A number of different companies all try to outdo themselves when Halloween starts to loom over the horizon, with decorations getting more complex and frightening every fall, though The Home Depot emerged as one of 2020’s biggest winners with the debut of their 12-foot skeleton. Arriving seemingly out of nowhere, […]
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How a Spanish designer brought colour to every corner of her London home
A framed necklace from Brazil hangs over the living- room fireplace. Candlesticks are from Morocco, with beeswax candles from Matilda Goad – Rachael Smith Sandra Barrio von Hurter lives and breathes colour, from the cheeky cherries that dangle from her jewellery to the sun-blasted yellow of her kitchen. Her business, […]
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Copper Cabinets and Jungle Wallpaper Brought This Old Victorian London Home Up to Speed
Tile, Darkroom. Photography by Veerle Evens for Made.com In the summer of 2010, interior designer Emma Gurner, founder of design studio Folds Inside, and her husband, Rob, were growing desperate. Their offer on a dreamy period home in the leafy London neighborhood of Finchley had fallen through in the eleventh […]
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Britain mustn’t be shy to celebrate the improvements brought by Brexit
So how does it feel to wake up in an independent and sovereign country once more? If you are a longtime Brexit campaigner and political obsessive like I am then I bet the answer is “fantastic”, sore heads notwithstanding. If, on the other hand, you are a more normal and balanced […]
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2020 was a rollercoaster, but it also brought a renewed love for golf
Covering golf, at every level and on every tour, in 2020 was unlike anything our writers have experienced. Through the end of the year, our staff is looking back on what will forever stand out from the season of COVID – a season during which every aspect of the game […]
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How Pete Docter, Kemp Powers brought the first Black Pixar protagonist to life in ‘Soul’
In 1963, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock was playing a show with Miles Davis when, during Davis’ solo, he played the wrong chord. Shamed, he froze for about a minute. “Miles paused for a second and then he played some notes that made my chord right,” Hancock recalled. “(He) was able […]
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Downtown businesses grateful for community support, holiday cheer brought by ‘Christmas on Main’ | Journal-news
MARTINSBURG — Though the traditional holiday celebration in downtown Martinsburg looks a bit different this year, Queen Street businesses went above and beyond to welcome the community into their stores with special guests, photo opportunities and an abundance of holiday cheer for the socially distanced “Christmas on Main.” With the […]
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I brought theater home with ‘Shipwreck,’ an audio-only political play perfect for the pandemic [Unscripted column] | Food + Living
On an Election Day like no other, my first attempt at distraction took me on a time warp back to 2017. The time machine was “Shipwreck: A History Play about 2017,” which focuses on a group of friends meeting at a farmhouse in upstate New York. Trapped in a snowstorm, […]
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Cinnabon Has Brought Back a Rolled Pancake Kit for the Ultimate Christmas Breakfast
Photo credit: Instagram @foodiewiththebeasts From Best Products Cinnamon rolls and pancakes decided to have a baby and package it for sale at Walmart. Crazy times! Cinnabon has created the perfect holiday breakfast you can make at home. The new kit includes mix to make six large Cinnabon Rolled Pancakes. The […]