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• Artist David Hockney gives close-up look at self in exhibit

  26-08-2017 21:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LOS ANGELES - The aspiring artist was 17 when he took pencil to paper in 1954 and sketched a stunningly mirror-like image of himself as a student at England's Bradford ......
  
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• Preserving Riverton's rich history

  26-08-2017 15:57 via winnipegfreepress.com
  RIVERTON — It’s probably the only Manitoba charitable organization sparked by the discovery of a human skull.The skull came from a long-forgotten Interlake cemetery, forgotten in part because just six ......
  
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• NYC calorie rule scrutinized in courts of law, and science

  26-08-2017 15:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - As a court fight simmers over New York City's pioneering requirement for calorie counts on chain restaurant menus, scientists say the jury's still out on whether giving ...
  
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• Photo finish: 10 of the best Instagram beauty accounts

  26-08-2017 15:00
  Instagram beauty isn’t all about wacky, unwearable trends – although those are fun too. Here is our pick of the best accounts for minimal looks, a boy’s perspective, older women, glamour, new trends and blemish-prone skinThe many beauty aficionados of Instagram get a bad rap for creating outlandish looks that attract “likes” online but veer beyond anything that works in real life. But the world of Instagram beauty is not all unicorn-horn eyeliner, sushi lip-art and
  
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• Jeremy Lee’s recipe for melon sorbet | King of puddings

  26-08-2017 13:00
  Blitzed with a dash of citrus and frozen into a glittering sorbet, this makes a perfect finale to an end-of-summer feastThere is a scene in the film The Day of The Jackal when Edward Fox, as the Jackal, an assassin deluxe, corrects the sights on his bespoke rifle to shoot a watermelon. It is his target practice for shooting President Charles de Gaulle (Adrien Cayla-Legrand) and it is a scene to make you shudder (although the president was spared the fate of the watermelon, unlike the would-be as
  
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• Rebecca Solnit: if I were a man

  26-08-2017 12:00
  Growing up, the author joked she was the perfect son: intelligent, ambitious, independent. How different might her life have been?When I was very young, some gay friends of mine threw a cross-dressing party. My boyfriend at the time, with the help of his mother, did so well that a lot of straight men were unnerved; they needed to know that the lust-inspiring, simpering siren in the tight slip was not compromising their heterosexuality. I was not nearly so convincing as a Rod Stewart-ish man with
  
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• Late summer gardening: jewel-like plants that shine for months

  26-08-2017 12:00
  Don’t rest on your laurels just yet: with just a little more work, your garden will be even lovelier to laze inAs we slip past high summer and towards late, it is tempting to take your foot off the gas. This is a time to enjoy the garden, to relax after the hard work, with maybe the odd push-around of the mower to make room for a blanket or deckchair. But as welcome as the laziness of the season may be, those who give up too early are missing out. The flowers of late summer and autumn
  
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• Dominic Cooper: ‘My best kiss? James Corden’

  26-08-2017 10:30
  The actor on narcissism, roaming the moors with Kate Bush, and his love of classic carsBorn in London, Dominic Cooper, 39, trained at Lamda. In 2004 he played Dakin in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys at the National Theatre and on Broadway; he went on to appear in the 2006 film adaptation. His subsequent movies include Mamma Mia!, An Education, Tamara Drewe and My Week With Marilyn. On television, he has appeared in Fleming, Agent Carter and, most recently, the AMC series Preacher, in
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for chorizo and ’nduja

  26-08-2017 10:00
  Calabria’s spicy salami and Spain’s paprika-rich sausage are invaluable tools in every home chef’s ingredients kitI have become slightly obsessed with a new book, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Canongate, £28), published here this week. Its author, Samin Nosrat, distils the secret of successful cooking down to those four elements; she argues that understanding each frees us up to cook with intuition, rather than blindly doing what we’re told to in a recipe. Salt enhances fl
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the family court adviser

  26-08-2017 10:00
  Both parents are usually adamant that the other is a complete nightmareI get called in when separated parents fail to agree over their children: who they live with, who they visit. So off I go to visit the first parent. Sad story: treated very badly by the other parent, who is despicable and should never be allowed near the children again. Then I visit the other parent: another sad but completely incompatible story. I feel sorry for them both. It is down to me to attempt to unpick which parent i
  
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• Beauty: the best high street exfoliating toners | Sali Hughes

  26-08-2017 09:00
  Most liquid exfoliants are so expensive, but I’d consider them an essentialI write this from my sickbed, surrounded by tissues and product testers. One advantage of not leaving the house for days is that one can take a worthwhile break from makeup, while feeling sufficiently bored to take one’s time over skincare and try some new products you might not otherwise.My favourite of these is Superdrug’s splendid new Naturally Radiant Glycolic Acid Toner, £5.99. It’s sati
  
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• What links artist Hokusai, golfer Lee Trevino, park ranger Roy Sullivan? The Weekend quiz

  26-08-2017 08:00
  From Voyager to vowels, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which painting is named after Infanta Margaret Theresa’s ladies-in-waiting?
  2 Who wielded a katana or wakizashi?
  3 Which European country has the only red and black national flag?
  4 In Wales, what were attacked in the Rebecca Riots?
  5 Whose sidekicks included Mr Roy, Mr Derek and Mr Rodney?
  6 What service does the RAF’s Voyager provide?
  7 What is the fastest land mammal in Britain?
  8 Which three vowels are chemical el
  
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• We want to put our flat on Airbnb – any advice?

  26-08-2017 08:00
  We’ve no idea how to stand out or what price to start withEvery 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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• Fit in my 40s: ‘I have the forward hunch of a sedentary worker’

  26-08-2017 08:00
  Everything at the front needs stretching, and everything at the back needs strengtheningI am back at Nyambe’s personal training studio. “Everybody is in training for the life that they lead,” he says. “If you and Mo Farah had a sitting-down-for-eight-hours competition, you would win.”In case you’ve forgotten; my anterior chain (the front) is tight, my posterior chain is weak, and this is down to my posture, the forward hunch of the sedentary worker.
  
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• A letter to … my brother, the bully who treats me as an emotional punchbag

  26-08-2017 07:45
  The letter you always wanted to writeI don’t suppose we will ever speak again. I avoid any and all family occasions that would mean our paths would cross. These are statements that have massive ramifications as we enter a phase of life where there are family weddings and our parents become elderly. But these I am willing to accept, even though this means missing out on important events that cannot be replayed. This hurts, and hurts a lot, but the alternative would hurt more.
  
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• How a bookish teenager bodybuilt his way to Manville

  26-08-2017 07:30
  William Giraldi’s relatives were as manly as the name of his New Jersey hometown suggests, so life became much easier after his uncle gave him a baptism of ironIn the heat of a May afternoon in 1990, 15 years old and dumped by my first girlfriend, I wandered down to my uncle’s house and found him weightlifting in his basement gym. Whether because I was depressed beyond my understanding or because I was desperate to win back the affections of the girl who had just ditched me for a foo
  
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• Why I’ll be spending my golden years with my golden girls

  26-08-2017 07:14
  Kiran Aldridge and her friends are in their 40s and none of them have children. They have decided to buy a house together, where they can pool resources, skills and a yoga teacher – and never be lonelyI have a group of female friends and we are all in our early 40s. None of us have children. We have known each other for what seems to be an eternity; we went to college together, and then visited each other at different universities and remained good friends. I clearly see a timeline of
  
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• Thirty years after I fancied him at school, my teacher landed back in my life

  26-08-2017 07:00
  He had been the best and best-looking teacher she ever had. Now in her 40s and separating from the father of her children, one woman recalls how their romance bloomedI knew him as “Joebrown”. One word, like that – and, thanks to a twist of fate 30 years later, I now know he was 28 back then. I was 16, an A-level pupil who couldn’t bring myself to call teachers – especially this one – by their first names, as we were suddenly allowed to do at sixth form. Combin
  
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• Blind date: ‘Good beard, kind eyes: I think this is going to be totally fine’

  26-08-2017 07:00
  Do 24-year-old film assistant Emma and children’s services officer Will, 26, hit it off?What were you hoping for?
  A fun evening with someone who voted Remain. And tall. Continue reading...
  
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• Prize Crossword No 27,286

  26-08-2017 01:01
  We are unable to display Maskarade’s Bank Holiday Prize puzzle online in the normal interactive format. Please click here use the PDF version to complete the crossword.Each clue leads to two solutions beginning with the letter indicated, which are to be entered in the grid, jigsaw-wise. One of each pair is of a kind, not further defined. The thematic solution for X ignores small child at city. Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,759

  26-08-2017 01:00
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