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• Artist Charlotte Prodger wins Britain's Turner Prize with video shot on phone

  04-12-2018 23:51
  Glasgow-based artist Charlotte Prodger won the 2018 Turner Prize on Tuesday, Britain's prestigious contemporary art award, with an autobiographical film shot on a mobile phone.
  
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• Victoria's Secret show tumbles to lowest ratings

  04-12-2018 21:55 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - As a television event, the Victoria's Secret fashion show appears headed for the remainder bin.The show has been buffeted by bad publicity, bad reviews and now bad ......
  
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• Economic chill dulls Chinese appetite for some luxury brands

  04-12-2018 21:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  BEIJING - The designer boutiques of Manhattan and Paris are feeling the chill of a Chinese economic slowdown that has hammered automakers and other industries.It's a rude awakening for such ...
  
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• 'It's not what we set out to build': Joe Beef chefs on how fame changed the eatery

  04-12-2018 21:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - Montreal chefs Frederic Morin and David McMillan are ready for the end of the world.The culinary giants behind the much-lauded eatery Joe Beef return with a second cookbook ...
  
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• A sampling of Joe Beef recipes for the cold winter months

  04-12-2018 21:00 via winnipegfreepress.com
  TORONTO - The team from Montreal's lauded Joe Beef restaurant are back with a new cookbook, "Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse." A look at some of the recipes, including warm ...
  
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• Tiny House Christmas Ideas You Can Use in Your Home

  04-12-2018 19:00
  A tiny house Christmas exterior decorated by Jenna Spesard of Tiny House Giant Journey. Jenna is a tiny house trailblazer and trendsetter. Image:  Tiny House Giant Journey We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. We can’t resist the charm of a tiny house Christmas. These compact little gems have a way of making everything look cuter. There is more to their charm than just their sweet
  
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• Syria's last shadow puppeteer hopes to save his art

  04-12-2018 18:04
  The last shadow puppeteer in Damascus lost most of his equipment to war and endured life as a refugee in Lebanon, but he now believes the old Syrian art form might survive after the United Nations...
  
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• Amazing grace: Michelle Obama and the second coming of a style icon

  04-12-2018 17:57
  The former first lady has ditched rainbow bright colours, for a softer look that signals optimism and peace. Perfect for these fractured timesEverybody loves Michelle Obama. That’s not my opinion, it is a fact. I know this because I have been reading her memoir, Becoming, and every time I take it out of my bag, someone tells me how much they love her – my hairdresser, who put his scissors down to stroke the glossy cover reverently, a lady next to me on the tube, almost everyone on In
  
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• Why it's never too late to start lifting weights

  04-12-2018 17:55
  Older people benefit hugely from resistance exercises, new research has found. Here’s the best way to start, without even leaving your chairIt may not be how you intended to spend older age, but there it is; a study by researchers at the University of Dublin has shown so conclusively how much older people benefit from resistance training – working their muscles, even drinking protein shakes – that they have concluded GPs should prescribe it.Twenty to 25 minutes of activity, fou
  
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• More US beef being recalled over salmonella fears

  04-12-2018 17:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - More U.S. beef is being recalled because it may be contaminated with salmonella.The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a unit of Brazil's JBS is now recalling a ......
  
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• Elm Pet Foods, others recall dog food over vitamin D

  04-12-2018 16:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - Elm Pet Foods is the latest maker of dog food to issue a recall over elevated levels of vitamin D, which can cause kidney failure at high ...
  
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• A Christmas less ordinary: writers on festive memories and unusual traditions

  04-12-2018 16:13
  From the scorned vegetarian to the competitive card-maker, four writers reflect on their favourite bygone Christmases and unconventional traditionsOlia Hercules
  Growing up in secular Soviet Union, south of Ukraine, Christmas was forbidden. My family never celebrated it. We put up our tree and opened our presents on New Year’s Eve, instead.But, when I was 10, in post-Soviet 1994, for Christmas, my family decided to take a pilgrimage to the tradition-laden Western Ukraine, a thousand kilomet
  
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• Canticos creators on leveraging culture for global brands

  04-12-2018 15:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - In "Pass It On," Associated Press beat reporters ask executives to share experiences and insights that will resonate with anyone managing a business.The AP interviewed Susie Jaramillo ...
  
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• Beyond The Cake: Wedding desserts trend toward fun, variety

  04-12-2018 15:32 via winnipegfreepress.com
  While the big, traditional wedding cake shows no signs of going away, many couples are also including an array of sweet little bites at their receptions.It's an opportunity for newlyweds ......
  
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• Wedding registries expand to adventures, charities and more

  04-12-2018 15:31 via winnipegfreepress.com
  When Lila Chess and Aron Kandel were planning their January 2018 wedding, the New York City couple was wary of acquiring too much stuff. They lived in a small apartment ...
  
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• A painter at the wedding can capture a scene in a unique way

  04-12-2018 15:29 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Katie Curry wanted a sentimental wedding keepsake that depicted the joyous moments after her ceremony as she and her husband, John, walked back down the aisle on a bluff overlooking ...
  
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• New parasite decimates giant clam species in Mediterranean

  04-12-2018 15:06 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ANAVYSSOS, Greece - With rapid efficiency, a mysterious parasite is seeking out and killing a giant species of clam found only in the Mediterranean Sea. Unless scientists can find a ...
  
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• For 'weedless gardening' next spring, begin now

  04-12-2018 14:50 via winnipegfreepress.com
  I take a four-pronged approach to keeping my vegetable and flower gardens free of weed problems, and suggest you try it.First, keep dormant weed seeds asleep by not tilling or ...
  
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• Memory lanes: the ramblers trying to save 10,000 lost footpaths

  04-12-2018 14:08
  It’s not just walkers who get lost – paths can get lost, too. Now a small army of volunteers are seeking to recover thousands of public rights of way before they disappear for everPaul Howland is standing in a bed of nettles, his head surrounded by a halo of dusky blue sloes. Behind him is an impenetrable tangle of undergrowth, self-seeded trees and what looks like the long-discarded parts of an a vehicle.“The old path went up here,” he says, waving his walking pole furth
  
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• Moms start companies to fill demand for Spanish books

  04-12-2018 13:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  NEW YORK - You might have heard of the three blind mice or the itsy-bitsy spider who went up the water spout. But have you ever heard of the little ......
  
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• These 14 Modern Christmas Decor Ideas Will Make You Rethink the Classics

  04-12-2018 13:00
  Are you a fan of a modern aesthetic? If so, you’re in luck because today we’re bringing you the very best of modern Christmas decor. There’s no rule saying that Christmas decorating has to follow a traditional path. These pictures prove that sometimes thinking outside-the-box can be a very good thing. Keep scrolling for tips on how best to put together a modern Christmas aesthetic, as well as to see some great examples of how it’s done.Want to give your decorating a moder
  
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• Parasite decimates giant clam species in the Mediterranean

  04-12-2018 11:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  ANAVYSSOS, Greece - A mysterious microscopic parasite is seeking out and killing a giant species of clam found only in the Mediterranean Sea. Unless scientists can find a way of ......
  
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• Know your glass from your elbow: a guide to glassware for every grape

  04-12-2018 11:20
  Fact: different drinks thrive in glasses of different shapes and sizes. Also true: getting the right glass will let your wine or spirit be its best self and give you the semblance of sommelier-level expertise. Here’s how It’s a brilliant thing: whether it calls for a foaming glass of champagne, a rich red to match a hearty beef stew or an aromatic cognac to finish the meal in style, there is a grape for every occasion. For the most part, we know a little about how to tailor what we&r
  
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• Why were we fined £137 over a £4.20 toll pass in Hungary?

  04-12-2018 08:00
  Euro Parking Collection are chasing us for failing to buy an electronic e-vignetteIn August my wife and I took a motorcycle tour of Europe which passed off uneventfully until last month when we received two letters demanding £137 from a firm called Euro Parking Collection. They claim to be on behalf of the Nemzeti Útdíjfizetési Szolgáltató Zrt, the motorway organisation in Hungary, and were for being on motorways without buying an e-vignette. We did use t
  
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• Readers’ travel photography competition: November winners

  04-12-2018 07:30
  This month’s entries are as varied as the destinations they were captured in. Scroll to see the winner – chosen by Mick Ryan of fotoVUE – who receives a £200 voucher for an i-escape holiday property. The overall 2018 prize is a trip to Greenland with Wild Photography Holidays
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• Sudoku 4,234 medium

  04-12-2018 01:01
  Click here to access the print version.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 15,156

  04-12-2018 01:00
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