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The moment I knew: The banana bread was terrible but seeing him baking made me fall for him | Relationships
In 2007 I’d been single for a few years and had just returned from a year volunteering in a village in Bangladesh. Six months after arriving home in Sydney I decided to take up a teaching job in Mulan Aboriginal community in the Kimberley, halfway between Broome and Alice Springs, population 120. The first term…
In my apartment block’s ‘Room of Unlimited Magical Recycling Possibilities’ I found not just freebies, but friends | Homes
When I lived in inner Sydney, my apartment building had a dedicated reuse room for secondhand items. The room was officially named the Room of Unlimited Magical Recycling Possibilities, but most residents just called it the magic room. This name was fitting because often things seemed to appear there precisely when I needed them. I…
Visionary music conductor Michael Tilson Thomas dead at 81 – Life & Style
SAN FRANCISCO: Celebrated conductor, pianist and composer Michael Tilson Thomas, a longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony known as a creative visionary, has died at age 81 after nearly five years with brain cancer, the orchestra announced on Thursday. Thomas, a 12-time Grammy winner and one of the leading orchestral music figures of…
Revision stress? Here’s how to help your child
They say that the most stressful life events are death, divorce and moving house. I’d add a fourth: steering your teenager through their GCSEs. (I can’t bear to think about A-levels.) My almost 16-year-old daughter is sitting her first exam in just under two weeks so my husband and I, along with thousands of other…
When memories come in swarms, emotions flow like cascade
It was a cascading flow of emotions built around cherished memories, both sweet-n-sour – spanning decades. Memories were coming in swarms as a towering persona in the realm of broadcasting, literature and cultural activism across the country and even abroad, Dr Rafeeq Masoodi was delineating “self” and his illustrious “literary journey.” Sopore, known for its…
What to eat to feel full — without using Ozempic
When it seems like the world and his now-skinny wife are on weight-loss drugs, it’s easy to forget that there are ways to make yourself feel full without relying on jabs. Ozempic et al mimic the hormone GLP-1 to give us that sensation of satiety, but it can also be activated by what and how…
I’m running for my dead friends
When I line up for my first marathon tomorrow, I’ll be wearing the same trainers I wear every day: for the gym, for running, to and from work, and out on the weekends. In fact, I’ll have spent no money on fancy kit, training plans or tech — just a tenner on a bright orange vest in…
‘Where we’re going we don’t need roads’
There was a summer Sunday not long gone by — the kind of day where the heat continues to rise and the blue of the sky is utterly cerulean — that was perfect to spend in the sky in a friend’s four-seater Cessna 172. We flew from Gloucestershire Airport to Goodwood, West Sussex, for lunch,…
Judith Leiber Couture brings crystals and whimsy to Delhi with their new store
The Elephant Majestic minaudière by Judith Leiber | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Spanning a 70-year legacy, Judith Leiber Couture’s bags, clutches and miniatures have been red carpet staples, conversation starters that bring crystal-studded whimsy to any evening. Its famed minaudières, small evening bags sculpted into quirky, artistic forms, have long been considered objets d’art, cementing…