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?Politicians actually taking action?: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders

Wooden stakes bearing pictures of young men were driven into the yellow sands of Copacabana beach this week, opposite Rio de Janeiro?s swanky hotels o...

Helen Goh?s recipe for pear, chocolate and hazelnut torte

Unlike lighter, flour-based cakes, tortes are traditionally rich and dense. Often made with ground nuts instead of flour, this gives them a fudgy, moi...

Love & War: From frontlines to family life. Pulitzer-winning conflict photographer Lynsey Addario on the five stories that defined her career

African Union soldiers find the village of Tama freshly burning more than a week after it was originally attacked by Arab nomads backed by government ...

?Fabulous 50s dresses and even a kilt?: readers? favourite vintage shops and markets in Europe

An Edinburgh institution W Armstrong in Edinburgh is a true institution. There are several locations, but the Grassmarket spot is a treasure trove. F...

In Love With Love by Ella Risbridger review ? a sexy celebration of romantic fiction

Eva Ibbotson, a doyenne of 1980s romantic fiction, once said self-deprecatingly that her books were aimed at ?old ladies and people with flu?. To whic...

?A sign of who I am, right here on my hands?: meet the artists behind the new-school henna boom

The night before Eid, plastic chairs line the pavements of busy British high streets from London to Bradford. Women sit elbow-to-elbow beneath shopfro...