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A year as a law firm gopher taught me that all errand runners deserve respect

A law student's year delivering documents by bicycle taught her to respect all errand runners and delivery workers, revealing how essential yet undervalued this labor truly is.

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Master the Art of Apfelschmarrn: A Central European Pancake Classic

Master the technique for creating apfelschmarrn, the Central European apple pancake that works equally well as a main course or dessert. Learn how egg whites, butter and apple placement transform simple ingredients into a light, fluffy classic.

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Chris Leach's Italian Recipes for Late Summer: Squid Ink Pasta and Fig Semifreddo

Chef Chris Leach shares two Italian recipes perfect for late summer: a striking squid ink spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and crispy pangrattato, and a honey and thyme semifreddo showcasing ripe figs.

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Felicity Cloake's Potato Salad Masterclass: A Fresh Summer Side

Master Felicity Cloake's approach to potato salad using waxy potatoes, homemade mayonnaise and fresh herbs. This summer classic surpasses supermarket versions with brightness and adaptability to taste.

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Quick Tomato and Crème Fraîche Toast: A 15-Minute Supper

A simple late-summer supper of caramelised tomatoes, crème fraîche and herbs on toasted sourdough, ready in 15 minutes. Chef Henry Harris shares a recipe inspired by Édouard de Pomiane's philosophy of rapid, ingredient-led cooking.

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Spiced Sticky Chicken with Plums and Pancakes: Georgina Hayden's Quick Takeaway-Style Recipe

Georgina Hayden's spiced sticky chicken with plums and pancakes is a quick, takeaway-inspired dish ready in 45 minutes. Pan-fried chicken breast is paired with a homemade plum sauce and served with warm pancakes, spring onions and cucumber for a flavourful weeknight dinner.

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Meera Sodha's Soy, Sake and Sesame Oil-Braised Aubergines

Meera Sodha shares a recipe for soy, sake and sesame oil-braised aubergines – a savoury, nutty dish that combines roasting with a complex braising liquid to create layers of umami flavour. Serve with rice.

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Peter Howell, Classics Scholar and Victorian Architecture Advocate, Dies at 85

Peter Howell, the classics lecturer and Victorian Society stalwart who spent over 60 years fighting to preserve Britain's 19th-century buildings, has died aged 85. A champion of architectural heritage when it was deeply unfashionable, he served as the society's chairman and remained on its buildi...

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Coco Khan and Nish Kumar explore England flags in new Good Immigrant podcast

The Good Immigrant launches a podcast series with Nish Kumar and Coco Khan exploring England flags and political humour. Plus five other podcasts worth your time this week, from data-driven politics to Ina Garten's celebrity conversations.

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Naomi Klein: Extreme Wealth Turns You Into a Supremacist

In her first co-authored book, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue that tech billionaires, religious fundamentalists, and ethnonationalists are actively hastening apocalypse to secure their own survival. Klein explains how extreme wealth concentration produces supremacist ideology and what resista...

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Julia Donaldson on Gruffalo Granny: 'I'm the mouse, not the granny'

Julia Donaldson reflects on creating Gruffalo Granny, the first new Gruffalo story in over 20 years, discussing storytelling, family loss, and her role as Britain's bestselling author.

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Emily St John Mandel on Exit Party: 'How do you rebuild when reality itself fractures?'

Emily St John Mandel's new novel Exit Party explores fractured Americas and the collapse of shared reality. The author discusses doppelgangers, contingency, and why speculative fiction allows her to examine the present without unbearable realism.

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