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Originally posted on The Manc F oo d i e. :
We all know that LA is the place to be for all the trendy fitness classes and healthy food spots, but having spent a month this summer in London, you could…

Originally posted on The Cook Twit:
“Never had fish prepared and presented better!” Some young relatives had just birthed their first offspring, a trip to Heaton Moor to see the ruddy cheeked ‘Rocco’ was called for. The Flame and I…

Originally posted on eats shoots 'n leaves:
In our anthropocentric arrogance, humans typically draw a sharp line between Self and Other. But the more we learn, the fuzzier the boundaries get. Each self contains a great deal of other, from…

Originally posted on Robert's Interests:
How spiders got their knees | Science/AAAS | News A gene named after the stumpy legs of wiener dogs may give spiders and scorpions their knees. That’s the surprising result of a new study,…

Originally posted on eats shoots 'n leaves:
From Eurostat [PDF], and click on the image to enlarge:

Originally posted on – The Townie Magazine –:
When stepping in the lift up to the seventh floor in the Landing Building at Media City, I can almost hear Damian from Mean Girls shouting up a word of warning to…

Originally posted on voxturturis:
The Slum and Slums “Slum – definition: 1812 (of cant origin) 1. 1824 – A room. 2. A street, alley, court etc., situated in a crowded district of a town or city and inhabited by people…

Originally posted on TheCritique Archives:
by Martin Odoni Am I in the Twilight Zone? Have I arrived on an alternative-dimension planet Earth? Monday at the Conservative Party Conference was just plain weird. Surreal even. Yesterday, we had the tasteful experience…