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FEMAIL rounds up the week's hottest releases

10/12/2018, 8:50:14 PM
From Cindy Crawford collaborating with Sarah Flint on a travel shoe capsule to Anine Bing and Janessa Leone designing hats together, FEMAIL rounds up the week's hottest partnerships. ✔ We're exposed to under-the-radar labels; we get a first-hand look at collections months before they hit stores; we're tapped into brands with chic-yet-cheap offerings and we shop - a lot ✔ The capsule is comprised of three classically shaped hats crafted from 100% sustainable virgin wool that reflect each brand's distinct approach to timeless design with a rock'n' roll edge ✔ Right: Fist Burst Hooded Sweatshirt, $98; augustmcgregor.com


Discover art, beer and festive cheer on fun trip to Cologne's Christmas market

10/12/2018, 11:42:28 PM
YOU will have heard of the famous scent, yet there’s much more to do in Cologne than just shopping for bottles of eau de. But while we’re on the subject, a ­bottle of the 4711 scent made in the cit… ✔ Inside the brewery restaurants are beautiful, ornate wooden walls, hung with paintings displaying agricultural and city scenes ✔ If that is not for you, try Gewolbe to dance alongside the locals ✔ See today's best travel deals Get email alerts of the best deals straight to your inbox


Visit Barbados and enjoy a Caribbean party at hip resort Port Ferdinand for less

10/13/2018, 2:11:15 AM
FOUNTAINS of pure white sand fly through the air, accompanied by excited oohs and ahs. This is not kids burying their dad on the beach, however, but a sea turtle laying her eggs while onlookers wat… ✔ FOUNTAINS of pure white sand fly through the air, accompanied by excited oohs and ahs ✔ In high season you must book early but when we went, there were enough luxury pool beds and VIP cabanas to go around ✔ There is still a chance of a tropical storm but it is more likely things will turn out..


Corsica Mark Warner is perfect for families, beach lovers and water sport fans

10/13/2018, 2:11:13 AM
FOR me, beach holidays simply have to include a spot of sailing. They also have to include a bar that is bang on the beach (with cold beer on tap, obviously). That beach bar also has to have a beac… ✔ Yep, camembert and honey amazing, but it can’t be good for you! 7 Perfect for families, beach lovers and water sports enthusiasts, the San Lucianu Beach Resort is also a solid option for tennis fans If you’re not a sailor, windsurfer, cyclist or tennis player, there is another way to work off all that food the daily activity options


World's longest flight: 5 things we learned

10/12/2018, 10:03:33 PM
CNN's Richard Quest was on board the historic inaugural flight of Singapore Airlines' service from Singapore to New York. Here's what he discovered on the way. ✔ Fighting jet lag Before you board, prep yourself mentally and physically for 18 hours on an airplane ✔ Eat lightly, limit your day-of diet to soup for example, or just snacks ✔ I'd love to go home and get some sleep, but I'm still on the clock ✔ I'm on my way to do live TV reports about our journey


A China perceived over 40 years

10/13/2018, 3:37:26 AM
CHICAGO－That is a trip he will never forget. In August 1975, as a member of the US first Congressional delegation to China, Adlai Ewing Stevenson III visited China for the first time. ✔ It became more and more developed, more and more crowded ✔ Buildings are everywhere and streets are filled with automobiles, just a totally different country, he said ✔ Three reception dinners were given in my honor, and I have friends from all over, new friends as well as old, join me to welcome me, toast me


Slade fired up to deliver his Euro best by return of England rival Tuilagi

10/12/2018, 10:49:36 PM
Chiefs backed as dark horses for Champions Cup crown by Brian O'Driscoll...before holders Leinster open up with 52-3 rout of Wasps ✔ Tuilagi has is fit and firing again for Leicester (Image: Getty Images Europe) He said: Manu and I are very different players but seeing him back and firing for Leicester has definitely spurred me on ✔ Munster: Haley; Conway, Goggin, R Scannell, Earls; Carbery, Williams; Kilcoyne, N Scannell, Archer; Kleyn, Beirne; O'Mahony (capt), Cloete, Stander


Did you know death is BANNED in these seven countries - can you guess why?

10/13/2018, 3:06:03 AM
DEATH is tragically something that can happen to anyone at any time, yet there are seven countries in the world where dying has been banned - and the reasons behind this strange law are diverse. ✔ It’s unclear whether the death ban was actually implemented ✔ He signed a decree stating that residents were forbidden from getting sick and they should put their health first ✔ It’s population of 537 in 2015 was three times that in the 1960s, with the majority of inhabitants being over 65


Only A True Bookworm Can Beat This Book Cover Quiz

10/12/2018, 10:54:41 PM
How well do you know the last 60 years of literature? ✔ Knopf / BuzzFeed 1980s: Kodansha / BuzzFeed Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Correct! Wrong! Via Kodansha / BuzzFeed 1980s: Viking Press / BuzzFeed Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card It by Stephen King Correct! Wrong! Via Viking Press / BuzzFeed 1980s: Penguin Books / BuzzFeed The BFG by Roald Dahl The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Correct! Wrong! Via Penguin Books / BuzzFeed 1970s: Rex Collings / BuzzFeed The Lorax by Dr. Seuss Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C


Televangelist Joel Osteen Won't Be Alone With Women Who Aren't His Wife

10/12/2018, 8:40:38 PM
The Texas preacher says he follows the Billy Graham rule, which is meant to help male pastors avoid being tempted by women. ✔ In his 1997 autobiography, he wrote about how he and others in his ministry team heard that fellow evangelists had fallen into immorality while on the road ✔ The answer to Me Too isn’t an antiquated, unfair-to-women, patriarchal dividing of the sexes, Denker wrote ✔ The answer is to lift up the men who get it, the men who love and respect women


Winds of Winter: Amid release delay, is THIS the real problem with Game of Thrones books?

10/12/2018, 8:31:43 PM
GEORGE RR MARTIN’S The Winds of Winter is still in the works and shows no sign of being released just yet. ✔ That’s a lot of space, for sure, but I think GRRM [George RR Martin] could easily fill two books without resolving half the plot lines ✔ There is something for ASOIAF fans to look forward to, though: Fire and Blood, a companion book, releases just next month


The debunking website Snopes turns 25 this year. And that's not fake news - Los Angeles Times

10/12/2018, 8:57:28 PM
The debunking website Snopes turns 25 this year. And that's not fake news. ✔ Remember the one about the new deadly spider species that was killing Americans this summer ✔ But it was post-9/11 that turned out to be a watershed for the site, as Mikkelson puts it, as conspiracy theories and rumors abounded post-attacks ✔ We like beginnings, middles and ends, heroes and villains


In the Khashoggi disappearance, Trump risks being on wrong side of moral divide

10/13/2018, 1:12:00 AM
After the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a central question is just how far Trump may be prepared to go in defense of the kind of rabid values the Saudis now seem to have embraced, writes David Andelman ✔ MUST WATCH Schiff: White House hedging on Saudi Arabia 01:58 David A ✔ Author of A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today, he was formerly a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News in Asia and Europe ✔ They're going to take that money and spend it in Russia or China or someplace else


Opinion | When Your Boss Is an Algorithm

10/12/2018, 8:41:34 PM
For Uber drivers, the workplace can feel like a world of constant surveillance, automated manipulation and threats of “deactivation.” ✔ By the logic of Silicon Valley, the company was simply trying out a new pricing policy, but many drivers were angry that their livelihoods were part of this experiment ✔ At Tyndall Air Force Base, a ‘Complete Loss.’ Hurricane Michael: One Mile of Devastation in Florida Talking to My Fiancé About My New Girlfriend Opinion: Goodbye, Political Spin, Hello Blatant Lies


He was everything I was searching for... in a sperm donor

10/13/2018, 12:06:19 AM
When I logged onto a sperm bank website, I found that, oddly, it felt like a dating site – but amid the cold, sterile landscape of anonymous donors, I found the warm glow of human partnership ✔ Two years ago, I bought a subscription to a sperm bank ✔ In what is the most comprehensive comparison of 14 commonly prescribed antidepressant drugs to date, researchers found that only one brand was more effective at relieving symptoms of depression than a placebo


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