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• LV carry-on luggage? No thanks, we're going normcore, say stars

  18-05-2019 20:15
  Affordable luggage brands such as Away and Tumi are now favoured by the Instagram glitteratiAs the warm weather approaches and bite-size travel breaks are reported to be on the rise, airport fashion is given as much consideration as what to wear to the beach. This summer, however, it’s all about accessories, specifically, the status suitcase.For decades, Louis Vuitton have been the go-to for upmarket “it” cases, trailed by everyone from David Beckham to Catherine Deneuve. Howev
  
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• Great Ideas for Recycled & Sustainable Wall Coverings

  18-05-2019 19:00
  Do you want to help save the planet while you’re redesigning your home? You may be surprised at how many parts of a home’s design can be made from recycled materials if you know where to look. One of the ways to find recycled products is to look into the plethora of recycled wall coverings that have made it to the market. Tile, wallpaper and wood can all come from recycled materials, making these wall coverings great options for anyone who is concerned about the environment. Below, w
  
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• Britain's Prince Harry, queen attend Windsor Castle royal wedding

  18-05-2019 18:49
  New father Britain's Prince Harry returned on Saturday to the Windsor Castle chapel where he married Meghan Markle a year ago this weekend, attending the wedding of relative Lady Gabriella Windsor.
  
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• I wanted to order my breakfast from a waiter not an iPad

  18-05-2019 18:00
  Eating is a social pleasure – touchscreens just serve to make it more solitaryLast month, in New York, I saw the future, and I didn’t like it. Let me first set the scene. Booked on an eye-scorchingly early flight, I arrived at Newark airport before dawn, feeling fiercely alone, as I often do when I travel for work: a bagatelle ball, pinging around, unseen by those I love and who love me back. The airport was quiet and I passed through security quickly. On the other side, I sent a cou
  
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• Bernie Sanders unveils plan to overhaul public education

  18-05-2019 17:25 via winnipegfreepress.com
  COLUMBIA, S.C. - Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders wants to suspend taxpayer funding of new charter schools and ban those that are for-profit as part of his plan to overhaul ......
  
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• Top 10 new outdoor artworks and exhibitions in the UK

  18-05-2019 13:00
  This crop of summer exhibitions by world-class artists in sculpture parks, gardens and beaches all make for a grand day out
  Dale Chihuly, the celebrated US glass artist, exhibited at Kew Gardens 13 years ago. It was his most recent major outdoor show in Europe – and one of the most popular exhibitions ever held at Kew. Now he is back with Chihuly: Reflections on nature – 32 dazzling installations, including his Sapphire Star, the Seaforms series and a new work specially designed for
  
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• BloomsyBox: a Flower Lover’s Dream

  18-05-2019 13:00
  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.Subscription boxes are officially a thing. There’s a box for whatever interests you. If you’re a makeup lover, Birchbox is just the thing. If you and your hound are besties, you’ve got BarkBox. Basically, if you want a subscription service that suits your tastes, there’s probably a fill-in-the-blank-box out there for you. Think your &ld
  
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• Liam Charles’ recipe for cereal milk pull-apart bun | The sweet spot

  18-05-2019 12:00
  The joy of that sugary milk left in your bowl of cereal is condensed into a fun-to-make, tactile snackEveryone loves cereal: there’s such a variety of shapes, sizes and flavours, and you often get a good splash of nostalgia with it, too. In recent years, chefs have been using cereal in desserts and baking, allowing people to be more experimental with flavours. Big love to Christina Tosi, the legendary American pastry chef who blew my mind with the idea of cereal milk. The amount given here
  
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• Meera Sodha's vegan recipe for cauliflower, beetroot and asparagus salad with mustard-miso dressing | The new vegan

  18-05-2019 11:00
  The search for the perfect salad – one packed with flavour and interest – may have peaked with this tangy-crunchy roast veg and asparagus numberBeyond friendship, love and good health, often what I really want is a delicious salad. One that’s not too difficult to put together and entertains the tastebuds. Not too much to ask, you’d think, but actually, it can be difficult to achieve. So I have decided to dedicate my life to searching for the perfect salad. Today’s r
  
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• Stalk talk: Yotam Ottolenghi’s asparagus recipes

  18-05-2019 10:30
  Asparagus: so good with nothing more than a knob of butter, but unbeatable in a ricotta tart with miso and black garlic, in Korean spicy pancakes, or with garlic pesto and tempura onionsI have made a U-turn with asparagus. I used to advocate pairing it only with mild ingredients (and not too many of them), so as not to mask its fine flavour, but I now believe it can, in fact, endure a fair bit of goings-on while still keeping its asparagussy truth. Yes, a knob of butter or a drizzle of olive oil
  
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• What's the best way to grow hydroponic herbs?

  18-05-2019 08:00
  I’m looking for a starter kit – or I’m wondering if I could build a DIY version myselfEvery 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.I’d like to start growing herbs hydroponically, all year round. Is there a good, reasonably priced starter kit to buy, or can I build a DIY version for less? Any herb experts out there who can pass on wha
  
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• Surus was said to be whose last elephant? The Weekend quiz

  18-05-2019 08:00
  From Kirk Douglas to Colette, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Max Brod ignored whose requests to burn his manuscripts?
  2 Which musical is set in the condemned Weismann theatre?
  3 What court is divided into a centre third and two goal thirds?
  4 What Italian dairy company was Europe’s largest bankruptcy?
  5 Who opened the British hotel near Balaclava in 1855?
  6 Surus was said to be whose last elephant?
  7 Which lumps at the back of the nose usually disappear by adulthood?
  8 Who migh
  
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• New ways with new potatoes – recipes by Robin Gill | Four favourite recipes

  18-05-2019 08:00
  Hold the butter and mint, and instead try the new-season new potatoes with preserved lemon, with peas, mint and mustard, as a risotto or even as a warm salad with oysters
  Prep 20 min
  Cure Overnight
  Cook 1 hr 20 min
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• ‘I gave up my job to become a foster carer – it’s enriched my life’

  18-05-2019 08:00
  Libby Thornhill, 60 on why she started started fostering – and why it meant buying a bigger car
  Name: Libby Thornhill
  Age: 60
  Income: £15,000 plus an allowance of £9,074
  Occupation: full-time foster carerTwo weeks after my husband and I were approved to be foster carers, we received a call to say that two brothers, aged seven and 10, would be coming to live with us in less than an hour. Continue reading...
  
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• 10 classic UK trips by public transport

  18-05-2019 08:00
  Trains in hidden valleys, scenic bus routes, fun ferry rides … many journeys are better by public transport. Kevin Rushby plots exciting itineraries for the carefree and car-freeWith a car, most of these amazing journeys are impossible or prohibitively expensive. Most of these 10 routes could be done in a day or with a single overnight, but ideally you will spread them over a weekend, using the opportunity to hike over a mountain, laze by a lake or build a sandcastle. All routes only use
  
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• A simple matter of etiquette and arachnids

  18-05-2019 07:42 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s time for another instalment of Canada’s favourite etiquette column, Mr. Politeness Person, the only newspaper feature authorized by the federal government to tell you when you have a piece ......
  
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• Gomez calls social media 'terrible' for young users

  18-05-2019 07:39 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Selena Gomez may be the third most followed person on Instagram, but that didn’t stop her from sharing her concerns about the “terrible” effects of the social media platform.While promoting ...
  
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• Antennae-to-tail eating: how to use up prawn heads and tails | Waste not

  18-05-2019 07:00
  This recipe for crisp prawn heads and tails with shell salt is proof that stock isn’t the only option for these often-discarded bits of shellfish Before becoming vegetarian, I was a nose-to-tail eater, a philosophy coined by chef Fergus Henderson that celebrates the whole animal by cooking with every part, and wasting nothing. This zero-waste approach has repopularised offal and cheaper cuts, yet most meat sales are still high-on-the-hog, prime cuts.You may be wondering why a vegetarian is
  
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• Quick crossword No 15,297

  18-05-2019 01:00
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  18-05-2019 01:00
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