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• Last post: Titanic victim's letter sells for record $166,000

  21-10-2017 21:00
  LONDON (Reuters) - A personal letter found on the body of a man killed in the sinking of the Titanic sold at auction on Saturday for 126,000 pounds ($166,000), a record price for correspondence from...
  
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• UK paper sorry for airbrushing out Solange Knowles's braids

  21-10-2017 20:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - Britain's Evening Standard newspaper has apologized to Solange Knowles for digitally altering an image of the singer on the cover of its magazine.Knowles — who had released a ......
  
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• Operation smile: how jaw surgery changed my life

  21-10-2017 11:00
  For years, Martha Hayes was bullied for being ‘goofy’. An operation at 18 gave her a new self-confidence, but would it last?“Skinny, ginger, goofy bitch.”I was walking to school one morning when I heard this from a girl I’d never seen before. She threatened to “get a hammer and knock my teeth in place”. I was 12, and recognised the girls on either side of her, egging her on, because they had been my friends at primary school. Now, here we were, pupils at
  
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• Jeremy Lee’s nostalgic rice pud recipe | King of puddings

  21-10-2017 11:00
  There are many ways to make a rice pudding, but none can beat our columnist’s father’s, baked in the oven and served with a blob of bramble compote ... homemade, of courseIf ever there were a pudding that could soothe, it would have to be a fine rice pudding. This recipe, for a bowl with nowt else in it but the seemingly smallest spoonful of rice, a dod of butter and a great jug of milk, to be then popped in the oven, is little short of miraculous. The resulting loveliness requires l
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for chilli tofu

  21-10-2017 10:30
  Chilli tofu may be a street food, but that’s no reason not to make this hot, sweet, sour and sticky mouthful at home, tooSomething happens to me when I get within 10 miles of Leicester. I crave chilli tofu: the urge is so strong, I swear I can smell it the closer I get to into the city.This Pavlovian response was forged over years travelling as a child with my parents from Lincolnshire to Leicester on the three-and-a- half-hour round trip to shop for spices and saris. We&rsq
  
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• Iraq’s lost generation: ‘I have forgotten what happiness is’

  21-10-2017 10:30
  Zanab Ismail wanted to be a doctor, Raghda Ali was studying to be a nurse – then Isis destroyed Mosul. Three years on, can they start over?When Mosul was finally liberated on 9 July, Zanab Ismail was 50 miles away, watching events on TV. Her family had left their home in Iraq’s second largest city on the morning of 26 August 2014, after shouts from the street warned them that Isis had entered the area. Rumours had preceded the invasion of what Isis fighters were doing to families wit
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s mushroom recipes

  21-10-2017 10:00
  Nothing spells autumn quite like mushroomsTalk of “earthy flavours” is pretty common at this time of the year, but it really bears repeating in the case of mushrooms, because they taste so very much of the soil from which they grow. Mushrooms don’t have any chlorophyll, so are unable to harvest energy from sunlight, which means they have to do all their growing underground, feeding on whatever they find. So, mushrooms that grow under chestnut trees taste of chestnuts and soil.
  
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• What I’m really thinking: the supermarket checkout operator

  21-10-2017 10:00
  Some days, after 10 hours of scanning and beeping, your refusal to acknowledge me is upsettingI make no judgments about your shopping; your eight cans of lager a day, your chocolate habit, your inability to resist doughnuts, your reliance on sliced white and spread. I scarcely register the contents of your trolley as I focus on the beeping, the speed and accuracy demanded of me, the struggle to give change when you find a few odd pennies you want to get rid of after I’ve rung up
  
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• 'Every year we continue to exist, it’s a surprise': is your job on the endangered list?

  21-10-2017 09:00
  With so many traditional industries under threat, from DVD rentals and black cabs to British wool – how does it feel to know your job might not exist in five years’ time?It’s been a long time since a job for life was on the horizon for many; now even a job for five years can seem like a stretch. It’s not just because more of us are choosing portfolio careers, or retraining in our 40s; whole sections of industry are disappearing. Empty shopfronts where camera stores or vid
  
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• Beauty: moisturisers for tattooed skin

  21-10-2017 09:00
  Moisturiser is necessary to keep the tattoo from cracking and flaking, but it’s important not to overdo thingsI just got my sixth tattoo, and it has prompted people to ask how I care for inked skin. This is no surprise, given that an estimated 40% of under-40s are now tattooed, yet this is rarely reflected in mainstream beauty writing.I have never been a slave to aftercare leaflets with any of my tattoos or piercings, but I always follow the same drill: removal of cellophane (wrapped
  
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• Where can I get budget cycling gear?

  21-10-2017 08:00
  Cash flow is a bit tight – is it better to go second hand on eBay or go brand new?Every 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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• Ultrarunner Zach Miller: ‘I love digging in the pain cave’

  21-10-2017 08:00
  In the world of ultrarunning, he is a cult figure, winning his very first race in record time and charging towards the finish line while others jog. What’s his rush?Zach Miller is stirring porridge on top of a wood-burning stove. Outside, snow lies on the ground surrounding his log cabin. We’re halfway up Pikes Peak, a 14,115ft mountain in the Colorado Rockies. The front door opens and a runner steps in, a man in his 50s, red-faced from the effort of getting up the mountain. Through
  
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• In the sporting acronym, what is a goat? The Weekend quiz

  21-10-2017 08:00
  From the High Kings of Ireland to Ron Mael, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 On 4 June 1783, what was demonstrated at Annonay, France?
  2 In the sporting acronym, what is a goat?
  3 Which hill was said to be the seat of the High Kings of Ireland?
  4 Sex therapist Dr Westheimer is better known as what?
  5 Which Shakespearean heiress lives at Belmont?
  6 Which country endured a Time of Troubles from 1598-1613?
  7 Nonexistent Donald Kaufman was Oscar-nominated for which screenplay?
  8 Which grou
  
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• Bologna city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels

  21-10-2017 08:00
  The opening of a foodie theme park will further elevate Bologna’s reputation as Italy’s culinary capital but the city has plenty more to offer, including superb art, music and medieval architectureEurope’s oldest university town (it was founded in 1088) has been a haven for intellectuals and creative types since luminaries such as Dante and Petrarch passed through in the 14th century. Cultural capitals can ossify with time, but the constant influx of young blood into Bologna ha
  
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• Liz Lawler: ‘I am one of 14 children so there was never room to hold us all’

  21-10-2017 07:45
  With siblings in their 40s and their 70s, my life has been shaped by being a member of a large, happy crowdI have always felt a bit of a fraud when I say I am one of 14 – even though it is true – because two of my siblings died before I was born: a sister named Peggy, aged four, and a brother named Stella, a stillbirth, at full term. My mother said he was a good 9lb and came out with the cord wrapped round his neck. Not to mention them would be to deny their existence and dishonour m
  
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• Family Life: Me as a bus conductor with my farmer dad; Mush, Mush, Mush from The Quiet Man; Sunday teatime winkles

  21-10-2017 07:45
  Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipesI only have three photographs of me with my father. In the 1950s, photography was expensive and the film was mostly saved for snaps of weddings and the annual chapel coach trip to the seaside: it often remained in the camera for several months. My favourite photo, taken on Christmas Day 1951, is of me, aged four, proudly showing off my present of a bus conductor’s cap, uniform and ticket machine, standing with
  
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• A letter to … my stepfather, who finally showed me what it meant to have a dad

  21-10-2017 07:45
  The letter you always wanted to writeI was seven when you appeared in my life. I didn’t like you at first – it felt as if you were taking my mum away from me. I thought if I was cold and distant with you, you would lose interest in me and give up. Luckily, you didn’t. You made numerous efforts trying to bond with me – taking me to see the Lion King, taking us on holiday to France and teaching me simple things, such as how to play catch.I saw very little of my da
  
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• Should've clammed up about the cows

  21-10-2017 07:43 via winnipegfreepress.com
  As you can probably imagine, I am feeling pretty sheepish about this whole cow controversy.I am referring here to the big blowback from a recent column wherein I cited news ......
  
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• Scared, angry, inept – that’s me, the carer

  21-10-2017 07:30
  As Ian Whitwham recovered from a stroke, his wife was diagnosed with cancer. In his new, reversed role, he charts the rollercoaster of her illnessI care. I’ve swapped roles with my wife and become a “carer”. When I had a stroke she was the “carer”. Now I have recovered, she has got cancer. It is my turn to do some “caring”. I suppose this must be the “until death us do part” stage of proceedings. I’m not sure I signed up for this b
  
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• Khizr Khan: the patriotic American Muslim who called out Donald Trump

  21-10-2017 07:00
  The father of the US soldier Humayun Khan talks about losing his son to the Iraq war and why it drove him to challenge the future president on live TV
  Plus: An extract from Khizr Khan’s new book, An American FamilyIt remains a defining image of last year’s US presidential election. Khizr Khan, speaking at the Democratic national convention with his wife, Ghazala, by his side, produced a copy of the constitution from his jacket pocket, held it up for all to see, and offered to lend it
  
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• Berger & Wyse on having a drink – cartoon

  21-10-2017 07:00
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• Blind date: ‘He didn’t tweet once, not even when I went to the loo’

  21-10-2017 06:59
  Did Benjamin and Max hit it off over a slap-up brasserie meal?What were you hoping for?
  The last time I had a blind date, my friends arranged two guys at the same time, who ended up with each other. So I was hoping to avoid that. Continue reading...
  
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• FDA approves better vaccine against painful shingles virus

  21-10-2017 01:07 via winnipegfreepress.com
  A new, more effective vaccine to prevent painful shingles has been approved by U.S. regulators.Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said the Food and Drug Administration approved it late Friday. It will be the ......
  
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• Sudoku 3885 hard

  21-10-2017 01:01
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9.For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls cost £1.03 per minute from a BT landline. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at standard rate). Continue reading...
  
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• Killer Sudoku 576

  21-10-2017 01:01
  Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines.
  For a helping hand call our solutions line on 0906 200 83 83. Calls will cost £1.03 per minute, plus your phone company’s access charge. Calls from other networks may vary and mobiles will be considerably higher. Service supplied by ATS. Call 0330 333 6946 for customer service (charged at stan
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,807

  21-10-2017 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,334

  21-10-2017 01:00
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• Cuba unveils Jose Marti statue, a gift from Trump's hometown

  21-10-2017 00:43
  HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba unveiled a replica of a New York statue of independence hero Jose Marti on Friday, putting a gift from the hometown of U.S. President Donald Trump on public display at a time...
  
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