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Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in romance novels | Romance books

For decades, the world of romantic fiction has been divided by a heated debate about racism and diversity. Is there any hope of a happy ending? Last year, the Strand Bookstore in New York convened an all-star panel titled Lets Woman-Splain Romance! The line to get in the door stretched down the block, and the

How to grow and cook yacon

I first heard of yacon a couple of years ago. I was sat by the fire on a very cold winter's evening, beer, pencil, paper and the TV for company, scribbling the coming year's wishlist. The presenter of a gardening programme was visiting a nursery in southern England and being treated to what sounded like

I am finally French, after years of longing | Emma Beddington

Decades after I first glimpsed French Elle and dreamed of my future chicness, I have passed my citizenship exam. It feels like a genuine privilege I have wanted to be French since I was 16 and found French Elle magazine in the school library, with its adolescent catnip combination of lipstick, serious books and films

Israeli forces kill 10 in West Bank as it happened | Middle East and north Africa

The US has carried out another round of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, US media is reporting citing US officials. The US military fired a wave of ship- and submarine-launch missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. The strikes come after the rebel group launched a drone earlier on Wednesday

Rocks in the sky: a geological mystery in pictures | Art and design

If youve never seen a huge boulder hovering above the Earth against a brilliant blue sky, where have you been? As David Quentins photographs show, rocks in the sky have been spotted everywhere from Cumbria to Qubec. Quentins photos arent fakes but the rocks might not be quite what they seem