yet, now he is dying, unconscious and struggling to breathe
  
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• The government has the newly bereaved in its sights – and we should all get angry

  25-02-2017 07:45
  
  Bereavement benefits are about to be overhauled and newly bereaved families will be left without the long-term help that I’ll continue to receiveMy hammer slips, its wild arc skimming the window, with its beautiful painted songbird, which a century earlier took someone days to create. It was the closest of shaves as I continue hacking putty from the stained-glass panel we are restoring.It’s nearly a very bad day at the office, but nonetheless for me another spent in paradise. I
  
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• Family life: The overnight drive to Cornwall, Led Zeppelin’s Rain Song, and Mum’s blind scouse

  25-02-2017 07:45
  
  Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipesI can still feel the agony trying to contain the excitement, and the eternity waiting for Dad to get home from work on those Fridays. Even then, Mum would never guarantee that we would be off that evening, Dad might be too tired, and we had a lot to get into our faithful two-tone blue Humber Hawk – might be better to wait until the morning. However, we did always go that evening. I think Dad was as excited as we were. Co
  
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• A letter to … My narcissistic husband, who had an affair and blamed me

  25-02-2017 07:45
  
  The letter you always wanted to writeI have been married to you for 20 years. You are from a wealthy family, whereas I was proudly working class. I was determined not to be a dependent wife, but you insisted on keeping our finances separate from the outset. I paid some bills, you paid others. We had no joint account, not even for food.I happily left my job, home and friends to come and live with you in this beautiful country. We were so happy, with shared interests and a nice house. You had your
  
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• Tracking down the elusive spinosaurus

  25-02-2017 07:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Among paleontologists such as Nizar Ibrahim, finding any evidence of the spinosaurus is like discovering the holy grail of dinosaurs.“The story of the spinosaurus is pretty unique in paleontology because it has so much drama,” says the Chicago-based dinosaur expert, who heads a...
  
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• Kids split over dominance of cats and dogs

  25-02-2017 07:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  I recently wrote an entertaining and educational column wherein I sang the praises of dogs and trashed the reputations of cats.I felt compelled to draw a line in the kitty litter because, for the first time in its 141-year history, the iconic Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York City
  
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• Zen and the art of family maintenance – lessons from the bestselling Buddhist monk

  25-02-2017 07:30
  
  Haemin Sunim says a happy relationship and contented children are within reach for us all – if we could just slow down and pay attention to each otherSome people, if you ask them a question, answer quickly. Others take a moment to think first. Haemin Sunim looks up, slightly to the right, and allows 14 seconds to pass before he answers one of my questions. I counted, when I listened to the recording. And here’s something: waiting for his reply, I didn’t feel even remotely uncom
  
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• With a French partner, I’m scared for my family’s future post-Brexit

  25-02-2017 07:15
  
  Hilary Freeman’s life has been turned upside down by the EU referendum vote – she and her family feel like pawns in a very political gameHave you heard the one about the British woman who married an immigrant just so she could leave the country? That’s the “joke” that I’ve been telling, ever since 24 June last year, when I woke up in some kind of parallel universe to find that my compatriots had voted to leave the EU. But I’m not laughing – and nei
  
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• Zest is best: recipes for candied peel treats | Claire Ptak

  25-02-2017 07:00
  
  Simply tossed in sugar and eaten on its own, or added to a chocolate drop, candied citrus peel is not only a delicious sweet treat but a great way to use up something that is often thrown awayI am, admittedly a lover of excess, but so am I a lover of economy. Using up all of the parts makes a lot of sense in the sweet kitchen. At Violet we wash vanilla beans that have been used to flavour custard, dry them out and steep them in vodka for our own vanilla extract. We make an apple glaze with the d
  
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• Why I love… DJ and singer-songwriter Syd

  25-02-2017 07:00
  
  Her voice is absurdly, moodily sexy: a sound that makes you raise your eyebrowsLet me ask a simple philosophical question: who do you trust? I don’t mean your family and friends; I’m wondering about something a little different: art. I was thinking about this a few weeks back, as I bought an album without having heard a single note of it. There aren’t many musicians whose new music I will buy without sampling the goods, but such is my trust in this musi
  
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• Tim Dowling: ‘The dog is lying in a pool of its own vomit, like a rock star’

  25-02-2017 07:00
  
  It has been years since I spent the night lightly flecked in sick, making small talk with a creature that doesn’t speak English On its way from the bedroom to the stairs, the cat comes across the dog, which is standing in a corner between two doors. The cat, as is its wont, lashes out with extended claws. The dog, unusually, does not react; it stands its ground, regarding the cat with a cold indifference that borders on pity. The cat takes another speculative rake in the dog’s direc
  
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• Blind date: ‘I hadn't been on a date for some time’

  25-02-2017 07:00
  
  David, 55, physiotherapist, meets Mary, 61, teaching assistantWhat were you hoping for?
  To test myself out a bit. I hadn’t been on a date for some time.Continue reading...
  
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• A brush with my daughter – how learning about hair made me a better dad

  25-02-2017 06:59
  
  When Philippe Morgese took sole care of his daughter, Emma, he wanted her to look smart – especially her hair. Now, he’s an expert in braids and buns and has taught dozens of dads how to listen and learn as they comb and plaitPhilippe Morgese can pin-point a particular moment in his life as a single dad that he felt like he was doing an OK job – it was also the same moment he took his first steps on the road to becoming somewhat of an accidental guru in the world of father
  
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• Whiskey of the Week: Four Roses Elliott’s Select Bourbon

  25-02-2017 02:00
  
  An incredible, limited-edition debut from a new master distiller…Richard Carleton Hacker
  
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