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• The Armoury’s Mark Cho Shares 5 Brands that Need to be on Your Radar

  25-03-2017 23:00
  
  The menswear guru gives us the inside scoop on 5 little-known brands deserving of a spot in your wardrobe…Phoebe Neuman
  
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• The Allure of Shiny Gold Jewelry

  25-03-2017 20:00
  
  Five jewelers use shiny gold as their canvas for sculptural new designs…
  Rachel Garrahan
  
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• Miami’s Iconic Surf Club Is Reborn as an Ultra-Luxurious Four Seasons Hotel

  25-03-2017 17:00
  
  Architect Richard Meier has reimagined the iconic Surf Club as a stylish Four Seasons Hotel…Jennifer Ashton Ryan
  
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• Security, parking, garbage irk Ivanka Trump's DC neighbours

  25-03-2017 16:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  WASHINGTON - Residents of a posh Washington neighbourhood say Ivanka Trump and her family don't make for very good neighbours, taking up much of the parking on an already crowded street and leaving trash bags at the curb for days. A big part of the complaint: a huge security presence, with even a
  
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• Turkish chocolate festival features bust of President Trump

  25-03-2017 15:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  ISTANBUL - One of the highlights at a Turkish chocolate festival has been U.S. President Donald Trump — made of cake icing.It took Turkish chef Tuba Geckil two days to make the imposing bust of Trump, clad from mid-torso in an edible jacket and striped tie.Geckil said Saturday she crafts her...
  
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• Artist Residence, Brighton: hotel review

  25-03-2017 12:00
  
  For an ‘accidental hotelier’ the owner of this Regency townhouse hotel is doing a pretty impressive job, offering a sophisticated seaside stay in artist-designed rooms plus high-end diningSaturday evening in Brighton is hen party central. L-plated brides-to-be totter from the station, ready for a big, brash night out. But there’s no hint of the kiss-me-quick vibe inside the Artist Residence, a 24-bedroom boutique hotel on smart Regency Square. Made up of two townhouses, it&rsqu
  
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• Ask Alys: which container plants are best for a windy terrace? | Alys Fowler

  25-03-2017 11:59
  
  Our gardening expert has the answerI have a north-facing riverside terrace. In winter, it is cold, damp and prone to wind; in summer, the sun is strong and relentless for most of the day. I’d love some year-round green for my tubs and troughs. What can you suggest?Escallonia has suffered in the past from being seen as rather common, but it is made for your spot. It doesn’t mind wind, damp or the sun beating down, though like anything grown in a container it will need watering daily i
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the female football fan

  25-03-2017 10:00
  
  I’m not trying to show you up or chat you up, I just want to join in the banterI love that pre-match buzz, down the pub, pint in hand: the nerves, the anticipation, the team sheet debates. If I’m in a group, this is acceptable; I am generally ignored, because I am accompanied and accounted for. But when I go by myself, I know exactly what you’re thinking from the shuffles and glances. I must have not realised there’s football on. I must be waiting for my bo
  
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• Beauty: Mother’s Day gifts for new mums

  25-03-2017 09:00
  
  Who has time for eyeshadow, much less a pedicure, when showering is possible only at naptime? I had been planning to write my customary Mother’s Day column, in which I put forward beauty treats I’d like to receive myself. But then it occurred to me that I’m so long out of the baby and toddler zone that I may have neglected newer mothers in the annual roundup. Who’s likely to want luxury handcream when washing off poo thrice daily? Who has time for eyeshadow, much less a&n
  
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• Modern tribes: the daylight saving bore

  25-03-2017 08:59
  
  We’ll lose an hour’s sleep this weekend, that’s a whole day of sleep every quarter-century!Can you believe it, it feels like five minutes since I went round putting them forward, I mean back, complete and utter insanity. I still haven’t done the microwave, don’t know why they call it daylight “saving” time, it’s a total waste of time. And it’s all down to Scottish farmers stealing our vitamin D just to keep their
  
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• S = k. log W is carved on whose tombstone? The Weekend quiz

  25-03-2017 08:00
  
  From Poseidon to The Color Purple, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 S = k. log W is carved on whose tombstone?
  2 What was the first all-colour film to win the best picture Oscar?
  3 Who are the recipients of the letters of last resort?
  4 Dorothy Ashby was the pioneer of which instrument in jazz?
  5 Who were the parents of Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Hades?
  6 What dog breed is named after a German tax collector?
  7 What was planned by&nbs
  
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• My workout: ‘You won't be splitting apples with arrows on your first day’

  25-03-2017 08:00
  
  Eddie Pemberton, 55, on the art of archeryBefore I turned up for my first session, everything I knew about archery – which was almost nothing – came from the old Robin Hood cartoon. That was 20 years ago. I was working for the local youth services at the time and we were trying to find new sports to introduce to young people. We came across archery and I went along to look into it. I’ve been shooting ever since.There are many disciplines within archery. The one I practise (and
  
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• Is there an email I can use that has fewer targeted ads than Gmail?

  25-03-2017 08:00
  
  If I get one more lingerie ad I will screamEvery 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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• A letter to … Anyone who is shocked that I don’t like my mother

  25-03-2017 07:45
  
  The letter you always wanted to writeEvery year on Mothering Sunday, sons and daughters buy flowers and other gifts to celebrate their mother, articles come out glorifying motherhood (and sententiously instructing everyone to “call Mum”), and the pressure is enormous. Because, you see, my mother gave me hell.She was rarely physically abusive; she is much cleverer than that. Everything is in the realm of plausible deniability. Why does she give me the cold shoulder for months? Who kno
  
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• I overhear some local women gossip about me and decide to act

  25-03-2017 07:44
  
  Going unrecognised in a cafe, it stings to overhear that I am suffering either a midlife crisis or a second childhood, but then I undress and they are suitably shocked …I’m drinking coffee wearing an invisibility suit, so remain unseen by the three Lycra-clad ladies talking at the next table. Unfortunately, their topic is me. “He’s coping well. The kids seem fine.” At this point, I should leave, but hesitate as her friend replies: “He’s getting over it
  
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• Our daughter died. Now she lives in the pages of a romantic novel

  25-03-2017 07:30
  
  In 2003, Alice Martineau was on the brink of a successful pop career when she died, aged 30, of cystic fibrosis. Now her family have given permission for her inspiring life story to be fictionalisedIn November 2014, an email pinged into Luke Martineau’s inbox from Alice Peterson, someone he had never heard of. Peterson explained that she was a writer and had been inspired by the life of Luke’s sister, also called Alice, who had died in 2003. She wanted to make Alice the subject of he
  
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• The everyday trauma of childbirth made me stop at one child

  25-03-2017 07:15
  
  Polly Clark believes that, for too many women, the shock of childbirth and its aftermath is akin to experiencing war, leaving them adrift, and absent in a profound way – but no one noticesI once caught a glimpse of my medical records moving from trolley to receptionist’s desk at the GP. Perhaps they have long been computerised, but then they were housed in a large, weary-looking file. They had the heft of a first draft of a novel, a comprehensive and messy catalogue of pains and brea
  
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• Why I love… actor Emily Blunt

  25-03-2017 07:00
  
  My favourite thing is her ‘steel magnolia’ voice: on first impression, slightly tremulous, but carrying an undercurrent of something hardWhere do we stand on revamps? I can’t help but feel somewhat fatigued by the idea that Hollywood is so devoid of new ideas that it has to pilfer its past. Sometimes, though, you hear of a “reimagining” that makes you hopeful: the cast feels so right, you think: it would take a miracle to balls this up. I’m thinking of next ye
  
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• Blind date: ‘She was game for a second bottle’

  25-03-2017 07:00
  
  Bex, 30, fashion PR, meets Henry, 28, civil servantWhat were you hoping for?
  Not your average date. Continue reading...
  
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• Munch Madness

  25-03-2017 06:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  March Madness brackets are all about the odds. From time to time, they’re also about the odd.Hours before this year’s slate of teams hit the court for start of the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament, entertainment news site Zimbio announced voting had commenced for its...
  
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• Why are those Norwegians so #$@!!! happy?

  25-03-2017 06:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  It’s been bothering me all week.What I’m trying to say is I’ve been having a hard time understanding what those (bad word) Norwegians are so (bad word) happy about.In case you’ve been hiding in a drain pipe since Monday, I am referring to the fact Norway, for the first
  
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• Trump could use an alt-look

  25-03-2017 06:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  Donald Trump’s unorthodox approach to politics has been called into question by many during his first weeks as president — and so have his sartorial tastes.Oversized suits seem to be his signature look. (”I wear Brioni suits, which I buy off the rack,” he penned in his
  
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• This New Hotel Promises Swiss Bliss in the Alps

  25-03-2017 04:00
  
  The boutique hotel features 11 suites, six residences, a high-end Italian restaurant, a spa, and more… Rebekah Bell
  
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• Richard Petty Shares His Philosophy on Becoming the Ruling Monarch of Motorsport

  25-03-2017 02:19
  
  Photograph by Brent Clark/AP/REX/Shutterstock
  The titan of the track discusses why he won, where he competes now, and how he defines luxury…Viju Mathew
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,154

  25-03-2017 01:00
  
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