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World diabetes day

World diabetes day aims to spread awareness about diabetes. The cause, prevention and impact it has on people's lives.
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5 winter skincare tips for a healthier skin

Winter brings with it dry, chapped skin so here are some simple tips to keep you glowing through the colder months.
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Six essential food and nutrition time savers for...

Rob Hobson looks at six ways to maintain a nutritious, healthy diet if you are a busy carer with limited time to cook and look after yourself.
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Three serious eye conditions accelerated by diabetes

Diabetes is the leading cause of preventable sight loss in the UK and doubles the chance of developing a cataract. Here we highlight the three sight-related...
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ear for eye

Debbie Tucker's 'ear for eye' is a dense and at times, deliberately alienating vision of race, language and power structures which dispenses with a traditional...
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The Meerkat OAP

Few people would consider retiring to the remote inferno of the Kalahari, most prefer a cosy McCarthy & Stone apartment within walking distance of Waitrose. But 78 year-old Professor Anne Rasa is redefining the Real Marigold Hotel concept. Michael Edwards investigates

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Theatre

Wise Children

Wise Children is a love-letter to the theatre, but Emma Rice's production at the Old Vic became submerged under a welter of confusion.

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News & Views

“No-one told me the tide comes in”

Peter McGahan takes another look at the shifting sands beneath tech stocks (FAANGs) and how you can protect yourself against market uncertainty.

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Europe

Domaine de Perches

Many of us dream of that epic restoration project in rural France. Michael Edwards enjoys a sumptuous boutique hotel that escaped Grand Designs’ attention

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Recipes

Buckwheat galette with spinach, asparagus & poached egg

Food has a huge impact on your overall health. So why not ditch the comfort food and tcuk into this delicious buckwheat galette with spinach, asparagus and poached egg?

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The Wild Duck

The brutality of truth-telling is explored by Ibsen in his 1884 classic The Wild Duck, which returns to the London stage in a stripped-down, ponderous production, directed by Robert Icke, at the Almeida Theatre. Laurence Green reviews.

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