‘Festive joy and genuine excitement’: Readers’ favourite independent UK shopping streets theguardian.com/travel/2022/…
Skinniness is back in fashion, but did it ever really go away? | Eva Wiseman theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
11 Christmas Charity Appeals That Could Do With Your Support sheerluxe.com/life/11-christ…
The Brand We Love For Relaxed Glamour sheerluxe.com/fashion/occasi…
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THREAD: Energy Bill Support Grant. I have just been notified that I will get £67 a month off my energy bills under the govt scheme. For enormous numbers of people this support will be absolutely vital. But it won't be vital for everyone, and that includes me. (PLS RT) 1/
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I held my breath
as we do
sometimes
to stop time
when something wonderful
has touched us
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To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
—Mary Oliver, from "In Blackwater Woods"
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'The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life.'
Arnold Bennett
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Its 2023.William is on the throne. The funeral for Elizabeth went on so long Charles died before it ended. The queue to see his body was added to the one to see the queen and starts at Tebay services on the M6. Tmrw marks the 1st anniversary of the center parcs massacre.
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I’ve started doing a series called “notes from the chair”. I’ve always hated self help stuff because I just always thought it was someone telling you the bleedin’ obvious. But I have been persuaded that maybe some aren’t so obvious. So reposted from insta here you go…
The Queen was the ultimate matriarch, with a power exercised quietly and artfully | Gaby Hinsliff theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Blues, Jews and Ukrainian ballet: the best theatre, dance and comedy of autumn 2022 theguardian.com/stage/2022/a…
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Just when you thought you'd seen it all: A scheduled sailing ferry from Dover to Boulogne starts in September. The SailLink website is saillink.co.uk/
SailLink, a new green cross-channel ferry service, will launch shortly, taking passengers across the Channel via fast commercial sailing catamarans between Dover and Boulogne-Sur-Mer. Tickets for the pilot phase are available now. More information here: doverport.co.uk/about/news/n…
Beyond the Balti Triangle: the best independent eateries in Birmingham theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…














