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• Go Wild for These 4 Fresh Safari Jackets

  07-05-2017 22:00
  
  Designers like Louis Vuitton and Ralph Lauren have luxuriously reimagined the classic safari jacket…Phoebe Neuman
  
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• Bell 525 Relentless Helicopter Update

  07-05-2017 21:00
  
  Development of Bell 525 to resume after 2016 test-flight tragedy… Mary Grady
  
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• Australia’s Newest Hotel is Bringing Luxury to a Little-Known Wine Region

  07-05-2017 20:00
  
  With high style and haute cuisine, the Jackalope is bringing luxury to Mornington Peninsula…Sue Wallace
  
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• Actress Katharine Hepburn Lived Here—And Now You Can Too

  07-05-2017 18:00
  
  Her former home in Connecticut is on the market for $11.8 million…Rebekah Bell
  
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• Researchers seek better ways to farm popular Pacific fish

  07-05-2017 16:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  
  PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - The dark grey fish prized for its buttery flavour live deep in the ocean, so researchers keep their lab cold and dark to simulate ideal conditions ......
  
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• RM Sotheby’s Moto-Icons Auction Brings Memorable Motorcycles to the Block

  07-05-2017 15:00
  
  The selection includes a legendary Brough Superior as well as mid-century and super-modern machines…Marco Della Cava
  
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• Kākano, the Christchurch cafe reintroducing Maori people to their own cuisine

  07-05-2017 13:30
  
  In New Zealand, a community cafe serving traditional Maori food – including smoked eel spines and foraged herbs – is building a strong following across all communitiesMuttonbird, sea plants and eel spines: these native New Zealand ingredients may no longer be components of many diets, but one woman and her cafe are trying to change that.Jade Temepara, who is of Maori descent, set up Kākano just over a year ago in Christchurch. “Maori people are the unhealthiest, most unfit
  
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• Plant of the week: geum

  07-05-2017 12:00
  
  This long-flowerer is a must-have for Chelsea gardens Plant fashions evolve slowly. It’s taken the geum nearly a decade to move up to its current position as a must-have for Chelsea gardens; visitors and TV presenters have been cooing over it at the show. You can see why: geums are long-flowering but really hit their stride in May: clumps of hairy leaves punctuated by long stems carrying blooms in citrus shades. Height and spread varies but is rarely above 60cm x 60cm. Continue readin
  
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• Confessions of a pizza eater: ‘There’s only one type that gets me misty-eyed’ | Stephen Bush

  07-05-2017 11:00
  
  Keep your thin artisanal crusts, pretentious artichokes and obscure mushrooms: the slices that really resonate are those laden with oil, dubious toppings and precious memories of teenage years – only with less trauma ...Sometimes – not as often as I’d like – I get invited to speak on panels. But, as a point of principle, I don’t like to speak at events where all of the panellists are male. Mostly, this is very easy to police, but from time to time, life throws me a
  
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• Australians win race up Taiwan's tallest skyscraper

  07-05-2017 10:30
  
  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Two Australians won this year's race up Taiwan's tallest skyscraper on Sunday, climbing 2046 steps in the annual "Taipei 101 Run Up".
  
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• ‘I can’t forget the horror of my son’s birth’ | Leah McLaren

  07-05-2017 08:00
  
  Despite medical advancements, childbirth is a major cause of post-traumatic stress disorder – and yet nobody talks about it. Leah McLaren tells the harrowing story of the arrival of her second child – and her fight for treatment and supportThe seconds that stretch between the act of giving birth and waiting to hear a baby cry are the most harrowing moments in an otherwise privileged life. My second son, Frank, didn’t cry.Late last summer in a London hospital, he was born semi-c
  
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• Furniture shop has gone bust without delivering my Eames-style chair

  07-05-2017 07:59
  
  I ordered it before the new EU copyright laws came into force but the company has gone into administrationI ordered an Eames-style chair in January from an online furniture company called Wallace Sacks, just before the copyright law came into force on 28 January – as you reported on these pages last summer. I was quoted 12 weeks for delivery. Now I have discovered that the firm has been placed into administration, but think my credit card company will reimburse me. Please bring this sorry
  
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• Walkies! Big dogs and small join Bangkok fun run

  07-05-2017 07:18
  
  BANGKOK (Reuters) - From tiny chihuahuas to 60 kg (130 lb) mastiffs, hundreds of dogs and their owners jogged through a Bangkok park on Sunday to raise money for charity.
  
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• Why studying porn is like taking a cold shower | Eva Wiseman

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  There is an ever-growing number of reports and studies on pornography. But is this obsession just another way of consuming it?It is almost impossible to talk about pornography without wading into a swamp of controversy. Facts are not neutral, the politics are contradictory and, if you suspend judgment altogether, it often reads as silently taking a side. And still, we try. Good old us.Last month’s Goop was The Sex Issue. If you browsed through pieces on the ethics of porn and one titled &l
  
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• The eco guide to laundry

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  Microfibres in synthetic clothing are one of the biggest menaces when washing your clothes, says Lucy Siegle. A mesh laundry bag is the best solutionI almost yearn for the days when 80% of a garment’s ecological impact was down to the phosphates and optical brighteners in detergent. Oh, and climate emissions from the energy used to heat the water.Cleaning up all that was straightforward: turn the machine down to 30C and use an eco detergent. Continue reading...
  
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• The best new foundation applicators | Eva Wiseman

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  Using your fingers is all very well, but invest in some of these brushes and blenders and you’ll get a much smoother finishOnce there were fingers. You kept them with you at all times, soldered to the end of your hands, should you need to reapply your foundation “on the move”. Today you have more options altogether, with dozens of brushes and blenders that allow you to build up coverage and get a smooth-as-silk finish, whether you prefer liquid or powder foundation, and importa
  
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• Nigel Slater’s spring cheese recipes

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  Spring sunshine and fresh green grass call for soft, mild cheeses. Eat with wild shoots for a perfect seasonal lunchI’m choosing cheeses for a spring lunch. Mild, milky cheeses to serve with early leaves and shoots – asparagus, wild garlic and young spinach. A soft burrata or mozzarella to marinate with blood orange and coriander seeds; a lump cut from a taleggio, its soft skin the colour of a mushroom cap, to melt with spinach, wild garlic and hot, thick toast. I have a fondness for
  
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• Meet the potter chefs making their own plates

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  Fed up with eating off slates and breadboards? After years of rustic tableware, chefs are now taking to the potter’s wheel to throw their own dishesChefs today believe that the plate you’re eating from is almost as important as the food you’re eating. Which is why more of them are turning to bespoke ceramics, using either plates and bowls that they have made themselves, or had commissioned by professional potters. It’s a far cry from the current trend for serving food on
  
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• London Shell Co, Paddington: restaurant review

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  The simple, well-priced menu and short but exciting wine list make it plain sailing for this barge-based restaurantLondon Shell Co, The Prince Regent, Regent’s Canal at Paddington,London W2 6EP (londonshellco.com). Lunch for two, including drinksand service: £70. Dinner: £120Dinner at London Shell Co is the stuff of nightmares. Admittedly, these are only my nightmares. They should not be held against a restaurant which at the right time of day – that being lunch rather th
  
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• I cured my husband’s depression, so why can’t I now forgive him?

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  A woman is struggling to forgive her husband for his anger after their son died. Mariella Frostrup says she must give him some credit for becoming the loving supportive man he now isThe dilemma When I met my husband almost 40 years ago, it was a godsend. I had very little self-confidence and spent my school years “looking for love in all the wrong places”. He genuinely loved me and did his best to mend my broken ego. Unfortunately, he had issues of his own and couldn’t complete
  
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• Grow your own herbal teas

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  Many aromatic flowers are as easy to cultivate as they are to turn into the most delicious Chinese floral-scented teasI love tea. I mean, I really love it. With a collection of more than 30 types in my kitchen cupboard and a mini plantation of tea bushes in my Croydon back garden, I find it a shame that we Brits don’t have the variety found in tea’s homeland of Asia. Take floral scented teas, for example, where green tea leaves are paired up with aromatic flowers to boost their fragr
  
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• A taste of Croatia | David Williams

  07-05-2017 07:00
  
  Croatian wines aren’t always easy to find, but if you want to try something unusual and aromatic these recommendations are certainly worth a lookVeralda Malvazija Prestige, Buje, Istria, Croatia 2015 (£13.50, Croatian Fine Wines) Since Croatia became the last European country to join the EU in 2013, the country’s wines have been a little easier to find in what will be the first country to leave. But they’re still not as widely distributed as I think they deserve to be. Ce
  
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• This 1954 Jaguar D-Type Set a Record at Le Mans and Is Still a Beast on the Road

  07-05-2017 03:00
  
  Driven by Stirling Moss and Peter Walker in practice, it hit 172.8 mph on the Mulsanne Straight…Viju Mathew
  
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• This Untitled Basquiat Painting Could Fetch a Record $60 Million

  07-05-2017 02:00
  
  Sotheby’s aims to break a Basquiat record at its May 18 Contemporary Art Evening Auction…Sheila Gibson Stoodley
  
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• Secrets of two-hour marathon men may alter running for ever

  07-05-2017 01:05
  
  Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge came within 26 seconds of running’s holy grailOn his website you can learn many things about Andrew Jones, professor of applied physiology at the University of Exeter. You can read that he is the author of more than 220 research articles, chiefly to do with human endurance, and that he has acted as “consultant physiologist to UK Athletics for many years, advising the majority of the UK’s leading distance runners”, including Paula Radcliffe.A fel
  
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• Boho beach: summer dressing ideas for men

  07-05-2017 00:45
  
  Printed shirts, patterned jackets and simple sandals – for your look this summer think loose fits, frayed hems and tops decorated with lobsters Continue reading...
  
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• Here’s How to Book a Stay at a Charming Country Estate in England

  07-05-2017 00:00
  
  Guests will have exclusive use of the regal home, which was built in 1710…Rebekah Bell
  
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