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Nigel Slater’s three onion soup recipeRoasted red and yellow onions, banana shallots, bay and rosemary all star in this stirring soup, writes Nigel Slater
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Muslim foster parents: ‘We'd never had a Christmas tree - it made them so happy’News that a Christian child was ‘forced’ into Muslim foster care caused a furore earlier this year. But, despite the challenges, these families play a vital role in bringing up vulnerable children, says Sarfraz Manzoor
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Tricks of the brain: the magic of everyday perceptionOptical illusions play on our nervous system’s ability to focus attention on what matters and ignore the background, says Daniel Glaser
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Graham Norton: ‘The BBC don't defend themselves robustly enough’He’s had his struggles, but is successful beyond his wildest dreams. Now Graham Norton tells Eva Wiseman why he’s definitely sticking around for ‘the third act’
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Disney goes eco: the new holiday resort near Disneyland ParisThere’s some weirdness attached to Villages Nature, the Disney-imagineered vision of rustic life, but the waterslides are amazing and there’s lots for kids to do
This much I know Bill Bailey: ‘We’re an island race, no wonder we feel antipathy towards Europe’