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• Ice baths before breakfast? Just say no to the lifestyles of the rich and famous

  13-04-2019 23:26
  Twitter’s boss Jack Dorsey has revealed his morning routines. They show how the private jet set have a life uninterrupted by lifeThere are many ludicrous things that money can buy and that I will duly covet: a therapeutic robotic seal (Paro, from Japan, RRP £5,000), Gwyneth Paltrow’s famously luminous aura, and – the most aspirational of them all – the kind of super-rich personal daily routine that is savagely mocked by harried mere mortals.You know the drill. Wake
  
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• Cut melon linked to US salmonella outbreak recalled

  13-04-2019 18:18 via winnipegfreepress.com
  INDIANAPOLIS - An Indianapolis-based company has issued a recall for melon products sold in 16 states after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday ......
  
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• Prue Leith: ‘I once thought I’d stabbed a chef in the manhood’

  13-04-2019 18:00
  The Bake Off judge on working for sexist chefs, learning to love oysters and what she’ll be eating for her 80th birthdayMy first taste memory is of our nanny in South Africa making white bread sandwiches with salad cream, which was potato mashed with a cheap mayonnaise thing with bits in it of – I suppose – pickled cucumber. I absolutely loved them. And on the beach, she would butter Marie biscuits on the flat side and sprinkle hundreds and thousands on them, one by one from th
  
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• My search for supermarket rabbit was fruitless – I blame Beatrix Potter | Rachel Cooke

  13-04-2019 18:00
  Rabbit is the UK’s most populous edible animal, so why is it so hard to find?I like to think I’m straightforward about food. I’ve never been on a diet. I’m not picky. I like all the things other people seem to hate (liver). The only food I cannot stand is raw celery. But, of course, I live in the 21st century, too, and this does take its effect on a person’s habits. One day, you find yourself grazing on little else but crisps and toasted cheese, and feel perfectly c
  
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• Milk and honey: an unusual conversion in east London

  13-04-2019 17:00
  An old dairy in Hackney has been given a new lease of life as a home and thriving venueThe Old Dairy, as it’s known, has seen a variety of inhabitants over the years. These range from cows that used to graze on Hackney Marshes to carpet-makers, squatters, skateboarders and, most recently, Florence and James Kennedy, who live there with their two-year-old daughter, Clover, and a Great Dane named Huxley. Tucked between rows of Victorian terraced houses in east London’s Clapton, the bui
  
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• Anti-Brexiters say it loud… with Remain T-shirts, towels and mugs

  13-04-2019 15:59
  Artists, designers and retailers drive their message home with inventive rage of merchandiseWhen it comes to making radical political statements, Jeremy Deller has been there, done that – and now he’s sold the T-shirt. The Turner prize-winning artist’s Fuck Brexit collection, which includes T-shirts, beach towels and a mug, has now almost sold out as Remainers seek creative ways to vent their frustration.Launched in collaboration with arts charity Studio Voltaire, Deller’
  
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• Less is more: why the shorts power suit is here for summer

  13-04-2019 15:00
  More fun than a skirt, and less formal than trousers, this season’s big trend will have all weather coveredFirst there was the return of the pant suit, spearheaded by Lady Gaga on stage and Hillary Clinton in Congress. Now the latest version of the trend is a far more relaxed affair, and it’s set to be the look of the summer.Short suits – oversized blazers paired with coordinating loose-fit tailored shorts – are this summer’s power suit. Continue reading...
  
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• Al Murray: ‘If comics become respectable, they’re no longer funny’

  13-04-2019 15:00
  The comedian, 50, on campaigning against Nigel Farage, working hard at being a standup and why he loves playing in a bandI had absolutely no idea what I was going to do with my degree [in history, at Oxford]. I knew I didn’t want to commute like my dad did, and that was the extent of my ambition. Now, though, I have to drive to Manchester and Hull and wherever to do gigs. So I’ve probably spent more time travelling than he ever did in an attempt to avoid that. That’s life.I had
  
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• Tamal Ray's gingerbread bird box – an Easter treat to make with the kids | The sweet spot

  13-04-2019 12:00
  A neat twist on the classic gingerbread house, making good use of the season’s mini eggs and chocolatesIn the run-up to Christmas, I promised my niece we would make a gingerbread house together. Unfortunately, with a festive schedule packed with scoffing cheese and watching old Disney films, we never got around to it. So this Easter, I’ll be surprising her and making up for it with this gingerbread bird box. If you’ve never made a gingerbread house before, then I must warn you
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for Ethiopian Easter bread | The new vegan

  13-04-2019 11:00
  Defo dabo is the traditional fennel and orange bread, neither too sweet nor too savoury, to share with friends and family at this time of yearMy good friend Meron is a part-time vegan. Like most Ethiopian Orthodox Christians, she fasts on a vegan diet twice a week all year round, and for 55 days consecutively in the run-up to Easter. When the Easter feast arrives, she bakes this festive defo dabo, a fennel and orange bread to be shared with friends and family. Last Easter, after some pestering,
  
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• Toyah Willcox: ‘Relax? I have no idea what the word means’

  13-04-2019 10:30
  The musician on her white rabbit, giving advice and still holding hands with her husband after 32 yearsBorn in Birmingham, Toyah Willcox, 60, appeared in Derek Jarman’s 1978 film Jubilee, and Quadrophenia in 1979. Her early hit singles included It’s A Mystery and I Want To Be Free, and by 1982 she had made two platinum-selling albums. She has just released a new studio reworking of her album In The Court Of The Crimson Queen, and is currently on tour in the UK. She is married and liv
  
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• How we live together: the son- and mother-in-law

  13-04-2019 10:30
  I never thought, when I first met Violet, that this is how things would work outThe thing about Violet is that she’s always laughing. That’s why, I think, she has lived so long. When my father-in-law died 18 years ago, she came to live with my wife and me. Then my wife died nearly eight years ago and, at that point, I say I inherited Violet. She will be 100 in September. Continue reading...
  
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• From devilled eggs to chocolate bread: Yotam’s recipes for Easter feasting

  13-04-2019 10:30
  A seasonal celebration with a glorious centrepiece of cinnamon rice with lamb and chickenSpring is a jolly season, propelling us out of the winter blues and into longer days and shorter nights. This is why so many festivities occur around this time, from Nowruz in Iran and Passover for Jews to Easter, of course. Interestingly, all three cultures celebrate the egg in some way: a resurrection, a rebirth, an all-round cycle of life. I’m not a religious man, but I can still appreciate this, we
  
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• Smart speakers: five ways to get one on the cheap

  13-04-2019 10:15
  Want to dip your toe in the voice-controlled world of Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant? Here are best, cheapest ways to startSales of smart speakers are soaring despite some people’s concerns over privacy, with Amazon’s Alexa leading the charge into homes in various Echo devices and Google’s Home and Assistant snapping at its heels.They come in various shapes, sizes and prices, but if you just want to dip your toe into the burgeoning voice-powered world, what&r
  
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• 'This building gives me so many ideas': creatives on the spaces that inspire them

  13-04-2019 09:00
  From a garage workshop filled with leather to a light-filled studio, these artists’ surroundings are part of their processAs with all the best things, Caroline Strecker’s one-woman leather bag business started by accident. Returning to the UK in 2015 after a nomadic few years travelling, and working and living in Los Angeles, she realised London was no longer home. Two chance conversations – one with her mother’s lodger, who offered to rent Strecker his cottage in Somerse
  
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• The best luxury skincare for teenagers | Sali Hughes

  13-04-2019 09:00
  Start kids on a lifetime of diligent skincare with these giftable, quality productsThe mere suggestion of luxury skincare for teenagers may horrify, but I see the logic in using special occasions to treat kids to a solid routine, so covetable that it might finally encourage regular use. Young people like things that are theirs alone, and I’d sooner set up a lifetime of diligent skincare than waste another penny on an in-game purchase.MyClarins is Clarins’ second stab at the teen mark
  
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• What links life, girl, boy, idiot, dream and pie? The Weekend quiz

  13-04-2019 08:00
  From migrating birds to boxers, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which fictional cat had an obituary in the Guardian in 2002?
  2 What was outlawed by the Combination Acts?
  3 Which migrating birds gather together in “screaming parties”?
  4 What is the least populous US state?
  5 Who left the Tbilisi Spiritual Seminary in 1899?
  6 The Pyroscaphe was an 18th-century prototype of what vessel?
  7 What is the central church of the RAF?
  8 Which boxer is celebrated by statues in Ži
  
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• Parenting three boys is like trying to solve the riddle of the fox, chicken and grain | Romesh Ranganathan

  13-04-2019 08:00
  We’re on the farm going back and forth between mini golf and kids’ disco, while my son grapples with sibling-based FomoMy ongoing fears about my incompetent parenting were compounded last week when I found myself utterly incapable of meeting the needs of one of our children. I’m loth to write about this, as my previous column on the kids’ bedtime was met with a number of tweets along the lines of, “Man struggles to look after kids. How VERY progressive.” For t
  
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• Four Easter treat recipes from chocolatier Paul A Young | Four favourite recipes

  13-04-2019 08:00
  Temptation in the form of hot-cross-bun-and-butter truffles, Easter egg cake, fondant egg brownie torte and vegan dark chocolate praline eggsPrep 30 min
  Chill 1 hr
  Cook 20 min
  Serves 8 Continue reading...
  
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• Fit in my 40s: boxing and dance with Pilates is a holy trinity | Zoe Williams

  13-04-2019 08:00
  Piloxing is like a cross between worship and fitnessSometimes the people around you – your friends, neighbours, people you don’t know but who look a bit like you – are all doing a thing, but they’ve never mentioned it, and you only find out in some random tangential way via social media. Piloxing is that thing. A mixture of Pilates, boxing and dance, it was invented in America where hidebound traditionalism didn’t block them from seeing that those three completely u
  
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• 20 of the most beautiful villages in France

  13-04-2019 08:00
  From a fairytale fortress in the Loire to a clifftop stronghold in Provence, these charming, historic villages make perfect bases for exploring rural FranceA historic hemp-weaving village, Locronan is named after Saint Ronan, the Irish hermit who founded it in the middle ages. In the 15th century, the dukes of Brittany poured money into building the striking Gothic church. Visit the Chapelle du Pénity, which houses Saint Ronan’s tomb. Continue reading...
  
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• A letter to... the new mothers at the register office, 33 years ago

  13-04-2019 07:45
  ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t speak. I didn’t want to tell you what had happened to my baby’: the letter you always wanted to writeI walked in, arms empty, to register a birth and a death. You probably thought I had left the baby at home. Some of you knew me from prenatal classes or the maternity ward. You greeted me: “Where is she? How is she? What did you call her?”I’m sorry I couldn’t answer, but I couldn’t speak. I didn’t want to unra
  
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• What to do with a surfeit of egg whites – chocolate mousse, anyone? | Waste not

  13-04-2019 07:00
  Many recipes ask for egg yolks, so the whites end up in meringues, but there are other delicious uses for them, from sorbets and mousses to cocktailsRecipes often call for one part of an egg, leaving the other equally valuable and nutritious part without a use. This is a common issue in restaurants, and can lead to huge amounts of waste if a kitchen doesn’t come up with a rescue recipe. But it needn’t be a problem: thankfully, there are as many lip-smacking ways to use the white albu
  
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• Blind date: ‘I successfully acquired her phone number’

  13-04-2019 07:00
  James, 25, account manager, meets Emily, 24, events coordinatorWhat were you hoping for?
  I’ve never been on a blind date before, so I guess first and foremost I hoped not to embarrass myself. I wanted what everyone wants from a first date: instant chemistry and top-notch chat. Continue reading...
  
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• What should I use to make my lawn grow and kill moss?

  13-04-2019 01:00
  I’ve heard of products such as Mo Bacter and Miracle Gro, but I’m not sure if they workEvery 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.Our lawn looks awful as it has become more moss than grass and I’m wondering what to do about it. Products such as Mo Bacter and Miracle Gro promise to kill the moss and promote grass growth – but do the
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,267

  13-04-2019 01:00
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• The common thread

  13-04-2019 00:12 via winnipegfreepress.com
  The outstretched mannequin’s hand lies on an upstairs table in the dimly lit hollow of the once-bustling Mitchell Fabrics store. Its lifelike presence startles me.The delicate hand with the painted ...
  
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