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• Yes, I'm filling the freezer. No, I'm not hoarding… | Rachel Cooke

  16-03-2019 19:00
  As a child, I dreamed of a well-stocked freezer. Come the end of the Brexit countdown, I might actually need oneWhen you’re a child, you tend to have more than a few unshakeable ideas about what will happen when you’re older. Some girls assume they will get married, and have a family. Some fantasise about wearing hard hats, flying to the moon, editing a newspaper or performing brain surgery. I won’t go into all my girlish dreams here; I was a strange child, and no one wants to
  
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• John Cooper Clarke: ‘Only eat at the table. And don't watch TV while eating’

  16-03-2019 19:00
  The poet and performer on his dad’s sandwiches, the iniquity of snacking and disappointing Dutch foodWhen I was a kid, for a while my mother worked afternoons at the high-class confectioners round the corner. It was also a tobacco shop. The two went hand in glove. Quality candies, ice-creams, walking canes and baccy products. Mum would bring home lots of sweets which had been on sale too long but were still perfectly OK, and she’d say, “Take your pick.” That was a bit of
  
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• Newer heart valves may let more people avoid surgery

  16-03-2019 18:54 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Surgery for certain bad heart valves may soon become a thing of the past. New studies suggest it's OK and often better to have a new valve placed through a ......
  
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• The New York Nigella: simple home cooking with Alison Roman

  16-03-2019 18:00
  The Brooklyn-based chef and food writer’s book Dining In has unfussy recipes and brilliant tips to make you a better cook“I want this to have a permanent place in your kitchen,” says Alison Roman of her debut cookbook Dining In, published in the UK this month. “I want the pages to be messy. I want you to learn something in each recipe that helps you become a better cook.”The titles alone are appetising – I, for one, was powerless to resist her anchovy-butter c
  
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• Apple Watch may spot heart problem but more research needed

  16-03-2019 15:05 via winnipegfreepress.com
  WASHINGTON - A huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes — but experts say more work is needed to tell if using ......
  
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• Have we hit ‘peak beef’?

  16-03-2019 15:00
  Meat production is central to the debate on climate change and ethical food. But how much is too much – for people and the planet?The meat on Richard Vines’s Wild Beef stall at Borough Market in London is purple. Puce, really; a cartoonish shade that old men sometimes go when they are really angry. Meat that is an unexpected hue would typically raise an eyebrow, but for Wild Beef’s devoted customers it’s the reason they come here. “The colour comes from the protein
  
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• Sagua La Grande: a sweet future for Cuba’s sugar city

  16-03-2019 13:00
  Rundown but beautiful, and with a host of exotic stories to tell, the town is on the rise as new hotels open and renovation gathers paceWandering round the Cuban town of Sagua La Grande is like turning the cobwebbed pages of a forgotten magical realist novel. It has two grandiose churches: the 1860 Purísima Concepción de Sagua la Grande, with frescoes, stained glass and marble, framed by a streets that end in a square dwarfed by 100-year-old yellow flame trees; and the 1908 Iglesia
  
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• How to wear the key catwalk trends – from beige to boilersuits

  16-03-2019 13:00
  Get your summer wardrobe sorted with these five new looksThere is a danger in over-contextualising fashion. Short skirts? Must be the economy. Pink? Yep, seventh-wave feminism. That said, it is calming wrapping yourself in a bland colour when the country is in political turmoil, and beige was seen at the expected (Burberry, Max Mara) and unexpected (Tibi, Kenzo) shows this season. It works best worn tonally; halfway between the palette at Tom Ford, which was very Bath Oliver biscuit, and Calvin
  
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• How to Create an Indoor Compost Bin that Doesn’t Smell

  16-03-2019 12:00
  We hope you like the products we recommend. Just so you are aware, Freshome may collect a share of sales from the links on this page. 
  Finding fresh, enriched soil for your garden can get surprisingly pricey. A 12-quart bag of pre-made compost can run around $25. It’s simply $25 you don’t need to spend if you start composting. You can even do it right in the comfort of your own home by starting an indoor compost bin.
  Starting your own indoor compost bin ranks on the easier side
  
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• Courteney Cox: ‘My mum wasn't a go-getter. I'm thankful I could be the opposite’

  16-03-2019 10:30
  The actor on kissing Johnny McDaid, her Banksy painting and being locked outside nakedBorn in Alabama, Courteney Cox, 54, studied architecture before becoming an actor. From 1994 to 2004 she played Monica Geller in Friends; she also made four Scream movies and starred in the television series Cougar Town from 2009 to 2015. Her partner is the songwriter and Snow Patrol guitarist Johnny McDaid; she has a daughter, Coco, with her ex-husband David Arquette. She narrates the new pregnancy docuseries
  
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• How we live together: the ‘life wives’

  16-03-2019 10:29
  We’re on the same wavelength – it’s like she can read my mindAmy and I have known each other for nearly 25 years. We met while working at Habitat in Chester; it felt like meeting a kindred spirit. Continue reading...
  
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• 'It connects first ladies with rap stars': why the white trainer defined the decade

  16-03-2019 09:00
  From Adidas Stan Smiths to all-white Converse, how the gym sneaker became a catwalk stapleYou own the It shoe of this decade already, even if you don’t know it. I’m not talking about the fur-lined backless Gucci loafer that nearly broke the internet in 2015. Nor do I mean the girls-night-out vibes of the deathless Valentino Rockstud, with its studded straps. I have no idea whether you own the Isabel Marant Dicker ankle boot, the one that never seems to leave the Paris front row.I&rsq
  
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• I live with my partner – what should we do financially and legally?

  16-03-2019 08:30
  We’ve been together for nearly 10 years, have a child and don’t want to get marriedEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.My partner and I have been together for nearly 10 years, and have one child. We live in a heavily mortgaged house. But we’ve never married, and don’t want to. Aside from organising a will, is there anything
  
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• The 30 best makeup, nail and hair products under £15

  16-03-2019 08:00
  In a crowded market, the Guardian’s beauty editor picks her most reliable bargain buysIt’s been four years since my last bargain special, and since then, there’s been a seismic shift in high street beauty. While I wasn’t quite grappling around for decent products for inclusion then, I was more reliant on the tried and tested stalwarts that had either invented a category (Batiste dry shampoo) or at least defined one (L’Oreal Elnett hairspray). This time, advances in
  
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• How should I fund my help-to-buy home purchase?

  16-03-2019 08:00
  I’m wondering if I should try to borrow more in a mortgage and get a smaller government loan
  Q I am currently in a process of securing a mortgage and help-to-buy equity loan on a new build with a purchase price of £420,000. My mortgage adviser has proposed that, to fund the purchase, I put down a cash deposit of £40,000 with a mortgage of £212,000 and apply for a help-to-buy equity loan of £168,000.When I enquired about securing a mortgage before I went down the hel
  
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• Colliding with Jupiter in 1994, what was Shoemaker-Levy 9? The Weekend quiz

  16-03-2019 08:00
  From Fish People to Soggy Bottom Boys, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which European country has just added “North” to its name?
  2 Black Rock City (pop 70,000) exists only during what event?
  3 Who follows the VP in the US presidential line of succession?
  4 Which Japanese author committed ritual suicide after a failed coup in 1970?
  5 What is the largest cat in the Americas?
  6 Which group’s first adventure was on a Treasure Island in 1942?
  7 Which singer founded the F
  
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• 100 years of Bauhaus: Berlin and beyond

  16-03-2019 08:00
  As Germany celebrates the centenary of the influential art movement, we tour the cities where it started, flourished and, ultimately, proved too ‘degenerate’ for the NazisUnder a leaden winter sky, the low-rise residential blocks in Berlin’s Hansa Quarter couldn’t be called pretty. Built in the late 1950s to revive a district razed during the second world war, they’re boxy and unadorned. The trees are skeletal, the gardens bare. But when I look up, I see upkeep and
  
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• A letter to Ruby, my son’s sorely missed cat

  16-03-2019 07:45
  I told him of your happy life, and that death came when you were ready: the letter you always wanted to writeI felt the need to buy you a tin. I chose a vintage pattern, a cheap Orla Kiely copy: cream, flowers with brown stems and green heads. Its lid was mint green. There was a moment when I told myself it’s what you would have picked, that you’d like the flowers. I quickly quelled this lie. You didn’t have opinions on patterns or prints. The alternative had rabbits on, and de
  
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• Be honest, be kind: five lessons from an amicable divorce

  16-03-2019 07:00
  Consciously uncoupling is possible: choose your battles, build a support network and learn to play the long gameIt’s not always infidelity that leads a couple to split – sometimes a marriage simply runs out of steam and both sides are better off apart. But when that happens, is it really possible to part amicably?It’s been five years since my marriage broke down but, since Kristian and I separated, we have been on family holidays together, shared dinners, spent every Christmas
  
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• Blind date: ‘He probably thinks I’m looking for an Irish passport’

  16-03-2019 06:59
  Emily, 26, charity worker, and Barry, 24, maths teacherWhat were you hoping for?
  A laugh, good conversation and nice food. Continue reading...
  
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• Soup's on for the kids at annual fundraiser

  16-03-2019 06:41 via winnipegfreepress.com
  If someone had told me when I was growing up that my professional life would involve stuffing my face with free food, I probably would have laughed in disbelief.Then, I ...
  
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• Killer sudoku 649

  16-03-2019 01:01
  Click here to access the print version.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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• Quick crossword No 15,243

  16-03-2019 01:00
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• Prize crossword No 27,770

  16-03-2019 01:00
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