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• My 17-hour Qantas odyssey in kangaroo pyjamas

  25-03-2018 18:19
  The airline has made history with its first non-stop flight from Australia to the UK. Here’s what it was like to be on boardThis is the story of a flight. But it starts with a few caveats. Firstly, it is not a normal flight – the passengers are not your average travellers as they include ministers, CEOs and more journalists than politicians would normally be comfortable sharing a small space with.Secondly, it is not your average payload – the luggage includes cameras, tripods a
  
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• Wingstop CEO discusses Rick Ross, boneless vs. bone-in wings

  25-03-2018 18:03 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Most people come to Wingstop to eat sauce-tossed chicken wings. But some also stop by to ask for rapper Rick Ross.The music star owns several Wingstop locations, ......
  
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• Anti Diet Riot Club: the body-positivity meetings taking on ‘diet culture’

  25-03-2018 18:00
  From life drawing to yoga for all sizes, new monthly meetups are taking the ‘BoPo’ movement off the web and into the real worldAs anyone who has ever been to a Slimming World or Weight Watchers meeting will know, sharing your struggles and triumphs with a supportive group can be cathartic. But often conversations about weight come with a side order of food-shaming and guilt – is it possible to take a more positive approach?That’s the concept behind London’
  
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• ​'Before, I couldn't walk 200m'​ – why surgery can be life-changing for super-obese children

  25-03-2018 17:00
  As many as 90,000 children in England could be considered eligible for bariatric surgery, yet only 18 operations were performed last year. Shouldn’t there be many more?When Vicky Counsell was 16, her doctor told her that if she didn’t have surgery to reduce her weight, there was a good chance it would kill her. She was 140kg (22st), her weight gain accelerated by the steroids she was taking for a lung condition, and she had tried everything to lose it. “It was an easy choice,&r
  
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• What Facebook's privacy policy allows may surprise you

  25-03-2018 15:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - To get an idea of the data Facebook collects about you, just ask for it. You'll get a file with every photo and comment you've posted, all ......
  
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• Victoria mayor deletes Facebook, says it's not a place of healthy discourse

  25-03-2018 15:01 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The mayor of British Columbia's capital says she's deleting Facebook because it's no longer a space for healthy dialogue.Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, who has actively engaged with constituents online since ...
  
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• Younger at heart: Madeira’s makeover

  25-03-2018 08:00
  Madeira is known for its year-round warmth and relaxing vibe. But visitors are now going there in search of thrills‘Time to off-road,” says Pedro, our jeep driver and guide for the day. It’s the most enthusiastic he’s been all morning; his 4x4 Land Rover is built for it after all, and he isn’t remotely worried that we’re stuck in mud with our back wheels hanging over the edge of the track. “Are we going to fall down the mountain?” asks my seven-yea
  
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• Pucker up with super-matt pink lips | Eva Wiseman

  25-03-2018 08:00
  This spring you might choose to keep your face as calm and unadorned as possible and let a great slash of pink lipstick do the talking for youAt the Maison Margiela show, Pat McGrath painted models with bare, glossy faces, and super-matt fuchsia lips. When you looked closely, the lips revealed themselves to be two hearts, flipped on their sides. It’s a pop art moment and a statement look, but one that’s subtle enough that it shouldn’t be too scary for you to try it out this Fri
  
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• Meet the man living with Alzheimer’s who climbs the same mountain every day

  25-03-2018 08:00
  Sion Jair, 68, has climbed the Old Man of Coniston at least 5,000 times and the emerging science backs him up that regular, vigorous exercise is beneficial for those with the diseaseThe night before we are due to climb the Old Man of Coniston, Sion Jair calls to warn that, chances are, we won’t be able to go up the 803m Lake District fell in the morning. I look out the window of my hotel. There’s little wind, the temperature is mild. I don’t say anything, but he seems to read m
  
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• I can’t stop being nasty to my fantastic boyfriend | Dear Mariella

  25-03-2018 08:00
  Maybe your anger towards him is because you’re incompatible, says Mariella. But be gentler on yourselfThe dilemma I’m concerned that being in a relationship with a (wonderful) boy has brought out the worst in me. He is selfless and endlessly giving, but I find myself transformed into a far uglier and less considerate version of myself when we are together. I am impatient and hyper-emotional, crying and feeling angry far more when I’m with him than when I am with friends or alon
  
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• How a terrible teenage poem taught me a lifelong lesson | Nikesh Shukla

  25-03-2018 08:00
  Aged 16, I wanted to scream in happiness that my poem had been chosen for an anthology. All I had to do was accept the terms and send £45 (plus £5 p&p)This is my origin story: when I was a teenager I wrote terrible poetry. Like really bad. Worse than yours, I bet. A lot of it about how every little thing reminds me that we’re all going to die one day. I wrote collections and collections of these poems, thinking one day I would have my moment. I named one collection, ironica
  
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• Studio 88, London: ‘Of course the cooking is going to be a disaster’ – restaurant review

  25-03-2018 07:59
  Gaining entry to Studio 88 is tricky, but once in you’ll love it. Just don’t go for the foodStudio 88, 47 Whitcomb Street, London WC2H 7DH (020 7889 1966). Meal for two, including glass of prosecco: £50Booking a table at Studio 88, a new live music bar near Leicester Square, central London, where almost all the food is served in cones, took two attempts, seven phone calls, a cancelled booking (because they’d forgotten it was press night and my pseudonym barred me entry),
  
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• Nigel Slater’s butternut squash recipes

  25-03-2018 07:00
  Sweet and colourful squash is even better with a savoury twistFrom time to time I pick up a butternut squash, its flesh a glowing beacon amid the black-greens of kale, cavolo nero and crinkly leaved cabbages that take over the bottom of the fridge during the hungry gap of March. Most of them have travelled quite a way to get here, but there is cheer in their apricot flesh and the sweetness feels like luxury against the good-for-you frugality of the season’s roots and cabbages. But their sw
  
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• Oberver killer sudoku

  25-03-2018 01:01
  Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within grey lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by grey lines. Continue reading...
  
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• The edit: retro handbags

  25-03-2018 00:50
  Seventies-inspired shoulder bags, in subtle hues, to complement your wardrobe Continue reading...
  
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