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• Bystander rape-prevention programs face questions

  08-10-2017 19:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Training programs around the country are trying to teach bystanders to stop sexual assault, and now is when they have to be especially alert. Campus sexual ......
  
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• Key to success for independent Canadian breweries lies in 'economies of scope'

  08-10-2017 16:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Canada's remaining independent breweries know they can't compete with the economies of scale and marketing capabilities of global conglomerates, so they're concentrating on winning customers over by catering ......
  
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• Travels with my dad: a bothy-to-bothy hike in north Devon

  08-10-2017 11:00
  Our writer is keen to try a hiking route between two of the National Trust’s new camping bothies in north Devon, but is unsure how her recently retired father will take to staying in a ‘stone tent’‘Are we nearly there yet?” The much-dreaded phrase came loudly from over my shoulder as we edged nearer to the coast. In fairness it had taken longer to arrive than I had anticipated. This was, after all, the final stretch of our two-day circular walk around Exmoor nationa
  
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• Nigel Slater: ‘I love the crackle of winter’

  08-10-2017 09:00
  In this exclusive extract from his wonderful new book, The Christmas Chronicles, Nigel Slater leads us on a rich journey through his favourite time of year; a journey of food and fables, drinks and decorationsThe icy prickle across your face as you walk out into the freezing air. The piercing burn to your sinuses, like wasabi. Your eyes sparkle, your ears tingle. The rush of cold to your head is stimulating, vital, energising.The arrival of the first snap of cold is invigorating, like jumping in
  
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• Zingy abstract tiles and cuddly pjs for kids: what to buy this week | Alice Fisher

  08-10-2017 07:00
  Blue and white handmade tiles, eco pyjamas, face-cleansing balls and Andy Warhol’s unisex fragrance… these are some of the things we love this week Fine interiors brand Bert & May has joined forces with everyone’s favourite lifestyle store, the Conran Shop, on a range of exceptional handmade abstract tiles featuring six designs in three colourways. They’re wasted on your bathroom. The Conran Shop x Bert & May £5.76 per tile, bertandmay.com Continue reading.
  
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• Why we all need a bolshie friend | Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

  08-10-2017 07:00
  Stubborn, hilarious, opinionated and loyal: with a stroppy friend fighting your corner you can’t go wrongThere’s a set of distinct insults used by racists that can only really be thrown at mixed-race people in the UK. “Mongrel”, “mule” and “half-breed” hold a special place of hatred in my heart. They make me think of animals ready to be led to slaughter; dangerously inhuman terms, placing mixed-race people outside the bounds of compassion.Last week
  
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• Raleigh Mustang bike preview: ‘For trails and tarmac’ | Martin Love

  08-10-2017 07:00
  A tough and durable adventure bike that means taking the short cut through the woods has never been so temptingPrice: £1,500
  Frame: 6061 double-butted alloy
  Gears: SRAM Apex 1Brakes: Spyre discWhen was the last time you saw a purple bike? Probably some time back in the 70s. But there is nothing dated about this Mustang. It’s one of Raleigh’s most enduring models and is back by popular demand. The real appeal of the adventure bike is that it can seamlessly blend road performance
  
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• My father is a womaniser. I’m terrified I’ll become one, too

  08-10-2017 07:00
  Mariella Frostrup advises a young man that philandering is a choice and he’s not forced to follow in his father’s footstepsThe dilemma I’m 22, single and very romantic, yet I can’t relate to women. I grew up with a womanising father and ever since I can remember he has made comments about women and sex. No man in my family has ever achieved true love and they have all had multiple sex partners and lovers, betraying the confidence of wives and long-term girlfriends. My gre
  
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• How to treat your terrarium | James Wong

  08-10-2017 07:00
  Forget the hipster bottle gardens of Instagram; follow the Victorians’ advice and your terrarium will thriveYou know things are bad when you recognise the trends all the cool kids are doing from the last time round. Back in the 1980s I pored over Dr DG Hessayon’s The House Plant Expert. It was my childhood bible. Out of all his projects, the bottle garden was the one that captured my imagination the most: a little enclosed world of virtually self-sustaining plants, even containing it
  
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• Flat pack to the future: how Ikea shaped our lives | Nell Frizzell

  08-10-2017 07:00
  Thirty years ago Ikea opened its first store in the UK. It’s had a huge impact on our homes – and us, says Nell FrizzellI have measured out my life in coffee spoons and mattresses, bath mats and bookcases, cushions and double duvets. These touchstones of my life may seem sporadic – the cooking pot I went off to university with, the first towel I bought (rather than stole from my mother), the rucksack I wore during my pregnancy, the changing table that will, I hope, one day serv
  
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• Angkor Soul, Stockport: ‘It lives up to its name' | Jay Rayner

  08-10-2017 07:00
  It’s a popular restaurant, a café and a record shop, too. But all that matters is the great Cambodian home cookingAngkor Soul, 12 Stockport Road, Marple, Stockport SK6 6BJ (0161 222 0707). Lunch £30, dinner £60, both for twoMarple, just outside Stockport, is not the kind of town in which you would expect to find a restaurant like Angkor Soul. I suspect even its chef and founder, Y Sok, would agree. Like Seoul Kimchi a couple of weeks ago, it is the product of pure happen
  
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