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• Montreal's green alleys have environmental, community benefits, experts say

  22-04-2018 19:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  MONTREAL - The little concrete alley off Montreal's Desnoyers street sits in the shadow of a massive highway interchange, between two busy streets and a railroad track.But in the summer, ......
  
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• Blue blooms: Matisse is having a fashion moment this spring

  22-04-2018 17:45
  Sixty-four years after his death, the French artist is this season’s style inspirationIn Dior’s spring 2018 campaign, a model poses on a floor marked with flowing black line drawings of idealised faces. You can’t mistake the origin of these designs – Henri Matisse. Of course, these sketches are not actually by Matisse, any more than JW Anderson’s Moon Face earrings or Victoria Beckham’s Fluid shirt (which sold out quickly upon their autumn release) were design
  
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• The breakup guru who ​invented conscious uncoupling: ‘I understand the backlash’

  22-04-2018 17:00
  Katherine Woodward Thomas’s term went mainstream when Gwyneth Paltrow used it to announce her separation from Chris Martin. But, argues the lifestyle guru, divorcing happily is not just for the rich and famousFor someone who has coached thousands of people through their separations, been through a divorce herself and written a book on how to have a better breakup, Katherine Woodward Thomas still likes the idea of a lifelong union. But, she says, it is unrealistic. “We have to remembe
  
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• Vive la France: Trump hosts glitzy White House state dinner

  22-04-2018 16:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Now it's President Donald Trump's turn to pull off the ultimate charm offensive.Wined and dined on multiple state visits during his tour of Asia last year, Trump is ...
  
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• Everything you need to know about recovering from a marathon

  22-04-2018 15:00
  Your race is done, the medal is won. But what next? How do you recover properly after running 26.2 miles? Here’s the lowdown on compression gear, ice baths, sleep and when to get back into trainingCongratulations! You are a marathoner. For months, you’ve focused on that one goal – had nightmares about it, over-analysed every niggle and spent sleepless nights fretting about what shoes to wear. Well, now you’ve gone and done it. The box is ticked, the medal is hanging aroun
  
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• Iraqi shrine tablets offer blessings, cures and a living

  22-04-2018 11:13
  KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - For pilgrims, the clay tablets from Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim Kerbala shrine are a blessing, an aid to prayer, even a cure for sickness. For local families, the are all that,...
  
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• ‘Weirder than any other landscape’: a wild walk in the Fens

  22-04-2018 11:00
  The new Fen Edge Trail gives hikers the chance to wander this ancient, disappearing marshland, which is now being revived thanks to a 50-year projectFeathery reeds rise from dykes, bullrush heads turn to candyfloss in the spring and two red kites soar high on thermals in a blue sky. The only sounds are a skylark’s song, the amorous grunting of hidden toads and the occasional distant drum-drum of a high-speed train.Beyond stretches a vast plain of hedgeless fields, green and then black, whe
  
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• Why is a top mattress firm giving me a bumpy ride?

  22-04-2018 08:00
  Simba has a ‘no-quibble’ guarantee but it hasn’t fixed a ridge running down the middleI bought a Simba mattress in March 2017, and at the beginning all was good and we were happy with it. However, within six months it developed a serious problem – a big ridge that runs from top to bottom in the middle. It is causing me bad back pain, and I have had to be treated by an osteopath. When I lie in bed with my two small children, I am higher than both of them, in the middle.I c
  
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• From Venice into the mountains: fizzing around on the prosecco trail

  22-04-2018 08:00
  Prosecco is more popular than ever and from the bacaros of La Serenissima into the Veneto its qualities are being celebrated – and visiting its producers makes for a great wine holiday, tooFew cities are more intimately acquainted with a drink than Venice is with prosecco. Produced mainly in the Veneto region, of which Venice is the capital, it is sipped in every back-street bacaro and plush hotel bar across town, whatever the hour. It provides the fizz in a bellini and tops up many a spri
  
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• My older partner nags me to be organised, but I’m just forgetful | Dear Mariella

  22-04-2018 07:00
  Step up to your responsibilities and stop conjuring excuses, advises Mariella Frostrup, to a young woman who won’t stand up for herselfThe dilemma I am 29 and my partner is 36. We’ve been together for four years. I had a child when I was a teenager, and my partner has become an incredible father to him – yet suddenly the age gap between us feels problematic. He seems constantly on my case about “sorting things out”, whether it’s asking the school about upcomin
  
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• Brat, London: ‘The culinary equivalent of an Anthony Hopkins performance’ – restaurant review

  22-04-2018 07:00
  Some of the dishes Tomos Parry cooks at Brat are simplicity itself, and some are simply perfectBrat, 4 Redchurch Street, London E1 6JL (bratrestaurant.com). Meal for two, including drinks and service, £80-£120There’s a glossy kind of over-engineered food television which, whatever its other virtues, provides a brilliant workout for my throwing arm. It’s the cooking demo stuff, narrated by a restaurant chef who insists upon peppering every stage of the process with the wor
  
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• Routes and roots: mapping my walks | Allan Jenkins

  22-04-2018 06:59
  Favourite flowers and much-loved trees are a guide to where you liveI map my walks in flowers, or at least in interesting trees. There is the heavy-scented perpetual rose I will take a wide detour for if I am walking towards Regent’s Canal; and there’s the semi-wild, three-cornered leek that fills a Kentish Town front yard whose flowers I always enjoy and smell.In autumn, I change my route to admire the dinner-plate saffron dahlia that grows by the Hindu Centre. In summer, it is the
  
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• Nigel Slater’s mussels, langoustine and herring recipes

  22-04-2018 06:59
  For inspiration, nothing beats a trip to your local fish shopI found a list in an old notebook the other day, the pages yellowing, the faded pencil marks almost illegible. It was my wish list for a new house. Near the top, just underneath the obvious deal-breakers of “garden” and “kitchen large enough to eat in” was “in walking distance of a good fishmonger”. I have always lived close to a fish shop. The only time I didn’t was as a teenager, when the fis
  
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• English wines to toast on St George’s Day | David Williams

  22-04-2018 06:59
  We have grown used to sparkling wines from England winning awards, but there are plenty of others to celebrate, too. Here are three of the bestGusbourne Estate Guinevere, Kent, England 2014 (from £20, Weavers Wines; Le Vignoble) The genteel world of English and Welsh wine was caught up in a very 2018 sort of a row when it unveiled its new corporate branding earlier this year. Both the name for the new industry body, Wines of Great Britain, and its logo, incorporating a crown and a Union Ja
  
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• Country Women's Association's bush casserole recipe

  22-04-2018 04:49
  CWA members have contributed classic recipes to a new cookbook celebrating the quality and diversity of their foodThe new Country Women’s Association cookbook of country classics includes many favourites, including bush casserole from Verna Hay in Gympie, Queensland.I moved to a cattle property in Taroom, central Queensland, when I was first married back in 1956. It was just 15,000 acres – a small family holding, really. We didn’t have any way of keeping meat – there was
  
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• Best of Trends: the season's freshest looks for men and women

  22-04-2018 00:45
  From YSL’s hippy chic to Versace’s pastels, here are the key looks to inspire you this seasonContinue reading...
  
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