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Heirloom apple types and history: Are the specialty fruits worth the fuss?

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. An heirloom apple.” The cultural significance of heirlooms—their story, weaved through generations of family grafting and genealogy—is all fine and dandy, but hasn’t science rendered these older apple varieties obsolete? It’s the preservation of biodiversity, a cultural memory,” says …

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1 day, 4 hours ago

Inside Kendall Jenner's sprawling $8.5million home at Christmas: Model gets into the holiday spirit as she adorns Beverly Hills mansion with two huge trees, vintage ornaments and sentimental family he

Daily Mail

Kendall Jenner has given fans a glimpse inside her sprawling £8.5million house which she has elaborately decorated for Christmas. The model, 29, has certainly pushed the boat out this year, with the home featuring two huge Christmas trees, plenty of vintage ornaments and sentimental family heirlooms passed down from her mother Opening the doors to her living room, Kendall showcased …

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3 days, 12 hours ago

It's the question all Antiques Roadshow fans want answered... did they sell their priceless heirloom? 10 owners of the series' most extraordinary items reveal what they did next - and one cashed in BI

Daily Mail

The question Fiona Bruce is asked most about Antiques Roadshow is what happened next to the heirlooms featured on the show. Ship Anna carried more than 400 African slaves to the Caribbean under the aegis of this ‘Prince Jemmy’, whose name was probably adopted by the owner to make himself sound royal. ‘I was blown away,’ says expert Ronnie Archer …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Manolo Blahnik Heels, Cartier ‘love’ bracelet: Meghan Markle wears ₹84 lakh outfit at dinner with Afghan refugees!

Live Mint

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, recently made headlines for her philanthropic spirit and impeccable fashion sense as she hosted a Christmas dinner in California for Afghan refugee women. Yet, it wasn’t just Meghan Markle's compassion that turned heads – her breathtaking £82,000 outfit became the talk of the town, capturing global attention and sparking a viral buzz. A Glimpse …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kim Kardashian Debuts Princess Diana's Famed Crucifix Necklace at LACMA Art+Film Gala

CNN

Kim Kardashian debuted a diamond-lined cross pendant at the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles. The necklace, once a favorite of Princess Diana, was bought for £163,800 and added a pop of color to Kardashian's all-white ensemble. While some are impressed by the piece's historical significance, others argue that its risqué cut is incongruous with the religious symbol.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

How to get rid of sentimental objects and heirlooms and feel good about it.

Slate

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. A pair of silver boots meant for a New Year’s Eve party in Los Angeles. In the process of cleaning things out, I was reunited with the ’80s cassette player my late father had given me when I was a kid. I wanted to get rid of the …

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3 months ago

PM Modi gifts antique silver train model to President Biden and pashmina shawl to First Lady

Hindustan Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a silver antique train model to US President Joe Biden and a pashmina shawl to First Lady Jill Biden after wrapping up the Quad leaders summit on day one of his US visit on Saturday. PM Modi gifted a silver vintage train model made by Indian artisans to President Joe Biden The gifts commemorated the …

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4 months ago

Madras Day: A multi-purpose wedding gift

The Hindu

A walking stick presented to M.V. “A famous eye surgeon operates his clinic and that sometimes takes us there,” says Krithivasan, who works as an oil and gas consultant. “I want educational institutions to invite antique collectors to present a talk to them about the hobby,” says Moses. “There’s a licence fee stamp that one had to purchase for renewal …

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4 months ago

Debut album of instrumental trio offers romanticized portrait of Los Angeles

NPR

Debut album of instrumental trio offers romanticized portrait of Los Angeles LA LOM stands for “Los Angeles League of Musicians.” The band uses inspirations from traditional rhythms and melodies to pay tribute to their home city. MARTÍNEZ: The debut album from this Instrumental trio of drums, bass and guitar offers a nostalgic, romanticized portrait of Los Angeles. SOKOLOW: We play …

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7 months ago

How to honour and organise personal treasures and family heirlooms to stop the clutter

ABC

A handwritten recipe, an envelope overflowing with printed photographs and a shoebox filled with quirky ornaments and dusty sports medals. "Everyone's got a little treasure that they hold on to because it has a power and memory to it," Dr Jensen says. Dr Jensen says inherited and everyday objects are "living parts" of our family history and that sharing their …

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9 months, 1 week ago

The Hindu on Books | The International Booker Prize 2024 longlist, the world of Theyyam, Palestinian poetry and more

The Hindu

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The others include feminist Argentinian writer Selva Almada’s Not a River, translated by Annie McDermott, a story from rural Argentina; the Venezuelan writer and editor Rodrigo Blanco Calderón’s Simpatía, translated by Noel Hernández González and Daniel Hahn, and set in the time of a mass exodus of intellectuals from the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

The lost art of the death mask

BBC

The lost art of the death mask Alamy The Western world was once obsessed with these macabre memorials. Alamy Early copies of Napoleon Bonaparte's death mask are now extremely valuable The 19th Century Back on the island of Saint Helena, the two doctors still needed to make Napoleon's death mask – and they still couldn't find any fresh plaster. By …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Fendi's gender-busting men's collection is inspired by Princess Anne, 'chicest woman in the world'

Hindustan Times

MILAN — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week. HT Image Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by Princess Anne, whom she called “the chicest woman in the world,” capable of “maintaining her femininity …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Fendi’s gender-busting men’s collection is inspired by Princess Anne, ‘chicest woman in the world’

Associated Press

MILAN — Silvia Venturini Fendi plucked heirlooms from an aristocratic family hope chest and embellished them with details long released from the feminine realm for a highlands-stomping menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week. Venturini Fendi said she was inspired by Princess Anne, whom she called “the chicest woman in the world,” capable of “maintaining her femininity while wearing …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Lahaina family finds cherished heirlooms and devastation in first home visit after deadly wildfire

Associated Press

LAHAINA, Hawaii — Leola Vierra stepped gingerly among the hardened pools of melted metal, charred wood and broken glass that are almost all that remain of the home where she lived for nearly 50 years. “This was my home.” Vierra, her husband and two adult children returned to the property Tuesday for the first time since the deadliest U.S. wildfire …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The best Le Creuset alternatives, from Aldi to John Lewis

The Independent

Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, advice and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration Get our weekly Home and Garden email for tips, and interior inspiration SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Aldi cast iron casserole dish, 26cm: £29.99, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Kate Middleton’s most significant jewellery pieces

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

German curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the Nazis

LA Times

In Munich, Germany, Matthias Weniger, curator of the Bavarian National Museum, lifts a silver object stolen from Jews by the Nazis during the Third Reich. That’s when they ordered all German Jews to bring their personal silver objects to pawn shops across the Reich — one of many laws created to humiliate, punish and exclude Jews. “These silver objects handed …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Romance fraudster jailed for conning three women out of more than £200,000

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Judge Jason Taylor KC, sentencing Hussain, told him: “In …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Murdaugh family member mysteriously buying up family heirlooms on auction

Raw Story

Disgraced South Carolina ex-lawyer and convicted murder Alex Murdaugh's sister-in-law has stepped up, and is mysteriously buying up items from the family estate before they can be auctioned off, Newsweek reported on Monday. A previous report indicated a "frenzy buying" situation at the auction for Murdaugh items as people all over the South came forward to try to purchase items …

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2 years ago

The case for spending less money on holiday gifts

Salon

You are familiar, I'm sure, with the institution of the gift shop: a business that exists entirely to sell useless treats and temptations, an ode to capitalistic superfluousness. One obvious solution that evades most of these environmental and societal ills while still showering love and generosity upon your loved ones is to embrace gifts not bought new: homemade, secondhand, even …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

Associated Press

FORT MYERS, Fla. — An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. It’s gone.” With the major search for victims over and a large swath of Florida’s southwest coast settling in for the long slog of recovering from …

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2 years, 3 months ago

The Queen's jewellery collection - and her engagement ring from Prince Philip

Daily Mail

Throughout her life, the Queen amassed a jewellery collection full of family heirlooms, priceless treasures and gifts from world leaders. Pictured left, in 1983 on a banquet in India, and right, in 2007 wearing a necklace gifted by President of Brazil for the Queen’s Coronation in 1953 The monarch, pictured here on one of her final engagements in July 2022, …

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2 years, 7 months ago

National gun surrender launched

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new national gun surrender will allow people to anonymously …

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Heirloom apple types and history: Are the specialty fruits worth the fuss?

Inside Kendall Jenner's sprawling $8.5million home at Christmas: Model gets into the holiday spirit as she adorns Beverly Hills mansion with two huge trees, vintage ornaments and sentimental family he

It's the question all Antiques Roadshow fans want answered... did they sell their priceless heirloom? 10 owners of the series' most extraordinary items reveal what they did next - and one cashed in BI

Manolo Blahnik Heels, Cartier ‘love’ bracelet: Meghan Markle wears ₹84 lakh outfit at dinner with Afghan refugees!

Kim Kardashian Debuts Princess Diana's Famed Crucifix Necklace at LACMA Art+Film Gala

How to get rid of sentimental objects and heirlooms and feel good about it.

PM Modi gifts antique silver train model to President Biden and pashmina shawl to First Lady

Madras Day: A multi-purpose wedding gift

Debut album of instrumental trio offers romanticized portrait of Los Angeles

How to honour and organise personal treasures and family heirlooms to stop the clutter

The Hindu on Books | The International Booker Prize 2024 longlist, the world of Theyyam, Palestinian poetry and more

The lost art of the death mask

Fendi's gender-busting men's collection is inspired by Princess Anne, 'chicest woman in the world'

Fendi’s gender-busting men’s collection is inspired by Princess Anne, ‘chicest woman in the world’

Lahaina family finds cherished heirlooms and devastation in first home visit after deadly wildfire

The best Le Creuset alternatives, from Aldi to John Lewis

Kate Middleton’s most significant jewellery pieces

German curator on a mission to return silver heirlooms stolen from Jewish families by the Nazis

Romance fraudster jailed for conning three women out of more than £200,000

Murdaugh family member mysteriously buying up family heirlooms on auction

The case for spending less money on holiday gifts

Search for victims done, Florida coast aims for Ian recovery

The Queen's jewellery collection - and her engagement ring from Prince Philip

National gun surrender launched