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• Hermes dreams of stars in Paris; Elie Saab channels '70s

  02-03-2019 21:33 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - Hermes dreamt of the stars but failed to light a spark, while Elie Saab let its hair down and channeled the '70s.They were among design houses staging collections ......
  
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• US ambassador to UK slams critics of American agriculture

  02-03-2019 17:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LONDON - The U.S. ambassador to Britain has attacked what he described as a "smear" campaign against American agriculture by interests with a protectionist agenda.Woody Johnson said in an article ......
  
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• Going out, in style

  02-03-2019 15:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  This year’s spring and summer colours are fuschia, lime green and even yellow but will turn to “bottle green” by the fall, a darker shade you see in antique bottle ......
  
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• Abuse prevention: how to turn off the gaslighters

  02-03-2019 14:00
  It’s a coercive and insidious form of psychological torture, but gaslighting can be recognised and stoppedGaslight was the play that made its writer Patrick Hamilton a very rich man. It opened in London in 1938 to exceptional reviews. Noël Coward was a fan. King George VI took his wife to see it. In 1940, it became a British film, followed four years later by the Hollywood version starring Ingrid Bergman. When domestic abuse was barely whispered, Hamilton shone a light on coercive con
  
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• Entryway Design Tips: 6 Ways to Make an Entrance in Your Home

  02-03-2019 13:00
  While often overlooked, the entryway might be one of the most important spaces in your home. After all, it’s the place that welcomes people into your home and, in some cases, might be the only part that visitors see. So why treat your entryway like a total afterthought? You can use clever design features to get organized, brighten the space and make the best first impression possible. Go beyond the welcome mat and make sure your entryway says exactly what you want. Follow these design tips
  
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• Walking the other way: the Portuguese Camino

  02-03-2019 12:00
  Famous trails through France and Spain can be uninspiring and busy. We find peace, beauty and hospitality on a lesser-known branch in northern PortugalI am walking backwards down the Camino de Santiago. What I mean is I’m going against the flow of pilgrims. “Is this right?” I ask my son, Conor, who is with me. “Could it be bad luck?” Continue reading...
  
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• Tamal Ray’s recipe for apricot and date cookies | The Sweet Spot

  02-03-2019 12:00
  Dates, apricots and almonds lend a distinct Middle-Eastern feel to these chewy cookiesAlthough I grew up eating crumbles and chocolate chip cookies, when baking for myself these days, it’s invariably the flavours of the Middle East I return to time and again. The abundance of different flavours can be almost overwhelming: fragrant citrus, orange blossom and rose waters alongside earthy pistachios and a bounty of fruit, from dates to barberries. Continue reading...
  
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• From grilled pepper salad to chicken pie: Yotam Ottolenghi’s north African recipes

  02-03-2019 10:30
  A herby Tunisian salad, an open-topped Moroccan pastilla, and an Egyptian take on bread-and-butter puddingThe food of north Africa is as diverse as that of any other region as vast as it is. I got a taste of it in Tunisia and Morocco, two relatively small countries with world-class cuisines that include Berber, Arabic, Moorish and French influences.Across the region lies Egypt, with its simple dishes based heavily on the vegetables of the Nile delta, many of which spread throughout the Middle Ea
  
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• The best face glosses | Sali Hughes

  02-03-2019 09:00
  Think a sheen works only on teens? Think againA glossy face, while gorgeous on catwalks or in photographs, is usually the result of a makeup artist dabbing a heavy emollient on a model’s complexion for the fleeting moments it must stay in place, and is a look I’ve rarely worn in real life. This is partly because an oily sheen is by its nature ephemeral, but also because I find high shine ageing on all but the very young (powder gets an unfair rap: a judiciously placed dusting over ch
  
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• Is co-living the new Airbnb for millennial nomads?

  02-03-2019 08:45
  Digital nomads in cities around the world are finding a way to live and work on the road My housemates don’t hang around for long in the seven-bedroom loft I’m sharing in Brooklyn, New York. Matthew MacIntosh, a 44-year-old digital copywriter from San Francisco, leaves three days after I arrive on a miserable wet Saturday afternoon in November. Two twentysomething Americans who work in marketing and social media respectively wheel out their suitcases just 48 hours later. There’
  
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• Will these be the worst new ‘rabbit hutch’ flats in Britain?

  02-03-2019 08:30
  A developer plans to squeeze 26 flats into this building, some smaller than a budget hotel roomTwenty-six studio flats measuring as little as 18 sq metres – that’s just under 14ft by 14ft for residents’ entire living, washing and eating space – are set to be crammed into a scruffy two-storey commercial building on an industrial estate. A typical Premier Inn hotel room, by comparison, is 21.3 sq metres.Some of the flats would apparently be windowless, with the only natural
  
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• Which future Nobel literature laureates collided on bicycles in 1895? The Weekend quiz

  02-03-2019 08:00
  From David Mitchell to Minehead, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which future Nobel literature laureates collided on bicycles in 1895?
  2 What religious movement is ISKCON?
  3 Jane Cain, in 1936, was the first voice of what?
  4 What marine predator-themed song has over 2bn views on YouTube?
  5 What profession connects David Budd and Frank Farmer?
  6 The moment magnitude scale is used to measure what?
  7 In what sport was “deflategate” a controversy?
  8 Which car firm was founded
  
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• Fit in my 40s: boxing on Nintendo Switch – it's like getting fit playing Super Mario | Zoe Williams

  02-03-2019 08:00
  See target, punch, listen to pop: what better way to work out without leaving the house?Fitness tips: boxing for beginnersThe human brain is a fascinating thing. So easily distracted, so easily excited. Yes, I have a new home fitness wheeze; a boxing game on a Nintendo Switch. If I had burned a calorie for every moment I spent procrastinating setting it up, because I’m intimidated by wires, I’d look like a painting by Egon Schiele. In the end, my son did it for me, and my daughter &n
  
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• Equity Isas: is it time to invest as no-deal Brexit threat fades?

  02-03-2019 08:00
  Uncertainty has made UK shares among the world’s cheapest. Should you take the plunge?
  As the prospects of a no-deal Brexit recede, fund managers are flagging up the big gains that could be made by investing in “historically” cheap mid-sized British companies. Brexit has turned UK companies into the pariahs of the international investment community, their revenues and profits deeply uncertain while a cliff-edge no-deal remains on the table. If a deal finally emerges, could they
  
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• Carnival time in Québec, Canada

  02-03-2019 08:00
  The author of Chocolat finds fun, folk music and echoes of her past at Québec City’s winter festival and ventures into the province to find its spiritual heartI arrive on the wind of the carnival. A rather unexpected wind, causing chaos throughout the city, and bringing with it the worst snowstorm of the winter. Over 30 inches of snow has fallen on Québec overnight, and it looks like an etching dating from some more primitive time, when wolves would cross the frozen rivers an
  
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• Sudoku 4,309 hard

  02-03-2019 01:00
  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 15,231

  02-03-2019 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,758

  02-03-2019 01:00
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• Killer sudoku 647

  02-03-2019 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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