1 week ago 8 ways to freshen up your home through natural biophilic design

Interiors experts tell Lisa Salmon bringing nature into homes through textures, colours and plants can boost wellbeing and create a sanctuary.

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2 w. ago Life at one of Europe's largest legal brothels with 'alarming' 8

Catherine De Noir, 31, is a brothel manager with a background in organisational psychology, and she recently gave an insight into the realities of legal sex work

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2 w. ago Woman fighting for life after bear attack just miles from European capital

Residents have been warned to stay away from the area and be cautious

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2 w. ago French parliament prepares to vote on legalising assisted dying

Bill expected to be backed by Macron’s centrist MPs and leftwing parties while right and far right likely to oppose itFrance’s parliament is preparing to vote on a bill to legalise assisted dying, potentially paving the way for euthanasia under what campaigners say would nonetheless remain some of the strictest conditions in Europe.As part of a long-awaited package of end-of-life legislation delayed by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve parliament last year, MPs are also due to vote on Tuesday on a less contentious bill establishing the right to palliative care. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man Utd ready to sell every player in massive Ruben Amorim transfer clear out

Manchester United failed in their only chance to salvage their season and breathe life into the transfer window as they lost the Europa League final in Bilbao to Tottenham

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3 w. ago Derek and Quentin, twins from Indiana who live in the woods: Robin de Puy’s best photograph

‘I spotted them in a town called Elkhart, jumped out of the car and ran towards them. If you didn’t know their story, you might think they were runners or cyclists. Then you see the tattoos’My first trip photographing Americans was in 2015, when I drove 8,000 miles across the country on a Harley-Davidson. I’d spent too long caught up in assignments and wanted to take some time off from commercial and editorial work to follow my own creative urges. America offered an opportunity to explore a landscape I didn’t know, and was far enough away from my home in the Netherlands to ensure it wouldn’t be easy for me to just go back if things got difficult.I think Europeans often don’t understand how tough life in America can be. I wanted to show real, underrepresented people who are just trying to survive, while also drawing attention to how rich their lives can be. At a time when people seem increasingly polarised in their views, my images seek to challenge the assumptions that often divide ...

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3 w. ago Manchester United suffer but Ruben Amorim could cure ailing psyche

Manager’s emotional intelligence needed for painful therapy process regardless of Europa League final result “It will change my life; it will not change me,” Ruben Amorim told the BBC not long after becoming Manchester United manager, his underpinning sentiment – that self-worth comes from within – a cornerstone of therapeutic thinking. Sure enough, as the interview continued, he unabashedly raised his own therapy, in the process showing disarming candour, a man supremely comfortable in his own head.Effective treatment requires going backwards to go forwards and it is easy to chortle that under Amorim, United have done just that. As they prepare for a final we could characterise as two bald men fighting over a wig, there may be a very specific regression taking place: back to good old 1990, when United finished 13th in the league and then beat an even worse team to win a cup, changing everything in the process. Continue reading...

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