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• Céline appoints Hedi Slimane as its new creative director

  21-01-2018 17:31
  Slimane is one of the most iconoclastic and charismatic characters in modern fashion
  Hedi Slimane, one of the most iconoclastic and charismatic characters in modern fashion, has been named the new creative director of Céline. Continue reading...
  
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• Whatever happened to the Jade Goody effect?

  21-01-2018 16:00
  After the reality star died of cervical cancer in 2009, nearly 500,000 extra women turned up for smear tests. Now, the number of screenings has reached a 20-year low. Why?When the letter arrives informing me that I am due a smear test, as it does every three years for women aged 25 to 49, I do what many women do: I recycle it. There will be a reminder. Or I hide it under a pile of papers to find in a couple of months’ time.I know I am not alone in this, because the latest figures from NHS
  
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• Flower show's focus on water lets visitors dive into spring

  21-01-2018 15:35 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PHILADELPHIA - As the East Coast continues its slog through chilly temperatures and general winter dreariness, the Philadelphia Flower Show offers a colorful sneak peek into warmer, longer days.This year, ......
  
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• Losing its sparkle: the dark side of glitter

  21-01-2018 15:00
  These days, no Instagram post or fashion show is complete without a liberal sprinkling of glitter. But questions surround its environmental impact – and role in child slavery. Is it time to stop?Last year was the best of times and the worst of times for glitter. New York magazine’s fashion title, the Cut, declared: “In 2017, there’s no such thing as too much twinkle.” The managers of one London pub agreed, adding glitter to its Christmas dinner gravy and declaring i
  
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• James Haskell: ‘When I came to Wasps, I was eating six meals a day. It was horrific’

  21-01-2018 13:00
  The England rugby player on trying anything once – even if it’s cod sperm, pig’s heart and strawberry custardMy first memory is being taken for Indian food at the Cookham Tandoori on the High Street – I remember the poppadoms, the onions, the chicken tikka. I remember being taken for my fifth or maybe my fourth birthday to the Pizza Hut. I hated school food. I love fish now but I just hated it then. And strawberry custard, something you never see except in educational est
  
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• Lord of the ring road: see Iceland through the windscreen

  21-01-2018 11:00
  A driving holiday around Iceland’s Golden Circle and south coast gives a widescreen view of its cinematic landscapeWe’ve only been on the road for 20 minutes and already the cinematic comparisons are flowing like lava. Game of Thrones. Lord of the Rings. Spaghetti western? “No, Narnia.” Frozen! It could be all of them, depending on where your gaze settles. One minute it’s all glacial rivers and snow-capped mountain ranges, turn the bend and you’re plunged into
  
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• Ralph Lauren snow gear and arty socks: what to buy this week

  21-01-2018 07:00
  Get back to the 90s with snowboarder gear from a cult range, don specs from Andy Warhol’s eyewear makers and check out iconic Irving Penn images in Paris. Here are our top style tips for the week ahead…Want to bag yourself a piece of fashion folklore? Polo Ralph Lauren is reissuing the 1993 Snow Beach collection, a cult range loved by snowboarders and hip-hop stars such as the Wu-Tang Clan. The 90s are a big look at the moment – especially bold logos and colours. The reissue w
  
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• Nigel Slater’s haggis recipes

  21-01-2018 07:00
  As stuffing or seasoning, the Scottish delicacy is a beautiful thingEarly morning in a Glasgow hotel and I seem to have won the breakfast lottery. The first meal of the day brings not only pork sausages bursting at the seams, but black pudding and a slice of haggis, too. There is much to like about haggis: the coarse, friable texture and generous seasoning; its happy partnership with mashed root vegetables; and the intelligence of a recipe that makes something from nothing. A haggis is a thing o
  
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• My 18-year-old daughter is having a baby with my stepson | Dear Mariella

  21-01-2018 07:00
  This may turn out to be the terrible mistake you foresee but you must get behind this young couple and support them, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma I have been with my husband for 13 years, married for 11. We have children but not together. My daughter was five when we met, she is now 18 and my husband’s only child is 22. He recently moved back home with us and he and my daughter formed a very close relationship with each other. Back in July 2017, it came to light that my stepson and my
  
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• Make-up on the move

  21-01-2018 07:00
  Tax demands and dog mess take their toll in January. Brighten up with a powder that transports you to happier timesThe cheeky bliss of the sunset-hued Illamasqua Beyond Powder, in (appropriately named) Epic, gives me pure power at this time of year. Determined to kung-fu kick the heavy grey skies and my impending tax bill, I want every blink of my eye to scream: “Take me to a tiki bar!” I want it to take me back to the day I met my neighbour Alice on the pavement outside our flats, w
  
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• Let your lips do the talking in shades of red

  21-01-2018 07:00
  From burgundy to crushed raspberry, there’s just one lip colour this seasonThis season’s lips are a rainbow of reds, from burgundy to peach, with the most wearable a jolly crushed raspberry. From stamped-on cupids bows to romantic bitten lips, your mouth is the focus for spring. At Dolce & Gabbana every model had their own ruby shade, with Pat McGrath explaining: “It’s not about just one colour giving power to the face. It’s ultra-Dolce.” Ultra-Dolce, an a
  
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• Wines and whisky for Burns Night | David Williams

  21-01-2018 06:59
  Haggis, neeps and tatties don’t taste the same without a wee dram to toast Scotland’s most famous poetLes Calèches de Lanessan, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux, France 2011 (from £16.99, T Wright Wine; Rodney Fletcher Vintners; Wood Winters) What to drink on Burns Night, an evening that offers a welcome fizzle of festivity in the January murk, even for Sassanachs? Whisky, of course, and you can find a dram or two below. For drinking with the haggis, however, another drink, o
  
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• Bondi Harvest's beetroot lentil burger recipe

  21-01-2018 01:50
  The clean-living chefs’ new cookbook is filled with healthy and delicious versions of family-friendly recipesHearty and packed with protein, this vegetarian beetroot and lentil burger is a healthy wholefood feast all wrapped up in a bun for easy two-handed eating. Even the vegetarian sceptics will be coming back for more of this little beauty.Related: Bondi Harvest's Mexican salsa verde eggs recipeContinue reading...
  
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• Classic photography from the OFM archives

  21-01-2018 00:57
  Groundbreaking images to celebrate Observer Food Monthly’s 200th issue Continue reading...
  
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