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...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, about a young boy growing up in a community affected by OxyContin....
...Barbara Kruger ‘Untitled (We won’t play nature to your culture)’, 1983 Barbara Kruger’s seminal work seems to me to embody the essence of this show....
...There is a bit more to go on in America, where a report from 2020 by Sam Cook of Library Connection found that at worst, dropping fines increased the overdue rate by 1 or 2 percentage points....
...Douglas and Zeta-Jones live in Santa Barbara. “I can’t face East Coast winters any more.” What about Welsh winters? “Well, it’s rain, isn’t it?”...
...Flicking through the exhibition catalogue, it’s hard to avoid comparisons to artists such as Moore, Giacometti and Barbara Hepworth....
...Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, told staff on Saturday: “We are working hard to resolve the situation.”...
...Food television’s biggest stars will be joined by fine-dining superstars, who will cook chef-hosted dinners, including a special tribute to Massimo Bottura....
...There’ll always be a number of things pickling, garlic or cucumber – my husband’s a good cook and he’s a big fermentation advocate....
...Betty Woodman and George Woodman is at Charleston, East Sussex, 25 March to 10 September, charleston.org.uk @ajesh34 Cucumber soup (from Julia Child via Barbara Karoff & Min’s Kitchen) Serves 6–8 Cook...
...In fact, Putin’s greatest influencer was his paternal grandfather, Spiridon Putin, who was cook to both Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin in a Moscow dacha....
...“In the city, we lead an active life and don’t have time to cook – when we come [here], Coke makes bread and we go for long walks....
...Sánchez’s family cooks, washes and bathes with the water they haul back from a weekly tanker truck stop....
...The store has enjoyed a strong reputation since the early 1980s, and inside I found a vintage Air-King, like the one my wife had tried on in Santa Barbara....
...“But I’m a terrible cook.” Outside, in a triangular, tree-dotted terrace, Ashby hopes to invite a coffee van and florist, and to stage the occasional pop-up market....
...Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer over a low heat and let it cook for about one minute while you stir, until it is thickened slightly....
...She’s an actress who interviews all kinds of artists and celebrities and she’s like Barbara Walters in the way that she puts them at ease....
...Still, they remained keen cooks and, after launching the fair in 2003, started hosting dinners at restaurants and got even more into food....
...But in the summer, I like to go to Bourne’s fishmongers or Barrett’s butchers in Belsize Park to buy something fresh to cook with spring vegetables on the barbecue....
...Gaetano runs the alimentari with his sister-in-law Cristina, helped by Nicoletta and Barbara, and their store has an unmistakable Sicilian family feel, evident in their choice of freshly prepared dishes...
...Mimi Thorisson, cook and writer“I swear by Fabulous Face Oil by Aesop....
...I understand why that idea of clearing up the kitchen as you go is helpful, but I’m more of an in-the-moment, head-in-a-wild-spin kind of a cook and maker.) What else? Plants, absolutely....
...The park also used to have a metal sculpture by Barbara Hepworth. Alas, vandals cut it from its plinth in 2011, presumably for its value as scrap. The Victorians knew that people need green space....
...My husband Michael is a brilliant cook. He once packed his pasta machine when we went camping — OK, glamping — in France....
...Comprising four historic townhouses on Valletta’s St Barbara Bastion, it’s a five-minute walk from St John’s Co-Cathedral, famed for its Caravaggios....
...The social butterfly will make a beeline for the local pub in owner Barbara Timmins’ old neighbourhood of Soho, where he plans to hold court....
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