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• 10-minute dessert recipes

  21-10-2018 13:00
  Quick, easy versions of classic puddings, from tiramisu to apple tart, using only a handful of ingredientsPrep 10 min
  Chill 2-8 hr
  Serves 6–8 Continue reading...
  
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• Would it be easier to raise my baby boy back in Ireland?

  21-10-2018 10:00
  Many family and friends simply assumed we’d be coming home, writes Séamas O’Reilly. And it’s not that it isn’t tempting…When we had our baby, a lot of our family and friends started asking if we’d return to Ireland. Some skipped the doubting phase altogether and plainly asserted they’d see us back before long, as if the mere sight of his cherubic brow would cause us to quit the misery of England, the packed streets and our little flat. It was ala
  
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• It’s a jungle out there: Costa Rica with kids

  21-10-2018 08:00
  Full of exotic animals and rainforests but also child-friendly, Costa Rica is the perfect natural playground for a family adventureIt’s dark in the rainforest, the air thick with strange croaks and chirps, and our group moves slowly, following José’s torchlight. As he gestures for us to stop, we gather around in silence, the adults as keen as the children to see what he’s spotted. There on a leaf, with its bulging orange eyes, neat green body and comically big tangerine
  
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• Why animal prints are prowling the high street

  21-10-2018 07:00
  This autumn’s trend goes beyond fashion as women of all ages dare to wear animal print to give them an edgeThere are trends, the seasonal diktats that filter down from the catwalks and on to the high street, and then there is the mass proliferation of an idea so big that it transcends fashion. Welcome to the zoo! In this, the autumn of 2018, leopard print is no longer just a look – it has become a bona fide movement.Cast an eye around your local pub, work do or big night out and cons
  
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• Träkol, Gateshead: ‘Outrageously good’ – restaurant review | Jay Rayner

  21-10-2018 07:00
  Housed in shipping units by the Tyne, Träkol serves food so delicious you won’t be able to contain yourselfHillgate Quays, Gateshead NE8 2BH (0191 737 1120). Small plates £3-£8.50, mains £11-£8.50, feasting £40-£70, wines from £15About an hour into our dinner at Träkol, one of my companions sits back. He surveys the outrageous platters on the table and says: “I think this may be my new favourite restaurant in the whole country.&rdqu
  
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• Nigel Slater’s prune recipes

  21-10-2018 07:00
  Rich and dark, prunes add a hint of gooey sweetnessThere is a shelf in the kitchen that is home to glass jars of dried fruits: apricots for lamb tagine; figs for marinating in glasses of muscat; dates for wolfing from the jar. There are also prunes that rarely get much of an outing. Beyond the airtight lid lie notes of liquorice and vanilla, lumps of fudgy, intensely sweet dried plums to add to chocolate cakes or to serve with walnuts after dinner. I have dipped them in chocolate on several occa
  
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• I got back with my ex – and then he went off with someone else | Dear Mariella

  21-10-2018 06:59
  There’s nothing about this man worth clinging on to – and you know it, Mariella Frostrup tells an angry womanThe dilemma My ex broke up with me at the start of the summer. A week later he wanted me back and expected me to jump at the offer and so began a long summer of him emotionally abusing me. We eventually stopped talking altogether but, after a while, I reached out as I wanted him back in my life. I arranged to see him and I told him everything that was going on in my head. He e
  
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• Amid housing crisis, Reno's motor lodges become last resort

  21-10-2018 00:59 via winnipegfreepress.com
  RENO, Nev. - They were the toast of Reno in the 1950s, when the growing casino industry sparked a boom that for a time turned northern Nevada into the West's ...
  
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