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• Amanda Ruben's lamb shoulder and fig crostata - recipe

  24-03-2018 22:19
  For this Melbourne chef, food is not just about fine ingredients – it’s also about bringing people together to eat and enjoy Known for the popular Miss Ruben’s canteen in Melbourne, chef Amanda Ruben creates banquets of food for everyone to share. In her words, “It’s no coincidence that a cookbook of mine is called Feasting. I don’t know any other way to cook or eat.” Related: Sticky Fingers Bakery's beetroot and rose truffle cake recipeContinue reading.
  
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• No laughing matter: When exactly did clowns become scary?

  24-03-2018 17:13 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - His nose was round and bright red, his face as white as a sheet. His mouth was surrounded by an exaggerated smear of red makeup and his ......
  
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• Paloma Faith: ‘Kindness has become very uncool. But the world needs empathy right now’

  24-03-2018 15:00
  The singer, 36, talks about being a shy child, how her mother taught her about empathy and why life is all about phasesMotherhood is the best and the worst thing I’ll ever do. The beginning is awful. Your body gets turned inside out and there’s no gratitude for it afterwards. But after six months, it’s the most amazing thing. I have a problem with breastfeeding though. Your child won’t even look at you. It’s so rude. They don’t look at you adoringly. They&rsqu
  
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• Markle's wedding ring expected to follow royal tradition of Welsh gold

  24-03-2018 13:19
  BODELWYDDAN, Wales (Reuters) - (This version of the March 21 story was corrected to show the first use of gold from Wales in 1923 was for a wedding ring, not other jewelry; that Clogau Gold of Wales...
  
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• Lincoln to Thai king: Thanks but no thanks for the elephants

  24-03-2018 13:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BANGKOK - The elephant is Thailand's national animal, so it's only natural that King Mongkut in 1861 offered to send a pair to the United States as a gift of ......
  
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• How I eat ... | Griff Rhys Jones

  24-03-2018 13:00
  What fuels the funnybones of one of Britain’s favourite comedians?It really depends on the day. Some days I’ll just have coffee – plain black espresso –and not eat until lunchtime – just a lot of coffee. I am small, with a big round face, but all my life I’ve been a fat man struggling to burst out – I have an unstoppable Welsh appetite. I come from a family where, whether you were bored, sad, happy, going out or staying in, you ate. Eating is the reward
  
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• Why I fell in love with Slovenia

  24-03-2018 11:00
  Love was in the air the moment US writer Noah Charney set foot in Ljubljana. And after he met his future wife, there was a whole country to get passionate about, with dramatic landscapes, curious traditions and great foodBack in 2000, as an American student studying in London, I embarked on a Eurorail trip – a sort of smorgasbord of travel in European cities. You buy an open ticket that allows you to travel indefinitely by train throughout Europe. But prior to my own Eurorailing adventure,
  
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• Statement dressing in slogan T-shirts: ‘Even a small protest feels good’

  24-03-2018 11:00
  Sharing your opinion – or someone else’s – on your shirt is a guaranteed conversation starterI have long avoided slogan T-shirts. When a cause or belief is fashionable enough to make it on to a mass-produced top, I don’t feel any desire to join in. Now that our every bad choice is archived on social media, ready to ambush us at any time, I am conscious that my declarations of belief or commitment could resurface when I may no longer stand by them. If I am honest, I like t
  
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• The secret to… raising a happy autistic child

  24-03-2018 10:30
  Give them coping strategies, value their autistic traits and don’t push them too far outside their comfort zoneKnow that your child’s autism is part of who they are. It doesn’t make them any less valuable. Encouraging your child to behave in a non-autistic way will not increase their chances of being happy and successful; being accepted for who they are and supported with the things they find challenging will.Be aware of your child’s sensory differences. They may process
  
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• Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Jamaican Easter buns

  24-03-2018 10:30
  These raisin-studded buns are packed with spice and make a welcome Easter alternative to chocolateIn 1592, Queen Elizabeth forbade bakeries in England to make any spiced buns except for burials, Easter Friday or at Christmas. Some say she did so because they were too special to be eaten all year round. In Jamaica, however, no such law was ever decreed, so for hundreds of years they’ve eaten these delicious spiced buns as and when they wished, sometimes with a little stout thrown in for goo
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s Easter recipes

  24-03-2018 10:00
  An indulgent Easter menu of slow-cooked lamb, chocolate-orange monkey bread and a sweet, cheesy dessert Like many other religious festivals, with their food traditions that stand on very feeble historical legs, Easter is, for me, simply an excuse to eat things I wouldn’t normally indulge in. Chocolate-soaked bread? I’ll have that as a morning snack. A rich shoulder of lamb with lots of lemon and mint? That’ll be my main. And for dessert? A Middle Eastern cheesy bake soaked in c
  
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• 'I'm just not snobby': how Christopher Bailey restyled Burberry

  24-03-2018 10:00
  As the designer stands down after 17 years, he explains how he turned an ailing raincoat maker – with a reputation for ‘chav check’ – into one of the world’s biggest luxury brands
  • Adwoa Aboah models his final collection here In fashion, serious players tend to adopt outlandish characters. Karl Lagerfeld is the mischievous time traveller, with his powdered 18th-century pompadour and solid gold Apple watch. Alexander McQueen played the tattooed bad boy. Anna Wi
  
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• Adwoa Aboah wears spring/summer 2018 Burberry – in pictures

  24-03-2018 10:00
  The face of the year models checks, rainbows and graffiti prints from designer Christopher Bailey’s last collection for the label
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• Explorer Levison Wood: ‘After my next big trip, I think I’ll go on a wife hunt’

  24-03-2018 09:00
  The explorer, writer and photographer on significant others, sleeping in caves and eating bush ratAt home, I rise at about 7.30am, after eight hours’ sleep and at least two snoozes, but when I’m travelling, I rarely spend two nights in the same bed. I might wake in a shepherd’s hut or a cave; last week, I woke in the Jordanian desert and discovered hyena tracks nearby. I’ve had wolves, leopards and elephants loitering, and once woke up with a snake in my tent. By nightfal
  
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• Half of England’s medieval stained glass is in what cathedral? The Weekend quiz

  24-03-2018 08:00
  From karaoke killings to two idiots, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 What song was blamed for a spate of killings at karaokes in the Philippines?
  2 Which month is named after the eldest of the Pleiades?
  3 Half of England’s medieval stained glass is in what cathedral?
  4 Who lit the flame and won gold at the Sydney Olympics?
  5 What flock together in a murmuration?
  6 Which two authors have both written books called The Idiot and The Possessed?
  7 Based in Gateshead, what ensemble is
  
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• Fit in my 40s: I’m told I need a bike fit – but will it help?

  24-03-2018 08:00
  You can have a racing fit, or a comfort fit, or anything in between (though I sense that ‘comfort’ is a bit looked down on)I needed a bike fit. That’s what I learned the last time I went for a ride with Belinda, the woman made of iron filings from the Bella Velo cycling club. I had such a suite of learnings from that day – about my fitness, backbone, endurance, valour and preparedness – that this didn’t seem like the most important, even though when Belinda sa
  
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• 20 of the best campsites in Europe

  24-03-2018 08:00
  A tent is your cheap ticket to wild beauty spots across Europe, from Swedish lakes to Greek beaches – with walking, wildlife and stargazing on tapSetting Mountains
  Pitches 50
  Activities Fishing, swimming
  Perched at 1,485 metres on the edge of Écrins national park, this mountain site offers Instagrammable views from the tent door and a range of picture-perfect outdoor experiences. Serre-Ponçon lake is a short walk away, for swimming or fishing, and nearby Boscodon forest has a
  
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• 10 of the best hacks for happy camping

  24-03-2018 08:00
  A campfire feast and a warm, comfy tent are among the many joys of a night in the great outdoors. Ten seasoned campers offer their best tipsWhen arriving at your campsite determine the direction of east and pitch the tent’s main door facing that way. When the sun rises, it will warm the tent from the front all the way through as you wake up. It’s much nicer to poke your head out of the door first thing in the morning to be greeted by the sun on your face than to begin the day on the
  
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• Elena Ferrante: ‘Dreaming of a return to the past is a denial of youth’

  24-03-2018 07:59
  I love young people who fight to give their time a new form and demand a better life for the entire human raceI very much like recognising myself in my daughters and, at the same time, feeling that they do their utmost to be different from me. Even when this attitude makes me angry, it seems positive. Not a day goes by when they don’t tell me, more or less subtly, that I belong to the past. Not a day goes by when they don’t point out that what I say is banal and out of touch with the
  
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• A letter to… a universe that keeps sending me the wrong man

  24-03-2018 07:45
  After I waited and waited for a guy, you finally threw me one when I was 22. Twenty-two! I have a bone to pick with you. You must stop sending me the wrong man this instant. I’m going to be 30, and your game is stale now that we are in the fourth round.The first one was bad enough. After I waited and waited for a guy, you finally threw me one when I was 22. Twenty-two! I had my first real, grown-up kiss at 22 – how pathetic is that? Continue reading...
  
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• Blind date: ‘I was hoping to meet the love of my life’

  24-03-2018 07:00
  Andrew, 27, PhD student, meets Ruby, 23, marketing account managerWhat were you hoping for?
  An evening of interesting conversation. I’ve never been on a blind date before but was pretty optimistic. Continue reading...
  
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• Could we have done more to save my dad from cancer?

  24-03-2018 06:59
  Dad died three months after his diagnosis. But one question haunts me: should we have asked for a second opinion?I keep a file on my phone. It is a list of clinical trials, academic papers, cutting-edge treatments I could try if my cancer ever comes back. To know my disease, I reason, is to beat it. In that regard, I understand my genetic status and how that could affect my chances with various immunotherapy drugs. I know the name of a good surgeon in Germany who has had excellent resu
  
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• Need some hygge? Good luck buying it

  24-03-2018 06:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The Danish word “hygge” broke into American popular consciousness sometime in 2016, about the time it was shortlisted as Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year.Since then, hygge has appeared in ...
  
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• Looking like an eggplant in a Vikings jersey

  24-03-2018 06:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The sides of my driveway are lined with snowdrifts taller than Grade 3 students and there are icicles dangling from my gutters that are the same size and shape as ...
  
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• Pampered pooches take to the sky in travel niche

  24-03-2018 01:44
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ding Dong and Fun Fun, a pair of 12-year-old Yorkshire terriers, know how to enjoy the high life - literally.
  
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• Killer sudoku 598

  24-03-2018 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.Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,938

  24-03-2018 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,465

  24-03-2018 01:00
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