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Great British Menu: Foie gras is neither great nor British
Friday 29 March 2013
Why would the BBC be willing to appear to support such a barbaric process?
Review: A Wong, 70-71 Wilton Road, London SW1
Sunday 17 March 2013
Our reviewer goes in search of a Cantonese 'greatest hits' at A Wong
Duck survives being shot through the head with a crossbow bolt
Thursday 31 January 2013
Mallard is evading RSPCA officers trying to help it
Page 3 Profile: Hans Christian Andersen, writer
Friday 14 December 2012
Experts have found an undiscovered work?
My life in food: Alan Yau, Restaurateur
Thursday 06 December 2012
'So many chefs use excessive fat to enhance flavours. I use herbs and spices'
Birds still at risk from lead poisoning despite shotgun laws
Sunday 07 October 2012
Lead poisoning is still a major cause of death among swans, ducks and other waterfowl despite legislation aimed at restricting the use of toxic lead pellets by shotgun owners, a study has found.
Secret life of the Empire State killer
Sunday 26 August 2012
The fatal shooting of two men is just one more episode in America's summer of gun sprees
Zoology: P-p-p pick up a penguin to see if it's p-p-p put on weight
Thursday 23 August 2012
I would love to weigh a penguin. I wouldn't mind assessing a stoat, either, or taking the inside leg measurements of a baby giraffe. A tarantula spider, however – well, not so much. At London Zoo this week, however, it isn't just the warm-eyed, cuddly creatures that will be given a once-over as part of the annual "weigh-in".
Southern Indians left penniless after emu investment scheme bosses disappear leaving thousands of birds to starve
Wednesday 22 August 2012
When someone came up with the idea of breeding emus in southern India it sounded like a sure-fire way to prosperity. The meat could be sold to restaurants, the hide turned into leather.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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