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Five-finger shoes make you look like the Creature from the Black Lagoon – I'll stick to lace-ups

There’s a new type of footgear in town, but what do shoes that are barely shoes at all signify? And what is their point, exactly?

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What your central heating habits say about you

Why is the temperature such a hot topic? Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly consider why a third of couples argue over it

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Deafening music in restaurants is perfect for married couples

Some pump out the tunes while others opt for a dignified silence. Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly chime in

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New Year's Resolutions – useful motivators or just hot air?

Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly are resolute

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You may think handwriting is a dying art – but Taylor Swift is keeping it alive

With a victim of the digital age, old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly scribble down their thoughts on its supposed demise

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Political podcasts must be stopped before it's too late

These days, everybody is a commentator. Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly wonder if we really need to hear it

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Enough with biodiversity – some weeds deserve to be killed

Should pavement plant life be cultivated or cut back? Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly ponder a growing problem

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Champers, fizz or 'Meghan Markle'? What we call sparkling wine reveals who we truly are

Calling Champagne ‘bubbly’ is like calling tea ‘a cup of hot’. Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly debate the derivatives

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are settling things with fisticuffs – but who's next?

A good old scrap, it seems, is the new trend for finishing disputes. Old hand Christopher Howse and young gun Guy Kelly slog it out

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The ReidOut

narrator: california's community schools: reimagining public education. because of the stupefying number of guns we have in this country, more than 400 million in civilian hands, americans are at risk of being shot, pretty much everywhere we go. and you can now add the beach to the list. with nine people wounded last night, including a 1-year-old, when a fight broke out on a crowded beach boardwalk in hollywood, florida. it's a terrifying scene to watch, with video showing beach patrons running for their lives. but that's the way we live now. always having to be prepared to run for our lives. that was just one of many shootings across the country this memorial day weekend, leaving at least 16 people dead and dozens injured.

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