A new year just started and again how many of us decided to loose weight on top of the list? Many of us are constantly thinking of trying to lose a little weight and shape [...]
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Karahi Lamb with Chickpeas
My other half has been away in Turkey for a week, and I’ve had a quiet but great food week on my own. I like having the house to myself because it means I can cook and eat foods that my other half doesn’t like and today I am having a lamb curry. My other [...]
No Strings Attached
A little bit of trivia: This beautiful length of pure silk lining arrived yesterday. Notice, and you can see that tiny white piece of string tied on the edge… lying over the yellow table. That string was put there by the cloth merchant, to indicate a slight flaw in the silk weave. You can only [...]
Chocolate: From Beverage to Confectionery
In its early days chocolate was an extremely rich beverage. It contained a fatty substance known as cacao butter which tended to rise to the top, where it would float in unappetising greasy pools. Manufacturers overcame this to some extent by adding starchy substances to absorb the fat – a process similar to the Aztec [...]
The Age of Miracles – Karen Thompson Walker
I had heard a lot about this book, so I thought I would see what all the fuss was about. This book definitely didn’t disappoint. It was interesting, informative and thought provoking from the start. The story is told through the eyes of an eleven year old girl called Julia, who lives in California with [...]
Baklava
Baklava ~ Delicious layers of crispy flaky phyllo pasty filled with protein packed nuts and sweetened with a sweet syrup. Ingredients: 60 g / 2 oz shelled pistachio nuts 60 g / 2 oz flaked almonds 60 g / 2 oz walnuts 2 tablespoons golden syrup 60 g / 2 oz butter (melted) 4 sheets phyllo pastry Sugar Syrup: [...]
TV Review: Super Tornado
I have always had a compelling fascination with tornadoes. I think it’s the shear enormity and destructive energy they have which makes them so engrossing. This excellent Channel 4 extreme weather series called “The World’s Weirdest Weather”, is informatively presented by Alex Beresford. I particularly enjoyed this episode “Super Tornado”, as it adhered to my [...]
Entertainment
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TV Review: Super Tornado
I have always had a compelling fascination with tornadoes. I think it’s the shear enormity and destructive energy they have which makes them so engrossing. This excellent Channel 4 extreme weather series called “The World’s Weirdest Weather”, is informatively presented by Alex Beresford. I particularly enjoyed this episode “Super Tornado”, as it adhered to my [...]
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Film Review: Fast and Furious 6
Fast and Furious 6 is the next sequel in this thrilling series. Lots of twists and turns keep this movie fresh. All the regular crew return with a chance of earning a full pardon for their past misdemeanours. Paul Walker and Van Diesel star as pals Brian O’Conner and Dominic Toretto respectively. Brian and Dominic [...]
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Science & Technology
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Human Cloning
Human embryo cloning begins with a standard In vitro fertilization process (IVF). Sperm and an egg cell are mixed together on a glass dish. After conception, the zygote (fertilized egg) is permitted to advance into a blastula (a hollow mass of cells). The zygote divides first into two cells, then four, then eight- in that [...]
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Quantum Computing in 2013
The introduction of classical computing brought the languages of classical physics (electricity and magnetism) and joined it into a new assembly of people in the future called computer scientists. Comparable to most technologies, classical computers like ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) began under the purview of engineers and progressed to a shared services setting [...]
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Travel
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Caroline’s Caravan Capers
I decided to write a travel feature about our 6 berth Adria Altea caravan as I wanted to give my view point and show a different perspective compared to others, as it has opened up many opportunities to experience life and holidays in a very different way. My husband, two young daughters and I have [...]
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Extra Large Doesn’t Mean Extra Charged
A lot of larger-size gentlemen will come to Savile Row, not because they watched too many James Bond films in their youth, but simply because they’ve had so much trouble finding suitable off-the-peg options on the high street. There’s a reason, of course. The off-the-peg manufacturers like “Average”. All manufacturers make for Average. Any [...]
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Health & Beauty
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Bridal Makeup Ideas
Well he’s popped the big question. You’ve accepted and all the plans for the Big day are under way. Whether your hair and makeup is high or low on your priority list and whether you choose to do your own makeup or call in the professional’s there is no doubt that you would like to look [...]
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Fresh Faced Fun in the Summer Sun!
Show off your glow at awesome bbqs with the bffs and beach parties with bonfires this summer! Summer can be the most tricky of times to get your skin looking perfect because of the humidity! So let’s take a look at some steps to achieve a more flawless look. With options for high end products [...]
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3 Reasons Why Therapists and Coaches Fail
And 3 things You Must do if you want to succeed! If you are a practitioner or a coach, you will certainly know that over 90%of people starting out will fail within the first 12-18 months. Our estimate is that 3 of the remaining 5% will be forced to shut down within the first 24 months and 1 within 36 meaning that only [...]
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How to Press A Suit – Jacket
Thomas Mahon of English Cut demonstrates how to press a suit jacket the way a Savile Row tailor would. Check the article What You Need To Press a Suit for further information.
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Yes I Can
Naturally, most of us hesitate making decisions, independent on what social status we have or what our personal circumstances are. Furthermore, most of us dream about having a different life and make changes which in turn we keep postponing to the next day, then to the next, and eventually we accept things that we could [...]
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Is it Ever OK to Get Back With an Ex?
We’ve all been there, the love of our lives (or so we think) has trampled over our hearts and shattered our illusions of love. Everything was going so smoothly until he tells you he’s not ready for a relationship! You’re left crying into your cosmo wondering what it is you said or did wrong. But [...]
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Salt Cod with Chorizo and Chickpeas
The only time I eat dried food is normally when I’m having a “filthy” pot noodle or when I remember to soak some pulses, like black beans, chickpeas etc. But occasionally I use salt fish, which is also dried and something that is not very common in the UK, which is a shame as salt [...]
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How to Press A Suit – Trousers
Thomas Mahon of English Cut demonstrates how to press suit trousers the way a Savile Row tailor would. Check the article What You Need To Press a Suit for further information.
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The Institution of Marriage
I used to think that marriage sealed and consolidated all, your love, your commitment to each other and your future, and then I had a conversation with a best friend who presented another side. Marriage to me has always been fantasised as I guess with many women from an early age where you have the [...]
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French Lentil Salad
A protein packed and delicious summer salad that is vibrant and tangy in flavour. Ingredients: 400 g precooked green lentils 3 in piece cucumber finely diced 1 red onion finely diced 10 cherry tomatoes halved 3 sprigs of fresh coriander or parsley finely chopped Extra lemon wedges for garnish Dressing 2 tablespoons Pelia olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard juice [...]
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Chocolate: From Bean to Beverage
The rich and creamy drinking chocolate we enjoy today could not be more different from the original Aztec drink of tchocolatl which was a chocolate liquor that was bitter, greasy and served cold. The sixteenth-century Italian botanist, Giramolo Benzoni, described one of the methods the Aztecs employed to make tchocolatl: “They take as many fruits as they [...]
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TV Review: Breaking Amish – Simple Lives or Ostracised?
This weekly American reality show on the brand new TLC channel is definitely compulsive viewing. The series revolves around five young Amish and Mennonite adults, who leave their strict communities and simple lives behind to move to the bright lights of New York City to experience a very different life and culture. They will then [...]
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op.45
This week I am continuing our music series on another very famous piece of romantic classical music: The Requiem of the German composer Johannes Brahms. The requiem carries the obscure title “Ein Deutsches Requiem” (A German Requiem) and the lyrics are in German as opposed to Latin used in most other requiems. The piece is [...]
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What You Need to Press a Suit
Whenever we complete a new suit or have an older garment returned for alteration I always try to inspect and press everything myself. I know that’s not very practical but we admitted we’d never win any prizes for being the fastest tailors in town years ago;) That said people are always asking me about dry [...]
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Date and Tamarind Chutney
This chutney is often referred to as the sweet chutney or Imbli/Ambli Chutney. It’s made using dates which are sweet and tamarind which is sharp and sour so I would say that this is a sweet and sour chutney. No Indian snack is complete without this chutney and the green coriander and chillies chutney. Ingredients [...]
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TV Review: Da Vinci’s Demons – The Hierophant
In its seventh episode, titled The Hierophant (as each episode is titled after a Tarot card), Da Vinci’s Demons continues to be a mostly enjoyable if not bafflingly inconsistent programme. The show possesses an almost binary nature; being both a drama rife with political skulduggery (in the spirit of Game of Thrones or The Tudors) [...]
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Halloumi Salad
I’m sure you’re like me that you come across certain aromas that bring some wonderful (and bad) memories flooding back. Some of smells that do this to me are fresh cut grass, baking bread, fresh coffee. One of my favourite cooking smells is bacon and it was one of the ingredients I really missed when [...]
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