Life & Style news

• Small risk of breast cancer seen with hormone contraceptives

  06-12-2017 23:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  CHICAGO - Modern birth control pills that are lower in estrogen have fewer side effects than past oral contraceptives. But a large Danish study suggests that, like older pills, they ...
  
  Read more

• Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease

  06-12-2017 23:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting ...
  
  Read more

• Edmonton airport travellers can read free short stories while waiting for flight

  06-12-2017 22:08 via winnipegfreepress.com
  EDMONTON - Weary air travellers heading out from Edmonton can break up the wait with a free short story.Edmonton International Airport has a Short Story Dispenser in its main terminal.Airport ......
  
  Read more

• Skift CEO Rafat Ali on travel in the age of 'permanxiety'

  06-12-2017 21:02 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Travel involves a lot of conflicting emotions. You're excited about your trip, looking forward to relaxing, reconnecting with loved ones or sightseeing.Then there's the other side of ...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• A berry tart in under an hour, using a olive-oil cake base

  06-12-2017 19:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  During the holidays, we could all use a fantastic tart recipe in our hip pockets. Tarts are a perfect festive end to any dinner party, and they make a lovely ......
  
  Read more

• Lawsuit cooked up over New Jersey's home baked goods ban

  06-12-2017 19:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TRENTON, N.J. - A group of bakers is challenging a one-of-a-kind New Jersey rule that bans the sale of homemade baked goods.The New Jersey Home Bakers Association on Wednesday sued ...
  
  Read more

• The Importance Of Depth in Interior Design and Why It’s Your Secret Weapon

  06-12-2017 19:00
  Depth makes a difference in interior design. Image: Niche ModernSometimes the rooms in our home aren’t quite the perfect fit that we’re hoping for. They might just be a little too small or too oddly-shaped for comfort, and a remodel just isn’t in the cards. In these cases, it’s important to rely on a few tried-and-true interior design tricks to help alter the perception of a space. One of our favorites is incorporating depth in interior design.If you’re looking to c
  
  Read more

• UK jeweler won't make replicas for Meghan Markle's ring

  06-12-2017 18:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - The jewelry maker who worked on the engagement ring Prince Harry gave to Meghan Markle says it's been inundated with requests for replicas— but it won't be taking ...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Train in pain: are noise-filled carriages bad for your health?

  06-12-2017 17:45
  We live amid an ever-increasing hail of sound – yet quiet rail coaches are under threat. Perhaps we are becoming afraid of silenceSeven years. That’s the minimum prison sentence that should apply to people on public transport who listen to music through their phone speakers (also known as “sodcasting”) – with two years for banal phone conversations that never end.For many, the news that South Western Railways is thinking of getting rid of quiet carriages will not be
  
  Read more

• 'Silence Breakers' named Time magazine's Person of the Year

  06-12-2017 17:19 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - The Silence Breakers" — those who have shared their stories about sexual assault and harassment — have been named Time magazine's Person of the Year.Numerous women have ...
  
  Read more

• Tell us about the childhood Christmas gifts you asked for but never received

  06-12-2017 15:55
  We’d like to hear about how you felt as a child when you realised you didn’t get what you asked for at Christmas
  We’ve all been there as a child - asking for the latest toy, or a trip into space, hoping and wishing that we’d find it under the tree on Christmas day, only to be bitterly disappointed to find it wasn’t meant to be.With Christmas shopping well underway, we want to hear about the gifts you asked for and didn’t receive. Whether your expectations were
  
  Read more

• RIGHT AT HOME: Nurseries worthy of a Bohemian lullaby

  06-12-2017 15:23 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Traditional nursery decor tends to be a gently stirred mix of cute animals, soft hues and nicely matched furnishings. And there's much to be said for all that sweet serenity; ......
  
  Read more

• ASK A DESIGNER: Metallics for the holidays and all winter

  06-12-2017 15:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Holiday decorating is all about adding a bit of cheer and sparkle, a task made easier by the recent popularity of all things metallic. With winter's shortage of daylight, the ...
  
  Read more

• Kitchen gadgets review: Hairy Bikers pie maker – a sandwich toaster for pastry

  06-12-2017 14:08
  There is no temperature dial, no app-enabled extra content, no Bluetooth egg wash function – but the results are good all the sameThe Hairy Bikers twin deep-fill pie maker (£19.99, robertdyas.co.uk) is an electrically heated ceramic press, used to seal and cook pastry hulls. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Why do so many recipes start off with frying onions? | Notes and queries

  06-12-2017 13:30
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWhy do so many recipes start off with frying onions? I’m asking because I hate the smell of onions as they cook.Tim Ellis Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Why are mobile phone signals from France stronger than UK-based signals? | Notes and queries

  06-12-2017 13:30
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWhenever we go for walks on the cliffs between Dover and Deal our phones (which have different servers) assume we are in France and switch to French time. While we would dearly like to be in France, we are actually standing on a UK cliff. Why are the mobile phone signals from France, 26 miles away, stronger than UK-based signals?Philippa
  
  Read more

• The Freshome Gift Guide: Contemporary Kids Decor and Modern Toys for Kids

  06-12-2017 13:00
  Kids can also have a good eye for design and architecture. If you know a child who appreciates modern design (or parents who prefer to see a modernist kid’s clutter), we’ve got a great selection of contemporary kids decor and modern toys for kids of all ages.Modern kids decor giftsThis small replica of the famous Jeff Koons balloon dog is a piggy bank. Available at AllModern.More modern kids decor in stores now:1.| 2. | 3. | 4.| 5.| 6.  Modern games for kidsBackgammon with
  
  Read more

• A step up – what is it like tower-running up a 35-storey building?

  06-12-2017 11:37
  More than 100 people took part in an event at the City of London’s Broadgate Tower – with some brave souls attempting 12 climbs for a vertical mile
  Running up a seemingly endless flight of steps in a brightly lit, white-walled stairwell, I felt as if I was trapped in a psychological thriller. Muffled sounds of heavy breathing and disembodied voices drifted down from above, while from behind me I could hear someone’s footsteps getting closer.
  I was climbing the 877 steps of the
  
  Read more

• Let's roll: the best board games for Christmas 2017

  06-12-2017 11:36
  Sick of charades? Tired of Trivial Pursuit? Here’s our guide to the games that will make Christmas with your family fly by
  Christmas and board games go together like turkey and stuffing. But if the prospect of endless rounds of Monopoly and Cluedo fills you with dread, there are some far better alternatives. Here’s our rundown of some of the best games to play with your family this festive season. Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Lubaina Himid awarded Britain's Turner Prize, oldest artist ever to win

  06-12-2017 09:07
  LONDON (Reuters) - Lubaina Himid, a 63-year-old artist whose creations include dinner plates painted with vomiting aristocrats, became the oldest person ever to win Britain's most prestigious art...
  
  Read more

• 20 best Christmas recipes: part 3

  06-12-2017 09:00
  Festive recipes that are sure to impress your holiday guests, including Anna Jones’s vegetarian celebration pie, Florence Knight’s buttered lobster and Claire Ptak’s pineapple trifle20 best Christmas recipes part 120 best Christmas recipes part 220 best Christmas recipes part 4I love how exotic it is to have pineapples in the kitchen, and the holidays, when local fruit is scarce, is the perfect time to buy a few plump ones. Pineapples and kirsch have a long history together. A
  
  Read more

• Head to head: how do indie brewers compete with the multinationals?

  06-12-2017 08:00
  As global companies buy up craft breweries, smaller players need to make more noise to survive, says one brewerI fell in love with brewing because it’s a business that shares. Craft breweries try to build good relationships not just with their customers but also with the brewers they deal with. They swap ideas and recipes and when things get difficult they band together and share resources. When I started my beer company five years ago, global beer sales were slowing and microbreweries wer
  
  Read more

• Can we talk turkey here for a minute?

  06-12-2017 07:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s this — the key to being a big-shot newspaper columnist is a willingness to sacrifice yourself to get the story.Which is exactly ...
  
  Read more

• Beatles haircuts ‘unsightly, unsafe, unruly, and unclean’ – archive, 6 December 1963

  06-12-2017 06:00
  6 December 1963 Young engineer back at work after suspension for sporting a Beatles-style haircutThomas Charnock (16) returns to work as an apprentice at a Birkenhead factory today after a two-week suspension imposed because he had a Beatles-style haircut.Thomas, of Pasture Road, Moreton, a first year apprentice at the K.W.K. engineering factory, at Park Street, Birkenhead, was told along with other apprentices by the managing director, Mr William Kaminski, to get his hair cut properly. Mr Kamin
  
  Read more

• Japan's slide into war chronicled in Emperor Hirohito's memoir

  06-12-2017 05:26
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's Emperor Hirohito did not veto his advisers' decision to declare war on the United States in 1941 because he feared triggering an internal conflict that would destroy his...
  
  Read more

• Hundreds of thousands of poor people detained in hospitals

  06-12-2017 01:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BENI, Congo - Faida Mwenge's baby boy is nearly 3 months old but she and her son are still not allowed to leave the hospital — not until their bill ......
  
  Read more

• Sudoku 3924 medium

  06-12-2017 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...
  
  Read more

• Quick crossword No 14,846

  06-12-2017 01:00
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Cryptic crossword No 27,373

  06-12-2017 01:00
  Continue reading...
  
  Read more

• Santa with 'naughty' and 'nice' tattoos must tone it down

  06-12-2017 00:24 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LANGHORNE, Pa. - A beloved Santa with "naughty" tattooed on one arm and "nice" tattooed on the other has been asked to tone down his typically goofy poses at a ...
  
  Read more

Follow @NL_LifeAndStyle on Twitter!