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Australasian (Guangzhou) Food Co is beginning to import blockchain-backed beef into China from Argentina – and is now on a mission to help at-home consumption grow.
LISA KRISTOFF Wed, 02/03/2021 - 10:00am Ann Scanlan’s “Lifting Fog at Straw’s Farm,” an oil on panel - 12” x 18.” Courtesy of the artist “Summer Morning in the pasture,” a 12” x 16” oil on panel by Ann Scanlan. Courtesy of the artist “Pastoral, Donegal,” - an oil on 12” x 12” wood - a scene Ann Scanlan immersed herself in during a 2019 trip to Ireland. Courtesy of the artist “I’m Here” - a 6” x 6” oil on panel by Ann Scanlan. Courtesy of the artist Pastoral paintings – at some point, whenever I’m visiting in one – I slowly become aware o...
When Ireland went into lockdown for the first time last March many in the building sector found themselves with time on their hands. Not Frank Kelly. As construction director at Walls Construction he, like everyone else in the sector, watched in frustration as Covid shuttered the gates of all but the country's most essential building sites. He has just started a two-year term as president of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF). But, back then, as chair of the CIF's safety committee, he suddenly found himself in the thick of things, trying to figure out the practicalities of getting bui...
"Songcatcher" tells the story of a woman who goes into the mountains of Appalachia in 1907, and finds the people singing British ballads that are almost unchanged since they arrived there 200 years earlier. It is also a feminist parable transplanted to earlier times, revealing too much consciousness of modern values. I'm more comfortable with the women I find in Willa Cather's novels, who live at about the same time, who strive to be independent and to be taken seriously, and yet are entirely in and of their worlds. The characters in a serious historical story should not know what happens dec...
TV Editor Tonight's top TV tips include the return of Dancing on Ice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion, The Chase Celebrity Special, and Amy Schumer in Expecting Amy . . . Pick of the Day Dancing on Ice, 6.00pm, Virgin Media One Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby welcome a dozen new skate-wearing celebrities who will compete to become champions of the rink for 2021. This year's contestants - six of whom will perform tonight - are Billie Shepherd, Colin Jackson, Denise Van Outen, Faye Brookes, Graham Bell, Jason Donovan, Joe-Warren Plant, Lady Leshurr, Myleene Klass, Rebekah Vardy, Rufu...