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• Vegetarian's Wurst nightmare? Germany's sausage hotel

  26-01-2019 19:26
  What happens when a German butcher opens a hotel?
  
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• Nearly 2,000 people join annual plunge into icy Danube

  26-01-2019 17:51
  A record 1,917 hardy swimmers of all ages joined an annual 400-metre race in the icy Danube River in southern Germany on Saturday, a popular event now in its 50th year.
  
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• Off piste: why oversized ski goggles are the hottest look this year

  26-01-2019 16:00
  Trend for sporty sunglasses led by Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna and Rita OraAthleisure clothing and “ugly” trainers have dominated the catwalk in recent years. Now fashion’s infatuation with sportswear is branching out into sunglasses, with sales increasing on the high street of oversized ski goggle-style eyewear, and designer labels featuring visor styles in place of last year’s hard-to-wear shades.The global fashion search platform Lyst has reported a 37% rise in search
  
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• New Orleans Artist Debbie Boyd Hageman Looks to Mother Nature

  26-01-2019 13:00
  The balance of cool and bold work perfectly in artist Debbie Boyd Hageman’s work. All images courtesy of Debbie Boyd Hageman.New Orleans-based artist Debbie Boyd Hageman has always looked to mother nature for inspiration, solace and refuge. From the time she was a little girl out in the garden with her mother, helping to grow their vegetables, to photographing and painting outdoors in her beloved New Orleans, Boyd Hageman finds her creativity flows best when outside.
  “I look at the
  
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• In Ethiopia, your holiday really can change lives

  26-01-2019 13:00
  A new tourism project in the northern Ethiopia highlands brings spectacular scenery and a warm welcome, where ‘your holiday can become the source of someone else’s dreams’We arrive at sunset. The guesthouse sits on a rising prow of rock with dizzying views of the vast gorge below. The altitude is around 3,000 metres, and after six hours’ walking, I am tired. Inside the thatched hut, two young women are tending a fire where the shiro, a kind of bean stew, is cooking. I gla
  
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• Liam Charles’ recipe for power-up bars | The sweet spot

  26-01-2019 12:00
  Honey, bananas, apples and melted dark chocolate – a fibre-filled end-of-January treatThe end of January approaches and, while you might still want to be healthy, I’m sure you’re due a treat. With natural sweetness – from honey, bananas, apples, dried fruit and even a little dark chocolate – and plenty of fibre, ladies and gents, I present you with the power-up bar. Continue reading...
  
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• Green shoots: how veganism is changing gardening

  26-01-2019 11:59
  Giving up animal products this year? If so, you might want to rethink how you gardenThere are not many big ideas that come along in gardening. After all, horticulture has been much the same since for ever: sow seeds, add manure, water and feed, and kill pests. But now, something revolutionary could transform the staid old world of grow-your-own: vegan gardening.Unless you’ve been living on Mars, you will be aware that veganism is on the rise: one in eight Britons now identify as vegan or v
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for vegan salted miso brownies | The new vegan

  26-01-2019 11:00
  Dense and fudgy, with a salted caramel-like flavour, these are incredibly special browniesIf I were in charge of brownies and their taxonomy, there would be a proper list of categories. The only thing that unifies them really is the chocolate, beyond which they could be cakey, crumbly, chewy, chocolatey or, er, cocoa-ey. This one is my perfect brownie: dense and fudgy, thanks to the chia seeds; and rich, but not sickeningly so, with a salted caramel-like flavour that comes from using white miso
  
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• 10 of the best ethical travel companies

  26-01-2019 11:00
  One way travellers can make a positive contribution to their destination is by holidaying with a company that puts something back into the local communityOne of the first carbon-neutral tour operators, Intrepid has invested more than £2.5m into grassroots projects globally and donated 100% of profits from a season of trips to Nepal to help rebuild after the 2015 earthquake. The first company to drop elephant rides from its trips, Intrepid is a leader on child protection, uses local guides
  
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• Oranges are the only fruit: Yotam Ottolenghi’s zesty recipes

  26-01-2019 10:30
  It’s peak orange season: put some zest in your kitchen with a butternut galette with orange caramel, tapioca fritters with an orange syrup or chocolate orange fondantsIronically, the sunniest of fruits are at their best at the gloomiest time of year, with varieties such as the Sicilian blood orange and the Spanish Seville filling the grocers’ shelves right now. These fruit, bursting with sunset colours and sharp-sweet flavours, are, I believe, nature’s way of assuring us of sun
  
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• The best products for fabulous feet | Sali Hughes

  26-01-2019 09:00
  I enjoy the foot challenge – thorough and robust exfoliation yields satisfying resultsPeople often tell me they are repulsed by feet. They’re gross and repellent, apparently. And while I can see where they’re coming from – especially in winter, when dryness becomes extreme, heels crack and nails become neglected and gnarly under the cover of thick socks and tights – I must admit I enjoy the challenge. I’m not ashamed to say that just as I’ll gleefully sq
  
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• 'I'm growing my reselling business, but I'd like my own brand'

  26-01-2019 08:30
  Dario Hart works 15-hour days buying and selling goods online on sites such as Depop
  Name: Dario Hart
  Age: 21
  Income: About £400-£500 a week
  Occupation: Sells used goods over the internetUntil about six months ago I was living in Bourne near Peterborough and working as a stonemason. I was unhappy. I was hanging out with the wrong type of people for what I was looking for in life. They weren’t bad. It was just all about drinking and chilling. It was like a dead-end place where y
  
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• Which African head of state used to play for AC Milan? The Weekend quiz

  26-01-2019 08:01
  From muscle to mud bath, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Who described herself as “poor, obscure, plain and little”?2 Where is the sartorius muscle, the longest in the body?3 What animal is an Amazonian boto?4 Which African head of state used to play for AC Milan?5 What form of communication is BSL?6 Which comedy scriptwriters met in a TB sanatorium near Godalming?7 Which mining conglomerate is named after an Andalusian river?8 Dabrowski’s Mazurka is what country&rsq
  
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• Veg-packed dishes for kids | Four favourite recipes

  26-01-2019 08:01
  Beetroot and walnut hummus, macaroni peas, rosemary polenta and roast roots frittata: if these don’t convince them, nothing willPrep 10 min
  Cook 15 min
  Serves 4 Continue reading...
  
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• Why I only take one holiday flight a year

  26-01-2019 08:00
  There is no longer any doubt that we need to reduce the number of flights we take to help tackle climate change – and make any trip we do go on countIn the Netherlands they say vliegschaamte; the Swedes say flygskam; and the Germans Flugscham. The words all mean “fly shame”, or the guilt that travellers experience when they fly off somewhere knowing they are contributing to climate change.In contrast, the British have little or no flight shame. We take 70 million flights a year
  
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• Why seaweed is a secret weapon in the kitchen | Waste not

  26-01-2019 07:00
  Try replacing pasta with sheets of boiled kelp in a lasagne; or make kombu dashi, a simple Japanese stock, to add an umami boost to soups and stewsThe ocean is the Earth’s biggest resource, covering more than 70% of our planet, and it is full of under-utilised sea vegetables that are delicious, sustainable and nutrient-dense. Next time you take a blustery walk on the beach, have a forage for fresh seaweed. Large, brush-like kelp heads will probably be scattered along the shoreline or in ro
  
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• Blind date: ‘We could have been a bit sillier’

  26-01-2019 07:00
  Faris, 25, trainee lawyer, meets Alexandra, 30, garden and landscape designerWhat were you hoping for?
  A fun and relaxed evening with a potential love interest. Continue reading...
  
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• Prize crossword No 27,728

  26-01-2019 01:00
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