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• Harriet Birrell's herby breakfast hash browns recipe

  02-02-2019 22:29
  Still keeping to your healthy eating new year plan? This easy plant-based breakfast is ideal for lazy Sunday mornings This recipe came about when I was all out of bread and felt like good old avo on toast. The result was so good, I just had to share it. The hash browns, dill and avocado are a perfect combination. I love to sneak a bit of fermented veg into meals where I can, and it complements this dish perfectly.This recipe also works really well with sweet potato, and leftovers are delicious w
  
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• Egypt unveils ancient burial site, home to 50 mummies

  02-02-2019 22:04
  Egyptian archaeologists uncovered a tomb containing 50 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, in Minya, south of Cairo, the ministry of antiquities said on Saturday.
  
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• How dare they tell us women not to jog alone

  02-02-2019 15:00
  A police campaign is advising women to run in groups to avoid being harassed. That’s just putting the onus on the victims…I discovered running about five years ago, during a stressful and sad period of my life. Years of anxiety had left me unable to do much on my own, but running broke that pattern.I started small, only venturing on to local roads, but soon I was able to run far from my designated safety zones. Running gave me back my independence and allowed me to recognise my own
  
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• The truth about anxiety – without it we wouldn’t have hope

  02-02-2019 14:00
  In a world so full of uncertainty it’s little wonder so many of us feel stressed. But understanding it can change how you feelWhy do so many people these days seem so stressed out and anxious? It’s a common question, among mental health professionals and laypeople alike, but there’s a case to be made that it’s exactly upside down. How come there’s anyone who isn’t paralysed by anxiety, every hour of every day? After all, anxiety thrives in conditions of uncert
  
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• 'We took inspiration from Mumsnet': the footballers’ wives' support network

  02-02-2019 13:00
  Partners of high-profile players including Wes Brown and Fabio Borini talk about how they cope with loneliness, addiction and life-changing injuries“Welcome to Cheshire,” says the taxi driver, pulling out of Wilmslow station, “home of millionaire housewives and footballers.” As we drive, we pass designer boutiques, mock Tudor houses and shiny sports cars. In Cheshire’s golden triangle it is easy to buy in to the stereotype of the footballer’s wife.And on the s
  
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• 5 Ways to Make Modern Valentine’s Day Décor

  02-02-2019 13:00
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  There’s always been a bit of an issue with Valentine’s Day: it’s marked by gaudy décor items like paper hearts, pink teddy bears and frilly Valentine’s Day cards. But you can decorate your home so that you can celebrate the holiday, yet keep it classy and sophisticated. There are plenty of ways to go about having a classy Valen
  
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• Tamal Ray’s vegan white chocolate and lemon pudding recipe | The sweet spot

  02-02-2019 12:00
  Silken tofu makes a startlingly good swap for cream in this white-chocolate dessert – made in minutesIf you aren’t a vegan, the idea of a chocolate pudding that substitutes tofu for delicious cream might seem a little, well, misguided. But this is one of those strange recipes that has to be tried to be believed. A delicate but satisfyingly creamy dessert that will delight vegans and non-vegans, alike – and perfect if you’re short of time. Continue reading...
  
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• Six of the best wild trail runs in the UK

  02-02-2019 12:00
  ‘Going for a run’ is exhilarating when forests and mountains are the backdrop. Two trail runners pick six stunning routes for beginners from their new bookThere’s no doubt that running as a pastime is booming; big city marathons report record numbers of entries – London received over 250,000 applications for its 40,000 places in 2018 – and Parkrun interest has soared, from 13 runners in 2004 to over three million globally today. But the focus has always been parks a
  
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• 'You will behave weirdly': what I learned from becoming an orphan at 25

  02-02-2019 11:00
  When I ‘completed the set’, I found there is no single solution to the worst life can throw at youMy parents are dead and now I don’t know where to spend Christmas. Like, can I go to Dad’s? No. Dad’s is out because Dad now resides on a golf course in Wolverhampton, a golf course that has no official idea about this because when we sprinkled him – a grey, dreary day in February 2004, the first of his birthdays without him – the family neglected entirely t
  
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• Thomasina Miers’ recipe for Asian smoked mackerel salad with chilli dressing | The Simple Fix

  02-02-2019 11:00
  Smoked fish and earthy grilled broccoli are offset by a sharp, spicy-sweet dressingThank goodness it’s February: only a month or so until we can start looking forward to spring. This punchy, fresh and healthy salad will get your month started in the right way with hot chilli, masses of umami flavour (from miso, sesame and soy) and all the goodness of ginger, greens and oily fish. Continue reading...
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for Iraqi white bean stew | The new vegan

  02-02-2019 11:00
  Also known as fasoulia, this dish consists of cannellini beans in a spiced tomato sauce topped with a sprightly, lemony coriander oilIn the middle of the Venn diagram between my head, heart and stomach are these beans. I long for them, I love them and I cooked them several times over Christmas and new year after talking to my British-Iraqi friend Assallah’s mother, Amina, about them. They’re essentially cannellini beans in a spiced tomato sauce topped with a sprightly, lemony coriand
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for cooking with yoghurt

  02-02-2019 10:30
  Butternut and yoghurt pasta, roast chicken and rosemary potatoes with yoghurt gravy, and rhubarb and yoghurt upside-down cake – it’s not just for breakfastWe are all familiar with yoghurt on our morning cereal, but I suspect few British cooks are aware of how wonderful it is to cook with. In Turkey, India, the Middle East and many other places, yoghurt is warmed up to create a thick sauce for dumplings, pasta, vegetables, fish and meat; not least because its creaminess is balanced by
  
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• Nish Kumar: ‘It was either comedy or being Jimi Hendrix’

  02-02-2019 10:30
  The comedian on Brexit, being born too old and attending the Oscars drunkBorn in London, Nish Kumar, 33, began his comedy career in 2006 on the standup circuit. A regular on radio and television, he stars in the Comedy Central travel show Joel & Nish vs The World, and hosts the satirical news series The Mash Report for BBC2. He is touring the UK with his latest show, It’s In Your Nature To Destroy Yourselves until the end of March. He lives in London with the comedian Amy Annette.When
  
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• Work harder and your dreams will come true? Don’t believe the snake-oil salesmen

  02-02-2019 08:00
  What we can learn from the disaster that was the Fyre festivalEveryone I know has been talking about the Fyre festival documentary on Netflix, and by everybody I mean the narrow cross section of people on my Facebook timeline. The film tells the story of the festival that was supposed to take place in the Bahamas in 2017, and ended in disaster. Before watching it, the two things I knew about the festival were that it involved Ja Rule, best known for shouting next to J-Lo; and the viral tweet of
  
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• Four recipes for warming Indian soups | Chetna Makan

  02-02-2019 08:00
  These spicy dishes are filling by themselves and even heartier served with riceThe humble potato shines through in this dish, with a little help from green chillies and fresh coriander. They give the soup not only a beautiful colour, but also a lovely dose of tangy heat. Continue reading...
  
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• 20 of the best activity holidays in the UK and Europe

  02-02-2019 08:00
  Lying by the pool not your thing? We’ve got everything from horse riding to multi-activity beach breaks to get your endorphins going Inntravel has a new three-centre, self-guided walking holiday to Senja, an island sometimes called Norway in miniature, north of the Lofotens. The trip starts with two nights on the smaller island of Sommarøy in the “Arctic Caribbean”, so-called because of its white beaches and azure sea. The next stop is the fishing village of Mefjordv&ael
  
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• The Nantucket sleigh ride was a hazard of what? The Weekend quiz

  02-02-2019 07:59
  From Charles Ryder’s Schooldays to Roosevelt, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 What was the “noble experiment” in 20th-century US?
  2 Members of which religion meet in Kingdom Halls?
  3 What early European bronze age culture is named after a drinking vessel?
  4 Charles Ryder’s Schooldays is an unfinished prequel to which novel?
  5 Which sport has matches divided into seven-minute periods?
  6 Other than Switzerland, which country uses the Swiss franc?
  7 The Nantucket
  
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• Grace Wales Bonner: ‘I’m a fashion designer making art – it could be seen as silly’

  02-02-2019 07:59
  From menswear to art, the polymath speaks about creative fluidity and ritual“I am a fashion designer,” says 28-year-old Londoner Grace Wales Bonner, “doing an art show, which could be seen as … ” She looks away as she searches for the right word. It’s approaching midday and we’re sitting in Chucs, the cafe and restaurant housed in the Zaha Hadid-designed extension to the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London, having walked around her new exhibition. The
  
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• A letter to... my lazy wife and children

  02-02-2019 07:45
  You kids are out of school now: life should be sweet. It isn’t I was a teenager when I began working 42 years ago, and I’ve stuck it through tough times. You kids are out of school now: life should be sweet. It isn’t. It’s crap. I am depressed and exhausted. I expect to be “managed out” of my job soon.To my wife: you’ve worked for years, but you have almost zero savings. I pay the bills, and I pay when we go out. You could buy that new kitchen you want i
  
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• Value of torchiere lamp down to fancy factor

  02-02-2019 07:36 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Dear Mike,I am hoping you can provide me some information about this lamp. I think it is brass, but I am not sure what the other material on the base ......
  
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• A super quest for sweet victory

  02-02-2019 07:34 via winnipegfreepress.com
  I don’t know about the rest of you, but I probably won’t be able to sleep tonight because I am so (bad word) excited about Super Bowl LIII — which ...
  
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• Why are we so coy about sex education for gay teens?

  02-02-2019 07:00
  For novelist Lev Rosen, school sex ed involved putting condoms on fruit. We need to be much more creative – and fun, he arguesWhen I was 13 years old, when I knew I was queer but wouldn’t be saying so for a year, I remember some boys at school during lunch talking about gay sex. They called it “gross”, they laughed about it. That’s what I heard from my peers about the topic. I heard nothing from my teachers; I wasn’t about to ask my parents; and the gay people
  
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• Burned your toast again? Don’t bin it | Waste not

  02-02-2019 07:00
  Burnt toast can be used to make a morning shake, soup or even ice-creamNext time you make an extra round of toast that you don’t get time to eat, or you slightly burn a piece that you’d rather not eat, don’t chuck it in the food waste bin. Instead, blend it up into a morning shake, or turn it into a comforting soup or a burnt-toast sorbet. (To make the soup, simply blend it with a handful of cooked chestnuts and enough stock until creamy in consistency, then season with a littl
  
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• Blind date: ‘We clashed over our favourite Jesus Christ Superstar songs’

  02-02-2019 07:00
  Will 24-year-old PhD researcher Charlie and 21-year-old stage manager Ben bond over a shared love of musicals?What were you hoping for?
  Anything from losing my knickers to finding a future husband. Continue reading...
  
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• N. Korean Christians keep faith underground amid crackdowns

  02-02-2019 03:40 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - One North Korean defector in Seoul describes her family back home quietly singing Christian hymns every Sunday while someone stood watch for informers. A second ......
  
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• Pet peeve: Animal lovers fear for pet pigs in Lunar New Year

  02-02-2019 02:23
  With the Lunar Year of the Pig starting on Tuesday, pig lovers in Taiwan fear that a rush of people wanting to usher good fortune into their homes by getting a piglet as a pet may lead to a wave of...
  
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• Christians in N. Korea tell of struggle to practice faith

  02-02-2019 02:17 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Christianity is virtually outlawed in North Korea, where dictator Kim Jong Un is the subject of a personality cult that treats him like a god. ......
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,207

  02-02-2019 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,734

  02-02-2019 01:00
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• Killer sudoku 643

  02-02-2019 01:00
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  Normal sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within dotted lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated within each shape formed by dotted lines. Continue reading...
  
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