Life & Style news

• 15 dead, 5 hurt in a stampede for food aid in Morocco

  19-11-2017 16:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  RABAT, Morocco - Moroccan state TV channel 2M reports that at least 15 people have died and 5 others have been injured in a stampede as food aid was being ......
  
  Read more

• Are pop-up igloos the new Christmas markets?

  19-11-2017 15:00
  Pop-up snowglobes are appearing on roof terraces, and in back gardens and holiday resorts – with Instagram feeds set to be filled with #igloo pics all winter The only place to be seen during the winter months – and you will be, thanks to their transparency – is in an igloo. The domed structures are popping up like PVC pustules all over terraces and rooftop bars in the capital and elsewhere. They’re being called “igloos” but they have little in common with Inui
  
  Read more

• Testing required at private schools in Nevada choice program

  19-11-2017 14:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LAS VEGAS - Standardized tests are a given in public school, and they're mandatory for Nevada private schools participating in the state's budding school-choice program."We're not one of those schools ...
  
  Read more

• China pledges another three years of 'toilet revolution' to boost tourism

  19-11-2017 11:59
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China announced on Sunday plans to build and upgrade 64,000 public toilets between 2018 to 2020 as part of its "toilet revolution" aimed at boosting tourism and lifting the...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Unlucky or deluded? One man’s attempt to swim the Atlantic

  19-11-2017 10:00
  Ben Hooper’s plan to swim 2,000 miles from Senegal to Brazil – complete with sharks, storms and deadly jellyfish – didn’t work out. Alex Moshakis meets him to find out whyOne sunny morning last November, Ben Hooper, a 38-year-old former policeman, waded into the Atlantic Ocean from a beach in Dakar, Senegal, and plunged right in. In film of the moment, Hooper appears thick set, almost podgy. He’d spent the past year bulking up and now layers of fat concealed muscle
  
  Read more

• How Wagamama changed the way we eat | Sophie Wilkinson

  19-11-2017 09:30
  It’s 25 years since Wagamama opened its first branch. Sophie Wilkinson reveals how the chain stays freshA waiter scribbles on my placemat, asking: “Have you eaten here before?” Yes, of course, because I’m at Wagamama, the 128-strong chain which has been feeding hungover, shopping-weary and other assorted Britons for 25 years. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Sarah Silverman: ‘Jokes I made 15 years ago I'd not make today’

  19-11-2017 09:00
  Sarah Silverman’s comedy has always aimed a laser into the dark corners of sexism, racism and religion. But now she’s using her wit to make sense of the huge issues facing America. Sophie Heawood meets her in HollywoodArriving at the Hollywood studio complex where Sarah Silverman has her office, I am surprised to find nobody can tell me where it is. She’s one of the biggest comedians in America, but it takes 15 minutes of shrugged shoulders and wrong turns before I find a door
  
  Read more

• The art of broken hearts: smashed mannequin to a bottled wedding dress

  19-11-2017 08:00
  When a couple splits, there are always objects resonant with the love that’s been lost. But what should you do with the stuff? How about submitting it to the Museum of Broken Relationships…What can one do with the frail ruins of a love affair?” asks Olinka Vištica, curator of the Museum of Broken Relationships – an idea that began 12 years ago when her own union, with co-curator Dražen Grubišić, was breaking up. “The physical remains of our
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Is Alexa to blame for a costly doll’s house being sent to me by mistake?

  19-11-2017 07:59
  I’m worried how they got my address but all Amazon says is ‘keep it’I received a Melissa and Doug Victorian Doll’s House – original price £120, now reduced to £89 – from Amazon which I did not order. The address is my own and it was delivered by DPD, but there was no packing note in the box.I contacted Amazon but hit a brick wall. Firstly, it is not shown on my orders and, up to this point, there hasn’t been a charge. Secondly, Amazon says it
  
  Read more

• Why do analysts use the couch? | Nathan Kravis

  19-11-2017 07:00
  Reclining in order to talk to a therapist is a powerful experience, says Nathan Kravis. But the reasons remain unclearIn 1991, the New York City subway was plastered with enormous couch posters, part of an ad campaign by the Archdiocese of New York. They bore the caption (some in English, others in Spanish), “Some people find the same peace of mind sitting in a pew. Come home at Easter. The Catholic Archdiocese of New York.”As a young psychiatrist and candidate in psychoanalytic trai
  
  Read more

• Why breaking up is now even harder to do | Eva Wiseman

  19-11-2017 07:00
  Splitting up used to be a privately miserable business, but now thanks to social media and a host of ‘breakup’ apps, there’s an awful public side to having your heart broken, tooThe last time I went through a proper breakup I had a Nokia 3210 and not in an ironic way. Me and my friend Alice watched Gosford Park hungover at my parents’ house, the chairs drawn very close to the telly, and I was sick twice then went to bed for a week. It was painful, and when I think about i
  
  Read more

• Two-tone lipstick

  19-11-2017 07:00
  Mix fiery orange and cherry red for a welcome flash of winter colourIt’s a SAD lamp in lipstick form. At Jason Wu models wore a fiery orange matte on the top lip and a bombastic cherry red gloss on the bottom. You press it on with your fingers to avoid looking too done. This two-tone look, rather than wacky, is surprisingly wearable – poppy and bold rather than cartoonish – and a welcome flash of colour against the falling of dusk at 4pm.Triple Tone Lipstick £17.50 smashb
  
  Read more

• Nigel Slater’s potatoes recipes

  19-11-2017 07:00
  Cold weather calls for spirit-lifting carbs – and nothing is more comforting than a dish of tatties served piping hot
  If you slice waxy-fleshed potatoes so thin you can almost see through them, then bake them slowly in duck fat or cream, the result is both humble and luxurious. The potatoes should almost melt into the fat, and that relies very much on your dexterity with the knife. A mandolin slicer is the piece of kit I really need for this, but I don’t like them, even those with a
  
  Read more

• My husband has sex with me, but never says I look nice | Dear Mariella

  19-11-2017 07:00
  A woman whose husband no longer compliments her says it’s getting her down. Mariella Frostrup suggests she initiates change herselfThe dilemma My husband and I have been together for just over 10 years, and have a young child. He’s a kind, intelligent person and a loving father and husband. He used to compliment me quite often up until a few years ago, when we began fertility treatment in order to have our child. That was a stressful time and it involved some serious and painful medi
  
  Read more

• Indestructible houseplants

  19-11-2017 07:00
  It’s all too easy to kill off your beloved plants, but certain species are as tough as old bootsIn gardening there are many myths, but perhaps the most prevalent one is that of “green fingers”. There’s this popular idea that some people are magically endowed with an innate, superpower ability to grow plants, while for others the lack of this gift means everything inevitably shrivels up and dies. I hear all the time: “I’d love to have plants, but I just end up
  
  Read more

• Are you sensitive to others in social interaction? – personality quiz | Ben Ambridge

  19-11-2017 07:00
  Answer our questions to see whether you ‘read’ an awkward situation wellHow good are you at reading other people’s feelings? And does this vary with gender – both theirs and yours? To find out, read the vignette below.Sandra is hosting a dinner party. Cliff arrives first and the two enjoy talking about his recent holiday to Sweden. But then Michael turns up. He dominates the conversation and talks only to Sandra, showing off with a story designed to make himself look good
  
  Read more

• Great Australian Cookbook: recipes for kangaroo san choy bau and roast lamb fritters

  19-11-2017 00:53
  A new book celebrates the diverse food Australians love to eat – and demonstrates how beer can improve a classic dish Chef Clayton Donovan of Jaanings Tree restaurantContinue reading...
  
  Read more

• Guide to patterned jumpers: the wish list – in pictures

  19-11-2017 00:50
  Jumpers really shine this winter. Check out the hot pink polo shirt knitted with parrots and embellished with sparkling crystal cats by Miu Miu. There’s alpaca spun wool at Isabel Marant Étoile, crochet detailing at JW Anderson and patchwork at Stella McCartney Continue reading...
  
  Read more

Follow @NL_LifeAndStyle on Twitter!