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• Women and ageing: 'I’ve developed the courage to live my own truth' – picture essay

  29-12-2018 21:59
  Seven Australians in their 50s, 60s and 70s challenge the notion that older women become invisibleWomen have always had an acute awareness of growing old. In her acclaimed May 2015 essay The Insults of Age, Helen Garner explores the ways in which getting older means being erased from a culture that equates youth and beauty and beauty with value – a cruel and thankless algebra. “Your face is lined, and your hair is grey, so they think you are weak, deaf, helpless, ignorant and stupid,
  
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• How to talk to your children about sex

  29-12-2018 16:00
  It’s no easy task for parents, but there are ways to start this crucial conversation“If you had a question about sex, where would you go?” I ask my 12-year-old daughter, Orla. She doesn’t look up from her phone. “I’d ask online,” she deadpans. “then delete my browser history.”“You wouldn’t come to me?” I venture, worried, hurt, amused and (a tiny part) relieved. “Mum, if I asked you about sex, I’d then have to im
  
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• Alice Cooper: ‘I want my shows to take you as far away as possible from politics’

  29-12-2018 15:00
  The musician, 70, on avoiding politics, cheating at golf and having understanding parentsThe first thing I ever remember was my mother changing me at a bus stop. I was so embarrassed. Of course, I was 14 at the time. I jest. I was probably about two years old.I was a church kid. I went every Wednesday night, Friday night, all day Sunday. My family had no problem with rock’n’roll. My parents were actually champion jitterbuggers in their day. It was the lifestyle they were concerned ab
  
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• Follow These 4 Tips To Successfully Move During Winter (And Make It As Pain-Free As Possible)

  29-12-2018 13:00
  Making a move during winter isn’t exactly the most pleasant task, but sometimes it’s one that’s unavoidable.  No matter why you’re moving, it can be done. All it takes is a little extra planning and forethought.
  With that in mind, we’ve brought you some of our best tips for how to move during winter. Read them over as you prepare for your big day. If you follow these tips, you should be able to complete your move without the weather getting in your way.Make a b
  
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• Liam Charles’ recipe for new year nibbler pots | The Sweet Spot

  29-12-2018 12:00
  Chocolate mousse, caramelised banana, orangey biscuit and nuts – celebrate with a New Year ‘nibbler pot’Quick, quick! Before you start your new year’s resolutions, squeeze in one last treat and let 2018 go out with my New Year nibbler pots. Chocolate mousse, dry-roasted nuts, caramelised bananas, and zesty orange biscuits … There’s everything to like.Happy new year!Prep 10 min
  Chill About 3 hr
  Cook 30 min
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for koshari | The New Vegan

  29-12-2018 11:00
  Look no farther than the store cupboard for this popular Egyptian street-food dish of rice, lentils and pasta topped with tomato sauce and fried onionsKoshari is as popular across Egypt as its pyramids are across the world. Although no one knows exactly where the dish originated, one theory is that it was inspired by kitchari, the spiced Indian rice and lentil dish. But as well as rice and lentils, koshari contains pasta and is topped with a sharp tomato sauce and fried onions. Whatever its orig
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for New Year celebration tah chin

  29-12-2018 10:30
  An impressive Iranian rice cake with chicken, spinach and all the trimmings, to see in the new yearThe importance of a story’s end is widely recognised. My favourite endings also offer a bit of melodrama, and shed an exciting new light over proceedings. New Year’s Eve is very much an end chapter, rounding up the year’s events into one big festive countdown, and carrying us into the future in dramatic fashion. To enhance the theatrical effect, I have here the culinary equivalent
  
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• A night bus saves me from despair | Hannah Jane Parkinson

  29-12-2018 10:00
  I have done some of my best thinking on the front seat at 2amI apologise for starting a column about the joy of small things with the doom of depression, but it was in the middle of a quagmire of ennui, nocturnal sleeping patterns and the cold winds of increasing isolation – familiar to many who experience mental health problems – that this particular delight was discovered. It’s a slim delight, but a critical one. A delight that, when I am most well, I do not experience. It is
  
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• Winter wanders: 21 UK walks with a wow factor

  29-12-2018 08:00
  Authors, travel and nature writers pick routes in the UK’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Scenic Areas that take on a special aura in winterStart Chace End
  Finish North Hill
  Distance/time 9.3 miles/5 hours
  Refuel The Red Lion, Malvern Continue reading...
  
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• Which large aquatic mammals are related to elephants? The Weekend quiz

  29-12-2018 08:00
  From fatty acids to Titans, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 What is the site of the first recorded battle (and perhaps the last)?
  2 Hawking radiation is predicted to come from what?
  3 What nuts contain high levels of omega-3 fatty acids?
  4 Which large aquatic mammals are related to elephants?
  5 Which song is celebrated by a plaque at Widnes station?
  6 Whose reputation suffered in the affair of the diamond necklace?
  7 Which literary cocktail contained gin, vodka and Kina Lillet?
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• Four recipes for celebration rice

  29-12-2018 08:00
  Showstopper sharing dishes include bean and pea pilaf, duck and chickpea with aubergine, chicken with almonds, and hake and artichoke paellaPrep 20 min
  Cook 2 hr 40 min
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• Fit in my 40s: 'I thought I'd be bored. But meditating brought me peace' | Zoe Williams

  29-12-2018 08:00
  I was as relaxed as a sun-basking dog in secondsFitness tips: how to quieten your mindThe Inhere meditation pod is a fancy screened cubicle, shaped like a kidney bean, made of slatted wood. You sit on a soft, comfy chair and put on a pair of headphones. You’re in the world, yet not in the world: the one I went to was in a shared working space, so heels clacked past and people talked about coffee. They’re soon to open a meditation-only space in central London which, on paper, sounds m
  
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• How to make your own vermouth from leftover wine | Waste Not

  29-12-2018 07:00
  Open bottles of wine left over from Christmas and New Year can be turned into aromatic sweet vermouthWhether you drink a little or a lot, you’ll likely have some leftover wine at some point, especially after the Christmas indulgences. An open bottle will keep and stay drinkable for three to five days, but if it gets any older, use it up in all manner of dishes, from bourguignon to bolognese. Alternatively, be more adventurous, save up your old wine until you’ve got 500ml, and make a
  
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• Blind date: ‘The alcohol went to my head’

  29-12-2018 07:00
  Emma, 40, comedy performer and MC, meets Kyren, 42, payroll accountantWhat were you hoping for?
  A fun and interesting evening with someone easy to chat to. Continue reading...
  
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• A new start: the moment Ahir Shah saw his father's face in the mirror

  29-12-2018 07:00
  A few deaths in the family had already made the comedian feel older. Recognising his dad in himself took it a step furtherMy girlfriend and I went on holiday this summer and my dad turned up. I walked into the bathroom and there he was, in the mirror, watching me brush my teeth. I hadn’t been expecting him.Every so often, you get hit by the buildup of constant, tiny, drip-fed changes when they come together and create a seemingly sudden shift: opinions that drift to the point of reversal;
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Edit baby genes for health, not smarts

  29-12-2018 06:27 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - Most Americans say it would be OK to use gene-editing technology to create babies protected against a variety of diseases — but a new poll finds they'd draw ...
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,177

  29-12-2018 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,704

  29-12-2018 01:00
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