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Continue reading →: Giraffes At A GlanceFifty-Four Questions and Answers About Earth’s Tallest Quadrupeds Bonus question: Have you, the writer of this article, ever met a giraffe? Yes – although we weren’t formally introduced or anything, and it was only a momentary encounter. However, I did come face to face with the beautiful creature in question.…
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Continue reading →: Coco Chanel: Untangling theThreadsTowards Liberating Women from CorsetsAt the end of the 19th century, it was customary for ‘properly’ dressed women to spend their days imprisoned in ornate dresses with padding and layers of underclothes including corsets which restricted movement and were very confining. It was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel who used her fashion…
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Continue reading →: The Great British SummerLiving here in England, it’s easy to be cynical about the weather during ‘the great British summer’ – as it is called, tongue in cheek. Never more has this been true this summer when the overwhelming number of days have consisted of looming cloud cover, chilly winds, showers breaking in…






