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Upwardly mobile: Mark Hix cooks with salmon
Saturday 03 August 2013
Around Britain, the salmon fishing season is in full swing, so cast out and enjoy our chef's delicious recipes
Review: The Dairy, 15 The Pavement, Clapham Old Town, London
Sunday 28 July 2013
Chef might be too busy to pop over, but his food rules, says Lisa Markwell.
My life in food: Jeremy Brown, chef
Thursday 25 July 2013
'If it is good enough for the Italians, it's good enough for me'
How do you vaccinate a badger? Very, very carefully
Tuesday 23 July 2013
A curious Tom Bawden joins David Heath, the Farming minister, on the front line of the battle against bovine tuberculosis
Himalayan balsam: Call the Marines! It’s an alien plant invasion
Sunday 21 July 2013
Scientists, and now the military, are battling the spread of Himalayan balsam
'Right-wing panties' and other university exam howlers
Thursday 18 July 2013
'Sex has puzzled biologists ever since it was discovered by Darwin and Mendel,' apparently. Here are some of this year's funniest exam bloopers
'UK's smallest cinema' goes on the market
Saturday 13 July 2013
A cafe claiming to house the UK's smallest cinema has gone on the market.
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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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