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• 5 After-Holiday Cleaning Tips to Get a Renewed Home

  25-12-2018 19:00
  It can be a relief to finally be done with the holidays. If you were particularly busy, it can feel like you finished running a marathon. Suddenly, you have more time to yourself. But now that all the presents have been unwrapped, all the guests have gone back home and the holiday food has been eaten, we’re faced with after-holiday cleaning.
  Like any cleaning task, it can feel more manageable if you come at it with a plan. By tackling the chore in smaller steps, the project doesn’t f
  
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• From Melania's jacket to Rihanna's eyebrows: the style quiz of 2018

  25-12-2018 16:00
  What was banned this year at Helsinki fashion week? And how did Hedi Slimane’s debut at Celine go down? It’s time to check your style credentialsThe theme of the Met Gala this year was Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. Rihanna went dressed like a pope, Jared Leto went as Jesus and Lena Waithe wore a rainbow-flag cape to highlight the Catholic church’s complicated relationship with the LGBT community. What did Frances McDormand come as? SatanA paganThe baby
  
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• On the first day of Twixtmas my true love said to me ... how about an icy swim?

  25-12-2018 13:00
  From duck races to park runs, organised festive activities are becoming ever more popularFor most rational people it is a time for slobbing out of the sofa, chain-watching Harry Potter movies and mainlining Quality Street. For an increasing number of festive fun-seekers, however, taking part in an organised activity during Twixtmas – which kicks off on Christmas Day and finishing on New Year’s Day – is now as much a part of the calendar as the Queen’s speech or getting ir
  
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• How Cold is Too Cold for Exterior Painting?

  25-12-2018 13:00
  Painting your home’s exterior is a massive project, and you may have been putting it off due to time or budget restraints. But now that the temperatures have dropped, is it too cold to paint outside? Below is advice from painting professionals on the ideal temperature range for exterior painting, the lowest temperature to paint or stain at and general tips for painting and staining your home’s exterior.
  How Low is Too Low?When the temperature is too low, dust and insects will be attr
  
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• Lebanese bakers with special needs master German rye and Stollen

  25-12-2018 12:52
  When Ali Kerdi, who has impaired speech and hearing, was a teenager, he would look on curiously as his mother kneaded and baked their homemade bread.
  
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• From Simon Cowell to jock straps: Marina Hyde’s Lost in Showbiz quiz of the year

  25-12-2018 12:00
  What did Katy Perry send Taylor Swift as a peace offering? How did Stormy Daniels describe sex with Donald Trump? And what time does Mark Wahlberg get up?According to the daily schedule he posted in September, at what time does actor Mark Wahlberg get up in the morning?Before lunchBefore Farming TodayBefore even people who are featured in the long-running Sunday Times magazine feature A Life in the Day2.30amAs well as a cheque for $350,000, what did Paris Hilton give in November to victims of 20
  
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• Readers' travel photography competition: 2018 winners

  25-12-2018 08:00
  Here are the best shots from the thousands entered in our monthly competition. The prize for the overall winner, chosen by Mick Ryan of fotoVUE, is a trip to Greenland with Wild Photography Holidays Continue reading...
  
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• Sudoku 4,252 medium

  25-12-2018 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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