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In the end, she opened the gallery the day that the second lockdown ended – Wednesday, December 2. She said: “I had some people in and had a few sales. Rona Marsden in her new gallery with a set of paintings by surrealist artist Desmond Morris. Picture: David Fleming “Last year I sold something every day at my pop-up store – but lots of people looking in the window is promising.” Ms Marsden sells her own works, but is also exhibiting other works by other artists, including the...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/arts/design/Fort-William-Henry-soldiers-remains.html Credit...Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times They Died in the French and Indian War. Their Remains Await Reburial. The bones of British soldiers and colonial militia were disinterred during a reconstruction of Fort William Henry nearly 70 years ago. Credit...Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times Dec. 18, 2020 At points over the past decade, disinterred human remains — the full skeletons and fragmenta...

Kerrie Ponting, from Oxford, wants to get more visitors into the town with her Lionsgate Guest House. The three-storey townhouse on Kings End has had a full renovation and offers six ensuite bedrooms that are ‘tastefully decorated’. Ms Ponting says that after a break from working in the hospitality industry, she is happy to now finally run her own B&B. She said: “I decided to start it as I used to be in hospitality many years ago before a career of over 20 years in the childcare i...

Breakfast is served in the dining room and Ms Ponting offers a full English and Continental option. Ms Ponting feels she is taking a leap of faith by opening a business during the pandemic, but she is determined to offer a unique experience for her guests. She said: "Starting a new business is enough of a challenge in itself, but with the current Covid pandemic and it’s restrictions/lockdowns this has become an even bigger hurdle for me starting out. "I know many people and businesses...

Sir, – I read with great interest Andrew Raffertys article in The SF on December 5, re Autumn pregnancy testing. I agree with Andrew that the artificial vagina gives a much more natural sample and allows you to check out the bulls ability to carry out natural service. However, I object to it being described as old fashioned. I have collected more than 65,000 ejaculates of semen over the years using that method and it is still used worldwide in bull studs. The reason for that, of course,...

A NEW health food shop in Oxford has been doing a roaring trade in people’s eagerness to get healthier after lockdown. Fit Cookie opened in the Golden Cross arcade off Cornmarket Street in October, a few weeks before the country went into the second national lockdown. Artur Niewiadomski runs the shop with his fiancé Malgorzata Wysocka. The pair moved to Oxford from Poland six years ago. Fit Cookie was allowed to stay open over lockdown because it supplies essentials such as vitamin a...

Wonder Woman 1984 and Hillbilly Elegy as co-composer. But just as Howard was wrapping production on the film — an adaptation of J.D. Vances best-selling autobiography starring Gabriel Basso as Vance, Amy Adams as his drug-addicted mother Bev, and Glenn Close as his grandmother Mamaw — the pandemic hit. Then, Zimmer himself caught COVID-19. "I got sick as a dog and the heavy lifting really fell more and more to Dave," he recalls. "But this wasnt a problem because Dave will never let you dow...

TPG’S most anticipated hotel openings of 2021 The Points Guy Travel Team © Provided by The Points Guy MSN has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. MSN and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card issuers. For the first time in a while, now that viable vaccines are being distributed, many travelers who have been sidelined for nearly a year are starting to feel optimistic. Some people are already booking trips for the summer and fal...

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