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The Monday Photoblog!

Monday is mute on The Daily Constitutional (well, almost mute) – because Monday is the day when we post five images captured in and around London by London Walks Guides and London Walkers.

Collated on a theme or an area, if you've got some great shots of our capital and want to join in send your pictures to the usual address.

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Xiaomi’s Mi 6 is not just one of the best Android smartphones currently but it is one of the most beautiful smartphones around.

A easy ,healthy and delicious rice,lentil and vegetable medley- from Tamil Nadu

As I write this on Sunday night, it appears that Kathryn Stripling Byer, first woman to be named North Carolina poet laureate, is leaving us after a struggle with cancer. She is in hospice care and friends have been keeping a vigil on her Facebook page by posting various of her beautiful poems. 
Kay has been a tireless advocate for the arts and for social justice and she has worked to bring poetry -- the reading and the writing of it -- into the schools.

Do you often feel hesitant ...

Happy Monday everyone! This weekend flew by as we had Zach's parents come in on Friday night to spend the next 9 days with us! As our last company before I head back to work after my maternity leave is over, we were so excited to have them for extra hands ( and eyes on our toddler ! ). I've got a few things/errands to get done while they are here so I can't wait to do that plus a few date night's planned with a ...

Book Review of Outland Exile
Incredible piece of work by the author in showcasing the dystopian world, where the Democratic Unity of America rules over the majority of the population and how it is different from the people living in exile.
Their only crime being their age, anyone above the age of 40 is forced to retire and  they live to the West of the Unity in Outlands and they come to be known as Siris.
Lieutenant Chui is sent as the person in charge to access the damage and restore the station at Sunprairie. Читать дальше...

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Crime Fiction
5*s

There is something doubly appealing about crime fiction with a strong contemporary feel and Mark Billingham has chosen this, his fourteenth book in the Tom Thorne series to highlight honor killings. The fact that he does this within a brilliantly constructed mystery certainly makes for compelling reading.

Another fortnight, and another one where I’ve found it really difficult to write this post. Last week we buried my Granddad and it was a very difficult day. I then came down with a virus-type illness (sore throat, cough, earache, bunged nose – the lot), and to top if off felt nauseous and anxious for a good week. All the more reason to concentrate on the little happy things I guess!

Ritchie Blackmore was interviewed in The Guardian. At 72 he is still very serious about music and tries shard not to have fun.

你喜欢熊本熊（くまモン）吗？
Basic Macarons
(Recipe adapted from Carol)      

Ingredients:
45g egg whites 
50g fine sugar
60g icing sugar
1 Tbsp charcoal powder 
65g almond meal  *I blend whole almonds with skin. 

Method: 

1. Sift almond meal, charcoal powder & icing sugar together.Set aside for later use.
2. Whisk egg whites until foamy, add in sugar gradually & whisk until the egg white mixture becomes shiny & stiff peaks.
3. Fold in all the dry ingredients into the egg whites batter until just combined.
4. Pipe ...

The twilight of the Vampire genre I think has finally come at last. Where at one point vampire oriented films were hugely popular, now they are relegated to the backdrop. Unfortunately Underworld: Blood Wars is more of a speck on that backdrop due to a number of reasons. The original film that Len Wiseman directed which was released back in 2003 was amazing; the standard that all vampire films should be held to. Yet after he left directing the franchise things started to unravel. Underworld: ...

Top 10 Spaghetti Westerns

The Western is a standard of American cinema and even those who have never seen a film in this genre are familiar with the hallmarks of the Western. Tough no-nonsense heroes, sweeping technicolor vistas, black hatted villains, are more than familiar aspects of these films. In the 1960's and 1970's the Western quit being so American as Italian filmmakers like; Sergio Leone, Sergio Corbucci, and Joe D'Amato brought their skills to the genre. With much lower budgets and much higher violence and a stronger edge... Читать дальше...

The Unsound #1 Preview (BOOM!)

Here’s a 5 page preview of The Unsound #1, a horror mystery series by writer Cullen Bunn and artist Jack T. Cole, on sale June 7th, 2017 from BOOM! Studios.

The Unsound #1

Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: ...

“SORRY I’m late, Ben,” the Labour Party candidate for Derby North Chris Williamson says to me as he greets me outside the train station. “I’ve just finished recording with the Today programme and this fucking racist wouldn’t let me leave.”

Philadelphia is like the king of cream cheese, I can't resist a bit of Philly in any of its forms. I've tried several of the different flavoured tubs, but have never dabbled in these little pots of whipped cheese. This one contains olives, which I've also grown to love lately, so I was really looking forward to see what the combination would taste like.
The texture of this is different from your regular Philadelphia tub, which is ...