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• Meghan effect on full display in Paris at Givenchy's show

  03-03-2019 23:21
  While the pregnant duchess was not in France for fashion week, the royal connection was keenly felt as the aristocratic was given a chic updateUntil May last year, the style icon inevitably mentioned in the same breath as Givenchy was Audrey Hepburn. But since that royal wedding dress, the role of Givenchy figurehead has fallen to the Duchess of Sussex. The Parisian house and Meghan have forged an almost symbiotic relationship, with Givenchy’s British designer Clare Waight Keller shaping m
  
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• Grace Jones rocks Zendaya show as Valentino gets ovation

  03-03-2019 21:22 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - A one-off itinerant extravaganza courtesy of American designer Tommy Hilfiger's "buy-now" collaboration with actress-singer Zendaya gave Paris Fashion Week a case of Saturday night fever. On Sunday, Valentino's ......
  
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• Egypt completes restoration of ancient Kom el-Shuqafa catacombs

  03-03-2019 18:55
  Egypt on Sunday completed a project to restore the catacombs of Kom el-Shuqafa in western Alexandria, which have been prone to groundwater leaks since they were discovered in the first decade of the...
  
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• Thom Browne blurs sartorial styles as VIPs hit Zendaya show

  03-03-2019 17:48 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - A one-off itinerant extravaganza courtesy of American designer Tommy Hilfiger's "buy-now" collaboration with actress-singer Zendaya gave Paris Fashion Week a case of Saturday night fever. On Sunday, Thom ......
  
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• 8 Ways to Design Multigenerational Homes

  03-03-2019 13:00
  According to Pew Research, a whopping 64 million Americans live in multigenerational homes. Grandparents, parents, and kids all living under the same room has gained traction over the past few years, thanks to rising housing and healthcare costs. While packing more people into one house might seem less than ideal, it does have its perks. Whether it’s saving money or offering care, there’s something to be said for living with family.
  Of course, that’s not to say there won’
  
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• Bali highs in the terraced valleys of Ubud

  03-03-2019 12:00
  Bali’s vivid green hills offer a sensory overload of culture, temples and rainforest – not to mention sublime restaurants and hotelsJust outside Ubud, in the uplands of Bali, a new tented camp has opened. You dip down into a valley to find a world of cistern-shaped pools, spas with trees growing through them and tents that unzip to reveal copper baths and batik-covered walls. For no discernible reason, one of the restaurants is designed to look like a laundry. Staying at the Capella
  
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• 'Underwear dates well': how fashion forensics are helping solve crimes

  03-03-2019 11:00
  Police officers aren’t known for their sense of style, but now a former vintage clothing buyer is using her forensic knowledge of garments to help solve crimes. It’s time to call the fashion police…In a taxi on the way to Surrey police headquarters, snow started to fall and the driver was complaining about the night ahead. As we pulled into the driveway of the 19th-century house, with its memorial garden for fallen police officers and a dog training school opened by Bruce Fors
  
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• Zawe Ashton wears some of the best utilitarian looks this season

  03-03-2019 10:00
  Zawe Ashton talks about her passions in life and acting opposite Tom Hiddleston in Pinter’s Betrayal. Read our interview here Continue reading...
  
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• Violence is not the only way LGBT+ people are ‘erased’ | Eva Wiseman

  03-03-2019 10:00
  Beyond the graphic horrors of conversion therapy are covert messages of assumed heterosexualityThere is a scene in Boy Erased, the new film based on writer Garrard Conley’s experience of “gay conversion therapy”, where one of his peers is led towards his own coffin. There he must kneel before it as his family beat the gay out of him with their bibles. He later kills himself. Sorry, should I have spoilered this? Or would you, like me, have known what was coming before the scene
  
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• The art of edible bacteria: Noma's David Zilber on the slow magic of fermentation

  03-03-2019 10:00
  The self-taught specialist in the breakdown of food by micro-organisms is as much at home in the lab as the kitchenChef David Zilber reads books about the makeup of genetic material during staff meal. He calls quantum physics his jam, and is a self-taught specialist in the chemical breakdown of food substances by micro-organisms.As the head of fermentation at Noma, Zilber, 33, coaxes new flavors out of jars whose contents are bubbling, rotting and pickling away to introduce at the cult-status Da
  
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• 10 amazing ancient ruins in Britain with great views

  03-03-2019 08:00
  Britain is dotted with wild and atmospheric prehistoric settlements. We pick 10 with beautiful views from a new guide, Wild Ruins BCFrom the vantage point of this cliff fort, there are clear views over Cape Cornwall to where the Channel and the Atlantic meet. On a stormy day this is a truly wild place, as the coastal winds batter the shoreline. Kenidjack is a multivallate fort, which means it has more than one rampart. Most of the southern end of the fortifications has been lost to erosion but m
  
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• Yeni, London: ‘Underwhelming dishes and in-yer-face pricing’ – restaurant review

  03-03-2019 07:00
  Beyond the front of house team, there is little to delight at this modern Turkish newcomerYeni, 55 Beak Street, London W1F 9SH (020 3475 1903). Starters £9-£17. Mains £21-£32. Desserts £9. Wines from £29Following a major car crash, there’s usually an investigation to work out what caused it. Was it driver error? Or perhaps environmental factors? At some point, the people behind Yeni, a newly opened import from Istanbul to London’s Soho, may wish to
  
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• Pinarello Dogma F10 preview: ‘A multi-talented bike with a multi-hued paint job’ | Martin Love

  03-03-2019 07:00
  With it’s head-turning looks, the latest Dogma is the perfect showcase for the state-of-the-art SRAM electronic groupsetPinarello Dogma F10
  Price £12,000
  Wheels Zipp 303
  Gears SRAM Red eTapAfter years of black and doomy bike designs that seem to have been inspired by goths with an unhealthy obsession with stealth bombers, this season’s bicycles are striking out in coats of many colours. We ride to lift our spirits – and one look at this multi-hued frame will put a smile o
  
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• I’ve been gripped by shame since I came out as a gay atheist | Dear Mariella

  03-03-2019 06:59
  Stop intellectualising your emotions and learn to master them instead, says Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma I’m in my early 30s and feel gripped by shame and inertia. I grew up a fundamentalist Christian (my dad was a preacher). But since I came out as a gay atheist some time ago, any meaningful relationship with my parents has been impossible. My childhood has saddled me with a toxic shame I can’t seem to let go of. One sibling is in recovery from heroin addiction and another is still
  
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• Iditarod sled dog race across Alaska starts with pageant, crowds

  03-03-2019 02:02
  Fifty-two mushers and their dog teams drove through Alaska's largest city in bright sunshine on Saturday to start the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  
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• The edit... High street heroes

  03-03-2019 00:45
  Neutral shades, a touch of tie-dye, jumpsuits and lace are your spring updates Continue reading...
  
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