34 m. ago Ludovico Einaudi: ‘The way you blend the elements you eat is similar to composing a piece of music’

The pianist and composer talks about his passion for chillies, teas and saucepans, and cooking for his dad’s remarkable literary dinner partiesI live in Torino [Turin], a town where I grew up, where I was born. There’s a famous dish from there called bagna cauda. It’s a meeting of the garlic from the area of Piedmont, the mountains, with the anchovies coming from the sea in Liguria. It’s a very simple dish, a bit like a broth, perfect in winter, and you eat it with raw vegetables of the season. But there’s so much garlic in it that, when you eat it, you need a couple of days away from other people.There is a connection between how you eat and how you make music: the way you blend the elements that you eat, the colours, it’s similar to composing a piece of music. If I take my solo piano repertoire, I would associate it with a very simple food, with few elements and few colours, not overelaborate. If I think of a piece of mine with more instruments, more orchestral, I would ...

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100 m. ago Police officer caught removing burglar’s tag in secret sexual relationship

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1 hour ago Premier League issue statement as VAR controversy SAVES Man Utd at Everton

Manchester United's Premier League clash with Everton was hit with controversy late on as Andy Madley was sent for a VAR review after awarding a late penalty to the home side

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2 h. ago What Ruben Amorim learned as 'embarrassing' Man Utd salvage draw against Everton

Manchester United fought back late at Goodison Park to draw 2-2 with Everton - but Ruben Amorim won't be happy with his team's performance especially their defending

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2 h. ago Iconic 90s dance group are still raking in the royalties despite split after track becomes 'most played sports theme worldwide'

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2 h. ago Claudia Winkleman bursts into tears as duo scoop biggest ever prize on Channel 4 show

Claudia WInkleman was seen breaking down in tears after a father and daughter duo walked away with the biggest prize in Channel 4 show One Question's history

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2 h. ago Claudia Winkleman moved to tears as viewers praise duo as 'most incredible quizzers ever'

Claudia WInkleman was seen breaking down in tears after a father and daughter duo walked away with the biggest prize in Channel 4 show One Question's history

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2 h. ago Claudia Winkleman breaks down in tears after 'extraordinary' moment on One Question

Claudia Winkleman was reduced to tears on Channel 4's One Question after a father and daughter duo managed to win £100,000

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2 h. ago ‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?

Gathering data used to be a fringe pursuit of Silicon Valley nerds. Now we’re all at it, recording everything from menstrual cycles and mobility to toothbrushing and time spent in daylight. Is this just narcissism redesigned for the big tech age?I first heard about my friend Adam’s curious new habit in a busy pub. He said he’d been doing it for over a year, but had never spoken to anyone about it before. He had a furtive look around, then took out his phone and showed me the product of his burning obsession: a spreadsheet.This was not a record of his annual tax return or numbers he was crunching for work (Adam is a data scientist). Instead, it was a spreadsheet recording the minutiae of his life, with dozens of columns tracking every element of his daily routine. It all started, he told me, because of a recurring argument with his boyfriend. His partner didn’t think they spent enough time together, but Adam thought that they did. There was only one way to settle this, he decided: co...

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2 h. ago Mikel Arteta makes decision on Arsenal's new striker as Raheem Sterling pays price

Arsenal take on London rivals West Ham on Saturday afternoon amid an ongoing injury crisis and the Gunners have now revealed the side that will take on the Hammers

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2 h. ago Rihanna 'tipped for Glastonbury 2025 as she plans major London residency'

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3 h. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship ‘felt different’ says star’s brother

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3 h. ago Girl, 3, dies after being hit by van in Manchester city centre tram crash

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3 h. ago UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farmingA biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by scientists in the UK. The breakthrough – by researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk – opens the door to the creation of crops requiring reduced amounts of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers, they say.“We can now think of developing a new type of environmentally friendly farming with crops that require less artificial fertiliser,” said Dr Myriam Charpentier, whose group carried out the research. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Mick Jagger shares his 'favourite singer of all time' who 'inspired' Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones frontman is one of the most famous musicians in the world, but he has his own favourite artists too. One in particular influenced Mick Jagger massively

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3 h. ago Manchester Metrolink tram crash horror as girl, 3, killed in tragic collision with van

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3 h. ago Record breaking snooker star Wael Talaat dies aged 60 as tributes paid to 'iconic figure'

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3 h. ago John Swinney accused of being 'cowardly' over silence on single

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3 h. ago Gavin Henson turns up at Walkabout in his old Wales kit and famous 2005 haircut

Jim Hamilton and Andy Goode joined Gavin Henson ahead of Wales v Ireland

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