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• Summer’s hot fashion tip: get your rubber gloves on

  11-08-2018 17:00
  They come in purple, orange, black lace and more – but these catwalk stalwarts are not for doing the washing-up inThis season’s It buy is not a bag, and is not weather-appropriate. Rather, it’s a pair of statement summer gloves. Black, or brightly coloured, usually in synthetic rubber or PVC, they have nothing to do with practicality – and everything to do with aesthetics.First seen this year on Vogue’s February cover, where Nicole Kidman sported a pink pair from It
  
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• Dylan Jones: ‘I was beaten and locked under the stairs by my father’

  11-08-2018 15:00
  The GQ magazine editor, 58, on where #MeToo leaves men, embracing getting older and why he’d recommend the Hoffman ProcessThirty years ago, GQ launched as a yuppie bible, a magazine that celebrated a very particular type of financial success and ambition, but we are a world away from 1988, when louche behaviour was the norm. We survived the long tail of the 90s “new lad” culture, arriving in a place where women are more prominent and powerful. I have a vague memory of being tak
  
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• How ethical is the elephant ‘sanctuary' you're visiting?

  11-08-2018 11:00
  On the eve of World Elephant Day experts advise how to avoid cruel elephant attractions and support genuine welfare centres“Many parks advertise themselves as sanctuaries but they are not,” says Maria Mossman, founder of non-profit group Action for Elephants UK. “Never go to a park that advertises shows, unnatural behaviour, tricks or painting – and please, never ride an elephant.”Mossman, who has been involved in elephant activism since 2013, and also organises glo
  
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• Thomasina Miers’ recipe for peach and raspberry trifle

  11-08-2018 09:30
  Combine custard, cream and fresh fruit for a fresher take on in this traditional puddingTrifle is a divisive dish. Some people don’t like it at all(or at least the versions of it they have tried in the past); others are devotees. Some must have jelly in theirs; others swear by candied peel and angelica on top. I know a handful of folk who insist on making the sponge themselves. For me, however, trifle is an excuse to make custard and to eat lots of summer fruit. Everything else is subjecti
  
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• Sacre bleu! Blue wine makes a splash in southern France

  11-08-2018 09:04
  (Wine marketer corrects number of bottles under order in paragraphs 3, 10 of Aug. 10 story)
  
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• ‘I return to a few firm favourites’: Dina Torkia’s top beauty products

  11-08-2018 09:00
  The YouTube star picks the best products for everything from hijab acne to eyelash rehabMy job as a beauty and fashion blogger involves constantly taking pictures and videos of myself, so I am always having to think about how I look. Everyone knows that a lot of what you see on social media is fake: it’s just the best bits of everyone’s day. So, to stay sane, I try to take regular breaks and hang out with my husband and children (my second child was born last month). I also make sure
  
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• The term ‘perfume ball’ is associated with which sport? The Weekend quiz

  11-08-2018 08:00
  From niddick to boingy boing, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Pinkfloydia is a genus of which creature?
  2 “Do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence” was advice given to which fictional wronged man?
  3 The term “perfume ball” is associated with which sport?
  4 The Wanamaker Organ, the world’s largest playable organ, is in which US city?
  5 The Tombliboos reside in which fictional landscape?
  6 Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot was the frontman of whic
  
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• Four favourite Jane Grigson recipes

  11-08-2018 08:00
  From leek tartlets and cornish pasties to kedgeree and carrot and potato cake, each of these dishes from the revered cookery writer remains a British classicKichari is a Hindi dish of rice and lentils, which can be varied with fish or meat in all kinds of ways. The British in India worked up their own versions, and soon kedgeree became a popular Victorian breakfast dish. Be generous with the butter and cream, and the proportion of fish to rice should be more or less two parts to three, cooked we
  
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• 20 of the best Baltic beach holidays

  11-08-2018 08:00
  The water may be colder but with its grand bygone-era resorts, wild islands and white sand beaches, these northerly shores are a great alternative to the MedBeach chalets
  If you like your beaches wild, western Latvia’s “steep coast”, close to the village of Jūrkalne, 200km west of Riga, should be on your list. With pale bluffs up to 20 metres high, it offers excellent photographic opportunities, walks with great views and an experience of untamed nature. There are a few wo
  
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• Not the best

  11-08-2018 07:46 via winnipegfreepress.com
  U.S. first lady Melania Trump’s platform remains almost as much of a question mark as it was when she first arrived in Washington, D.C., last summer.In May, Trump launched her ......
  
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• LEGENDARY CopenHagen tattoo shop in jeopardy

  11-08-2018 07:44 via winnipegfreepress.com
  For more than 130 years, Tattoo Ole, a famous Danish tattoo parlour located in the heart of Copenhagen’s waterfront district, has inked customers ranging from prostitutes to royalty. The storied ...
  
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• Author explores the joy and solitude of travelling alone

  11-08-2018 07:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  As a travel writer for the New York Times, Stephanie Rosenbloom has scored many plum assignments. One of them — spending five days in Paris, on her own — stayed ...
  
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• Unveiling Manitoba's (un)official microbe

  11-08-2018 07:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Get ready to be hugely excited about something extremely small, because today I am going to announce the big winner in Doug’s Pick Manitoba’s Official Microbe Contest.This is the contest ...
  
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• Strange fruit: how to use up green or squishy strawberries

  11-08-2018 07:00
  Overripe and squishy, or green and sour, strawberries are still delicious if you know what to do with them. You can even make tea with the stems ...Up to two-fifths of a crop of fruit or vegetables can be wasted because it’s ugly or underripe. This is then churned back into the soil, composted or, at worst, poured into landfill. Of course, there’s nothing actually wrong with such produce: ugly fruit still tastes the same, while underripe fruit is perfect for making interesting preser
  
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• My search for Mr Woke: a dating diary

  11-08-2018 07:00
  After many bad experiences, I took a vow to date woke men only. Here’s how it wentRead Kimberly’s Guardian Blind date to see if she met her matchI tend to come to things late: Twitter, The Wire and puberty were all delayed arrivals into my life. And losing my virginity was no different. I rocked up to the University of Manchester in 2010 tragically chaste and sexually frustrated. It was what you might call a pre-“woke” epoch; we were still drunk on lad culture. My flatmat
  
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• Blind date: ‘I think he thinks I’m a bit serious’

  11-08-2018 07:00
  Is Deepan, 29, telecoms engineer, woke enough for Kimberly, 27, policy officer?What were you hoping for?
  Good conversation and a bit of flirting with someone woke, of course! Continue reading...
  
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• A festival of cream

  11-08-2018 01:16 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The recipe for 10 lemon tortes calls for 70 eggs.There are 72 on the counter in the basement kitchen of Our Lady of Lourdes: not much room for error.Luckily, the ......
  
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• Sudoku 4,136 hard

  11-08-2018 01:00
  Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,058

  11-08-2018 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,585

  11-08-2018 01:00
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• Killer sudoku 618

  11-08-2018 01:00
  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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