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• Five ways to give up using tampons

  07-04-2019 16:00
  Whether you want to lessen your reliance on standard tampons for the sake of the environment or your health, or simply for a change – here are some optionsMade of medical-grade silicone and typically available in two sizes, menstrual cups can hold up to 12 hours’ flow, compared with four to eight hours with a tampon – and as they are reusable and can last up to 10 years, they are much better for the environment. Though the Mooncup may still be the best-known, there is now an ab
  
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• Trudie Styler: ‘When I feel things strongly I have to act on them'

  07-04-2019 15:00
  The actor, 65, on the road accident that scarred her, following her dreams – and being with Sting for 37 yearsMost people in the street where I was born in Bromsgrove took up factory work or worked in typing pools. When I told my father one night after my 18th birthday that I wanted to go to drama school, he said: “If that’s what you’re going to do, you need to leave.” I found myself hitchhiking to Stratford-upon-Avon. That’s where you went when you wanted to
  
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• Dutch adventurer finishes three-year electric car journey in Australia

  07-04-2019 14:45
  As Wiebe Wakker turned off his car in Sydney, Australia on Sunday afternoon it marked the end of a more than three-year journey for the Dutch adventurer and Blue Bandit, his converted electric...
  
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• Back to basics: furniture in natural materials

  07-04-2019 13:00
  Natural textures bring a home to life. This season they’re used in everything from a rattan pet cocoon to a marble dressing table tidy and a woolly sheepskin chair Continue reading...
  
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• Beneath the surface: Tuscany’s ancient walking trails

  07-04-2019 12:30
  The vie cave network of sunken paths, dug more than 2,000 years ago, offers a fascinating way to explore a little-visited corner of southern Tuscany‘Here there are wild boars with four legs, and wild boars with two,” says Walk Italy tour leader Roberto Carpano. We are drinking volcanic wine in the tiny village of Sovana, and he is referring to the fact that people from this forested, hilly part of southern Tuscany (50 miles south of Siena and as close to Rome as Florence) are sometim
  
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• Outdoor furniture: everything in the garden is lovely

  07-04-2019 11:00
  Retire the old patio set and treat the garden as an extension of your home. Try unusual lighting, colourful seats and an ultramodern greenhouse or grill Continue reading...
  
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• Green design: Waste not. Want

  07-04-2019 09:00
  The best eco designers at work todayContinue reading...
  
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• How long to warm up for a run

  07-04-2019 08:00
  They won’t necessarily save you from injury, but warm-up exercises can improve your performance, says a leading physiotherapist
  There’s no strong evidence that if you warm up, you will reduce your risk of injury, but there is evidence that warming up can improve your performance. Five to 10 minutes of aerobic exercise will raise your muscle temperature and your heart rate so that more oxygen reaches your muscles. Warming up also provides an opportunity to incorporate beneficial exerc
  
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• Feet in the clouds: climbing Cuba’s highest peak

  07-04-2019 07:59
  A spectacular and dangerous trek up Pico Turquino reveals a side of the island often overlookedFireflies appeared like sprites in the forest when we were still a long way from home. The sun had gone down in a burst of brilliance over the mountains, including the thickly wooded slope where, 61 years ago, Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrillas had taken refuge to prepare a revolution. Darkness was stealing through the trees, exquisite but frightening.It had taken us far longer to reach Cuba&r
  
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• Seveni Bar and Restaurant, London: ‘As boisterous inside as it looks outside’ – review | Jay Rayner

  07-04-2019 07:00
  With its fantastical decor and smoking BBQs, dining at Seveni calls for a sense of adventureSeveni Bar and Restaurant, 82 Kennington Road, London SE11 6NL (020 3795 9921). Skewers £1.40 - £5.50. Starters £5.50 - £7.50. Main dishes £8.80 -£18. BBQ minimum spend £35I come across the restaurants I review in many different ways: through sniffing the smoke-cured air in city streets, or stopping hopefully in front of menus in windows; through clicking bravely
  
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• My husband’s boasts are worse since Brexit – and I can’t stand it | Dear Mariella

  07-04-2019 07:00
  As with any long union, there’s no such thing as a clean break, Mariella Frostrup tells a woman whose 30-year relationship is foundering over politicsThe dilemma My partner of 30 years comes from a privileged family and has a sense of entitlement, which can occasionally make him seem superior. Or maybe that’s just my perception. It’s something I find hard, mainly because I don’t like that type of behaviour and find it embarrassing, but most of the time I try to ignore it.
  
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• All made up: a kaleidoscope of colour will lift every mood | Funmi Fetto

  07-04-2019 07:00
  In tough times, try the 80s-party-girl-meets-gothic romantic look. Plus, gender-neutral scent, and what to look out for this weekI doubt you woke this morning thinking, “I need primary colours, pigment and a look inspired by Picasso.” But here’s the thing. In perilous times a kaleidoscopic approach, as seen at the Rodarte SS19 show, is a mood-lifter. If this 80s-party-girl-meets-gothic romantic is pushing it, replace yellow eyeshadow with ochre or mustard, and blend to avoid ha
  
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• Nigel Slater’s hake and prawn recipes for spring

  07-04-2019 06:59
  Bright, zingy fish recipes flavoured with ginger and citrusI am first in the queue for the charred and the roasted; for skin crisped and branded by the grill; flesh with edges sticky with notes of sugar and smoke; shells and bones that demand to be cracked and sucked.But life shouldn’t be all about sizzle and spice. I like delicate treatments, too: snow-white fish that has edged slowly towards tenderness in a calm, herb-scented broth or a cloud of aromatic steam. Shellfish in a bowl of dil
  
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