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Meet the Writers - Marie-Elsa Bragg

15 July 2017

After being a dancer, priest, therapist and campaigner for women’s rights within the church, Marie-Elsa Bragg has now turned her hand to writing. She’s just produced her first novel, Towards Mellbreak, telling the story of…

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From farm to face

19 September 2019

Creating cosmetics from surplus farming produce is the latest trend in agriculture. We meet the folk sowing the seeds.

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Parked life

10 July 2015

Service stations are fun, serve good food and even sell petrol. No but really, all of that is true if you pull off the highway and enter one of these pit-stops. Here’s where to go if you want to enjoy slow food in the fast…

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The perfect fit

13 August 2018

Conscious of the need to develop a retail aesthetic worthy of housing the company’s iconic products, New Balance’s creative whizz Bob Neville got to work. The result of his endeavours is the extraordinary Bird Centre in…

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Fashion

17 November 2011

A Swedish fisherman's raincoat, a made-in-England store opening, and an interview with the co-founder of online retailer Avenue 32.

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Premium pit stops

24 June 2021

Most service stations are a means to an end: a quick stop-off beside a motorway to refuel and stretch your legs. But can they be more? We park at cultured conveniences revving things up.