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• Live Next to Buckingham Palace in This Luxurious London Development

  26-03-2017 23:00
  
  The building will house 72 apartments, a library, a swimming pool, a gym, and more…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Andy Warhol’s Controversial Mao Goes up for Auction in Hong Kong

  26-03-2017 21:00
  
  Warhol’s silkscreen depicting the Chinese communist leader hits the auction block on April 2…Sheila Gibson Stoodley
  
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• Ooh la la! Cypriot renews Platini memorabilia record bid

  26-03-2017 19:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MOSFILOTI, Cyprus - A Cypriot fan of former soccer player and administrator Michel Platini renewed a bid Sunday to be entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest collection of Platini memorabilia.Philippos Stavrou Platini — yes, he legally adopted his sports hero's surname —
  
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• Insider Q&A: Mattel's COO talks Barbie movie

  26-03-2017 19:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  NEW YORK - Mattel is looking to the movies. The maker of Barbie and Hot Wheels, which has live-action films based on those toys in the works, says it wants to find new ways to be on more screens in front of more kids. These days, that takes more than a 30-second commercial.Big-screen movies are...
  
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• Find Your Inner Tranquility at This Balinese Resort

  26-03-2017 19:00
  
  The Balinese resort showcases 30 villas, a restaurant, three swimming pools, and more…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Sneak Peek: The Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills

  26-03-2017 18:00
  
  Waldorf Astoria’s first new build on the West Coast is a sophisticated stunner…Devorah Lev-Tov
  
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• Oh la la! Cypriot renews Platini memorabilia record bid

  26-03-2017 17:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  MOSFILOTI, Cyprus - A Cypriot fan of former soccer player and administrator Michel Platini is renewing a bid to be entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest collection of Plantini memorabilia.Philippos Stavrou Platini — yes, he legally adopted his sports hero's surname —...
  
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• How I married a world-champion air guitarist who turned up on my doorstep

  26-03-2017 17:00
  
  People say you just know when you meet the man you are going to marry. Not true ... it’s an act of blind faith
  My husband was delivered to my door like a pizza. I’d love to say it was love at first sight, but it would be more accurate to say lust at first Google. Here’s how it happened.My producer kindly let me stay in his flat while he was away. I received an email to say that Dan, an American he knew from LA, was travelling to London on business and needed a place to stay and
  
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• Japan’s standing-room-only steak houses

  26-03-2017 12:00
  
  At Ikinari restaurants, in Tokyo and several other cities, low cost but high-quality cuts of beef – including prized wagyu – are eaten at communal standing stations Where in Japan can you chow down on a top-quality juicy steak without breaking the bank? At one of the 116 branches of Ikinari Steak, that’s where. The name means suddenly, or out of the blue, and the catch is that this is not a place to take the weight off your feet after a day’s shopping or sightseeing &ndas
  
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• What does your profile picture say about you? - Quiz | Ben Ambridge

  26-03-2017 08:00
  
  How often you change your photo says a lot about your personalityAre your Facebook and Twitter profile pictures giving away more than you think? To find out, answer the two questions below:1. How often do you change your profile picture on Facebook? (a) Once a year or less, (b) several times a year, or (c) at least once a month? Continue reading...
  
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• Wilsons, Bristol: restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Good ingredients, cooked well and served in an unshowy room… Wilsons shows the joy of keeping things simpleWilsons, 24 Chandos Road, Bristol BS6 6PF (0117 973 4157). Meal for two, including drinks and service: £90A spare day in Cardiff deserving of lunch, and I know exactly where to go: the Central station. Because from there I can get on a train to Bristol. Where else would I go for lunch when in the Welsh capital? Some might see this as unnecessarily provocative; I see it as neces
  
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• Why shouldn’t the modern family be a team effort?

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Romantic love is all very well, but when it comes to the tough stuff it’s often your friends that get you throughBecause I’m awful and hate myself, I spend a lot of time faffing on property websites, dribbling a fantasy football down the hallways of flats in St Leonards and into bedrooms that overlook the sea. I wasted a good 10 minutes studying an advert for a derelict old people’s home in Margate today, wondering if this could be it, the place I dreamed of. The plan was laid
  
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• The eco guide to keeping your recycling muscles fit

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  It’s desperately important that we redouble our efforts to combat pollution and wasteRecycling is a bit like fitness. The moment you stop putting in the effort, you lose your muscle.This was on my mind as I watched microwavable black plastic containers whizzing up a conveyer belt at a recycling depot in Kent. This is progress. Innovation in plastic chemistry means these trays can now be recycled. Continue reading...
  
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• The day I protested with Dora Russell

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Meeting the veteran activist was a dream come true for Greenham Common protester Kathrine JonesThe thing that really stands out is how cold it was that day. The wind cut straight across the common. Underfoot it was all mud and straw.There were maybe 10 women in this protest camp. We were stood around a fire in big coats, woolly hats and wellies. Then, all of a sudden, gliding towards us in nothing thicker than a sweater, came Dora Russell. She was in her 90s by then. She looked so small and frag
  
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• The best aftershave balms

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Smooth and soothe with these handpicked lotionsBeards are being discarded. On the catwalks, smooth cheekbones led the way as purposeful Prada men set out on their urban hikes to work, faces as soft and oiled as a puppy’s tummy. Shaving used to be about pain. You’d scratch away the stubble with a Bic and then splash on the Old Spice, recoiling as if bitten by a snake. Back then, pouring alcohol on open wounds was what it meant to be a man. So discovering after-shave balm – basic
  
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• Nigel Slater’s chocolate and praline recipes

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Praline is the perfect topping for a rich chocolate pudding. But beware, it will catch you out if you are inattentive…
  Sometimes, a cook has to concentrate. No distractions. No interruptions. We might even consider turning our phone off. And so it is with praline, that crunchy, sweet, nut brittle that marries so irresistibly with chocolate.Let the sugar turn amber gold, but don’t take your eyes off it for a minute Continue reading...
  
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• I am a married grandmother but I feel so lonely | Mariella Frostrup

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  Let your family know how you feel, says Mariella. Asking for help is scary but the rewards are worth itThe dilemma I am married and a grandmother. I visit a lady in the old age home every week. There I met, yesterday, a woman visiting – but she comes with her friend. I always go by myself. Sometimes I visit people in their homes on Sundays, people with challenges. But… I have no one to talk to. And nothing to do. Meaning I listen to lectures every day. And I walk every day. But rela
  
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• Chinese wines and their international rivals

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  China makes a lot of wine but until recently very little of it was on sale here. So how do two Chinese wines available in UK supermarkets stand up to the rest?Changyu Noble Dragon Cabernet Gernischt, Yantai, China 2014 (£10, Sainsbury’s). Only Spain has more land given over to the vine than China, and yet we rarely see Chinese wines in the UK. This is partly because the boom of the past decade has targeted domestic drinkers and partly because the wines haven’t been that great.
  
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• Africa Express: the African cooks to look out for on London's streets

  26-03-2017 07:00
  
  The continent’s diaspora never believed their delicious recipes would be appreciated in the UK. But a fresh generation of pop-up cooks is proving them wrongThere are 54 countries in Africa, each with numerous ethnic groups and languages and each with their own individual cuisines,” says Alicia Ama, who runs a Ghanaian food business called Chalé! in east London. “It’s such a vast continent, but when it comes to African food in the UK, there are so few reference poin
  
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