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Exciting flavours: Vietnamese aubergine with minced pork

Vietnamese aubergine with minced pork

Serves 4

Purple reign: Bill Granger cooks with aubergines

When he first encountered them as a child, the porous texture of aubergines put Bill Granger off.  Now, it's precisely that meltingly smooth quality that has finally won him over

Per Mertesacker of Arsenal FC poses dressed as a Samurai Warrior in the Urawa Royal Pines Hotel in Japan

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Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker wield swords on pre-season tour

Per Mertesacker of Arsenal FC poses dressed as a Samurai Warrior in the Urawa Royal Pines Hotel in Japan

In pictures: Arsenal players dress up as Samurai Warriors and make sushi on pre-season tour in Japan

Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker wield swords on pre-season tour

Shane Warne sports an advancing hairline

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Otto's, 182 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1

Good things come to he who waits. He, in this case, being the most singular waiter one could hope to meet, says Amol Rajan.

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Acciuga, 343 Kensington High Street, London W8

The food is as authentic as it is comforting at old-school Italian Acciuga, says Lisa Markwel.

Braised pork mince and tofu

Braised pork mince and tofu

Serves 4

Tagliolini with mackerel and chilli

Tagliolini with mackerel and chilli

Serves 4

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Fashion editors love fashion. Sometimes we’re even willing to put it on our backs

Herring milt, bacon and samphire salad

Serves 4

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The CIA whistleblower struck a blow for us all, but his 1970s predecessor showed how to win
'A man walks into a bar': Comedian Seann Walsh on the dangers of mixing alcohol and stand-up

Comedian Seann Walsh on alcohol and stand-up

Comedy and booze go together, says Walsh. The trouble is stopping at just the one. So when do the hangovers stop being funny?
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Edinburgh to Hollywood: 10 comedic talents blowing up big

Hugh Montgomery profiles the faces to watch, from the sitcom star to the surrealist
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Comedian Tig Notaro: 'Hello. I have cancer'

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Bill Granger's Asia-influenced egg recipes

Our chef made his name cooking eggs, but he’s never stopped looking for new ways to serve them
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The world wakes up to golf's female big hitters

With its own Tiger Woods - South Korea's Inbee Park - the women's game has a growing audience
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Briefings are off the record leading to transfer speculation which is merely a means to an end