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Country Life Magazine – October 9, 2024 Preview

Country Life Magazine (October 8, 2024): The latest issue features

Daffy goes digital

Annie Tempest’s inimitable characters totter gently into the modern age with a new website

Mud, mud, glorious mud

Dogs, birds, pigs and humans alike follow hippopotami down the hollow. Deborah Nicholls-Lee dons her wellies and joins them

A sense of time and place

Ben Pentreath unravels what makes an interior English, that indefinable, yet instantly recog-nisable and beguiling aesthetic

Made in the Marches

The border of England and Wales is proving inspiring for artisanal craftsmen, finds Arabella Youens

Mixing old and new

Country Life’s Interiors Editor Giles Kime opens the doors to his revived 17th-century cottage

New looks for a new season

From bamboo bookshelves to lamps and pots, Amelia Thorpe chooses accessories to covet

Turi King’s favourite painting

The scientist and historian picks a powerful royal portrait   

Growing pains

Minette Batters takes her seat in the House of Lords

The right place to build

The historic streetscapes of our towns and cities reveal lessons we still need to learn about how to build, believes Ptolemy Dean

The legacy

Kate Green salutes Dorothy Brooke and the global equine charity that bears her name

Antlered majesty

Manmade, yet wild, deer parks prove we can create Arcadia, asserts John Lewis-Stempel

Timber of the gods

Jack Watkins admires the huge, ancient and once-exotic cedars that punctuate our landscapes

The good stuff

Hetty Lintell tallies her trinkets

Interiors

An imaginative kitchen extension and tea-tinged fabrics

Building on great bone structure

The good bones that anchor the gardens of Foscote Manor, Buckinghamshire, please the eye of George Plumptre

Foraging

John Wright raises a dram of home-made vodka to the crab apple      

Operation mincemeat

Always comforting, cottage pie satisfies Tom Parker Bowles

Salt of the earth

Pick up a handful or several of salted peanuts when you’re next in the pub, urges Rob Crossan

I have news for ewe

The humble sheep changed the course of British art history, reveals Bendor Grosvenor

Country Life Magazine – October 2, 2024 Preview

Country Life Magazine (October 1, 2024): The latest issue features

Mud-gilded places

In the first of a new series exploring England’s varied landscapes, John Lewis-Stempel discovers a paradise for wildlife amid the bleak desolation of the estuary

Pretty Chitty-Bang-Bang, we love you

Mary Miers reveals the origins of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, as Ian Fleming’s beloved magical flying car prepares to turn 60

Travel

  • Rosie Paterson digs out some private hideaways
  • Steven King experiences how the other half lived as he stays in the homes of some illustrious names
  • A trip to Tuscany is the perfect tonic for Pamela Goodman

The rest is history

Michael Hall examines the noble art of history painting through the output of such masters as van Dyck, Rubens and Fuseli

Inigo Lambertini’s favourite painting

The Italian ambassador picks a profound classical work of art   

Homesick for the olden days

Carla Carlisle takes a wistful look at history and admits we didn’t realise we had it so good

A Georgian triumph

John Goodall reveals the eight winners in this year’s Georgian Group Architectural Awards

Handsome and genteel

In the second of two articles, Jeremy Musson charts the revival of George Washington’s Mount Vernon mansion in Virginia

The legacy

Carla Passino hails the founders of the peerless Wallace Collection

Our last hurrah

October is the time for filling up winter stores, says Lia Leendertz

Bury me in a willow-shaped coffin

English osier beds are enjoying a revival, finds Jane Wheatley

Another string to the bow

Harry Pearson meets Britain’s master luthier Roger Hansell

The good stuff

Hetty Lintell goes wild for jewellery      

Interiors

Bright and beautiful paint and wallpaper, with Amelia Thorpe

London Life

  • Rosie Paterson follows the V&A’s precious cargo
  • Samantha Cameron is in the hot seat
  • Jack Watkins relives Primrose Hill’s Death Pyramid plan
  • John Goodall asks whether enough is enough for the capital’s skyline

The world on the doorstep

Caroline Donald visits the gardens of China, Italy and Africa without leaving Seend Manor in Wiltshire

Kitchen garden cook

Melanie Johnson on quince

Foraging

John Wright gets imaginative in the kitchen with sweet chestnuts

The show must go on

James Fisher can’t see beyond an England cricket win in Pakistan

Culinary Profile: Norway Chef Mikael Svensson

MICHELIN Guide (June 13, 2024) – At NEW 2 Star and Green Star restaurant Kontrast in Oslo, Norway, sustainability is more than just a buzzword – it‘s a way of life.

Nestled in the city’s former industrial district, they pride themselves on sourcing wild, line-caught fish, organic or wild meats, and locally produced organic ingredients.

Collaborating with a company making fermented condiments, they recycle food waste into garum, vinegar powder, oil, and compost, and their wines are sustainably produced.

The roof garden blooms with bee-friendly flowers, and even the staff uniforms are made from organic cotton. Every detail at Kontrast reflects a commitment to sustainability, as envisioned by chef Mikael Svensson.

Culinary Profile: Kyoto Chef Hisao Nakahigashi

MICHELIN Guide (January 26, 2024) – Every morning, Chef Hisao Nakahigashi ventures into Kyoto’s countryside, exploring the forest and mountains where he has spent his entire life. He gathers fresh vegetables, herbs and flowers for his restaurant’s daily menu.

With the credo of “eat all of what is edible”, this restaurant embraces the concept of fully-use all the parts of ingredients. True advocate of the local producers he works with, chef Nakahigashi’s philosophy transpire in the hassun he plates every day, expressing the rustic beauty of the country through all five senses.

In this Green Star in action episode, we dive into the world of chef Hisao NAKAHIGASHI whose restaurant Sojiki Nakahigashi (草喰なかひがし) – literally ‘herbivorous cuisine’ – is awarded a Green Star and Two Stars in the MICHELIN Guide Kyoto & Osaka 2023. Dining here means reconnecting with the environment, fostering a commitment to an eco-conscious life. It offers not only flavorful dishes but also culinary creations that embody mindfulness and a profound respect for nature.

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Research Preview: Science Magazine – Nov 18, 2022

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Science Magazine – November 18, 2022 issue:

Moore’s law: The journey ahead

High-performance electronics will focus on increasing the rate of computation

Tumors can teem with microbes. But what are they doing there?

New study suggests microbiomes can promote cancer by suppressing immune response and seeding metastase

Booming trade in mammoth ivory may be bad news for elephants

Paleontologists are urged to take a stand against a market that may provide cover for continued poaching

Defining the onset of the Anthropocene

Twelve sites are considered for defining the Anthropocene geological epoch

Coronavirus / Covid -19: “What Happens When It Enters Your Body” (Video)

The Telegraph LogoWhat happens when you catch coronavirus? The Telegraph’s Global Health Security Editor Paul Nuki explains all the ways in which you could become infected with COVID-19 and how your body reacts to this virus.

What happens when the virus enters the body?

When the virus enters your body it binds to two cells in the lungs – goblet cells that produce mucus and cilia cells which have hairs on them and normally prevent your lungs filling up with debris and fluid such as virus and bacteria and particles of dust and pollen.

The virus attacks these cells and starts to kill them – so your lungs begin to fill with fluid making it hard for you to breathe. This phase of the disease is thought to last about a week.

At this point your immune system will start to kick in and fight off the invaders. You will develop a fever and your high body temperature will create a hostile environment for the virus. You will start to get rid of the mucus in the form of coughing and a runny nose.

But in some people – particularly the elderly and those with other health conditions – the immune system can go into overdrive. As well as killing the virus it also starts to kill healthy cells.

This heightened immune response can trigger a “cytokine storm” – white blood cells activate a variety of chemicals that can leak into the lungs, which along with the attack on the cells damages them even further. Scans of the lungs show “ground-glass” opacity and then “crazy paving” patterns, as they fill with mucus making it harder and harder to breathe.

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