This post was originally published on this site. Which supermarket pots are ambrosial heaven and which are a gummy disaster? • The best supermarket double cream It was only when I sat down to taste 10 custards that I realised this was a dangerous test to judge on my own. I tried a range of...
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Andy Burnham has come for the headphone-dodgers. But is there any evidence fines work?
This post was originally published on this site. UK leaders past and present love to nudge us towards good or bad behaviour. Social scientists, though, say £100 on-the-spot fines may not prove an effective deterrent It’s a very modern phenomenon, the nuisance of people on public transport using their phones for flagrantly loud things –...
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No unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf states
This post was originally published on this site. Leading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethic Some of London’s top restaurants are opening branches in Dubai because of a “tax tsunami” in the UK and better work ethic abroad, according to a leading restaurateur. James...
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Caroline Hirons: ‘My celebrity crush? Colin Farrell. I hope he reads this – I hear he likes an older woman’
This post was originally published on this site. The beauty entrepreneur on why she wears three wedding rings, her fear of running out of HRT, and what put her off being a midwife Born in Liverpool, Caroline Hirons, 57, moved to London at 17. In 1997, she joined the Aveda counter in Harvey Nichols and went...
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What links Buckeyes, Crimson Tide and Wolverines? The Saturday quiz
This post was originally published on this site. From Alison, Harry Bailey and Madame Eglantine to the slipper limpet and trumpet tube worm, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 Which islands lie at the geographic centre of the western hemisphere? 2 Esme Pepper is which writer’s 135th book? 3 What phenomenon did Einstein...
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Texas university’s sudden cancellation of exhibition with works critical of Ice sparks censorship row
The removal of Victor Quiñonez’s immigration-themed exhibition at the University of North Texas without explanation has intensified concerns about artistic freedom at public universities in the state
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Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats
The monumental outdoor environment, “El Santuario del Agua” (The Water Sanctuary), is located in one of the world’s largest lithium reserves
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‘A gilded edifice to one man’s ego’: critics pile on at public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom plans
The National Capital Planning Commission, widely expected to approve the plans, will hold its final vote in April
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‘No one was really interested in finding those works’: major Brazilian art theft still unsolved as statute of limitations expires
Paintings by Monet, Matisse, Dalí and Picasso were snatched in a cinematic heist from Rio de Janeiro’s Museu da Chácara do Céu in 2006
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Smells like teen spirit: inside the world’s first scent-lending library
The Seattle-based artist Donna Lipowitz provides a popular service that no one nose they need
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