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Barfuss barefoot walk in Trentham Estate Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Britain's first barefoot park

Squelching through mud and wading through water. Kick your shoes off for a sensory stroll along Britain's first reflexology trail

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Dr David Dexter holding a preserved human brain
Meet the man with 250 brains

Scientist David Dexter uses donated brains to unlock the secrets of Parkinson's disease - but is in need of more grey matter

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The perfect Paris patisserie

From brioche to bonbons and beyond, savouring the sweet treats on the capital's pastry trail

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interactive restaurant Inamo on Wardour Street, Soho. Food is ordered via a mouse and track pad on the table which also serves as a projection screen for the menu. Sunday Times writer Giles Hattersley.

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What do our dreams mean?

Dreams have long been a source of fascination, now US database is helping to unravel the mysteries of them

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How to wear this season's trend: lace

It's good to make an effort, but getting dressed should not take you several hours. Lace will take you several days

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Forget the gathering in the local church hall, this club has champagne, cupcakes and a crèche

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Serrano Ham and Goat's Cheese Salad With Fig Vinaigrette

Gordon Ramsay: Fruit of the gods

Figs are luscious, sensuous, aromatic and rich. Mix their sweetness with Serrano ham and a creamy goat’s cheese

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Giles Coren reviews The Connaught

There were two waves of amuse-bouches that, far from amusing me, rammed me chock full to the gills before my starter arrived

Food detective: plums

Plums, sweeping across the colour palette from deepest purple to gold, have to be one of the most sensual fruits

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Why corner shops are comedy goldmines

The 20 strangest baby names. Wanna Funk? Fat Meat Fields? We round up the weirdest names parents ever thought of

Property & Gardens 

The McKeowns and the Lambs on the terrace of the Lambs' Lower Mill home in Gloucester

The rise of ready-made holiday villages

Lush countryside, nice manners, happy kids: no wonder the middle classes are snapping up second homes in holiday villages

Even top London properties are proving hard to sell

Impeccable interiors is the key to selling your home

Buy a restored estate in Gascony

The roof leaked and the frescoes needed repair, but the owners of this 17th-century house were undaunted

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Anne Ashworth

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Education 

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Radical shake up of GCSEs announced

Plans for teenagers to take GCSEs early and have a year without examinations before starting A levels announced

Volunteer work could count towards a degree

University students could earn marks to improve their results by volunteering with a charity or completing work placements

Most teenagers who want to live abroad can't speak another language

The research is further evidence that most young people assume they can get by in a foreign country by speaking English

School Gate blog

Are you a Dysfunctional Dad like Darth Vader?

Darth Vader explains the pythagorean theorem...

Health 

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What do our dreams mean?

Dreams have long been a source of fascination, now US database is helping to unravel the mysteries of them

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Meet the man with 250 brains

Scientist David Dexter uses donated brains to unlock the secrets of Parkinson's disease - but is in need of more grey matter

From hair and bone to breast milk and sperm: eight ways to be a living donor

Matt Roberts

How to exercise through pregnancy

Fitness expert Matt Roberts on how to stay fit when you're eating for two

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Men 

Rapha's Fixed shorts, £120, make cycle-friendly fashion easier to navigate

Mutton dressed as lad: bespoke gear for the bike

Now we live in the world's greatest cycling nation, it's crucial that we look good in the saddle

Joe Cole (Chelsea) celebrates scoring the first

Talking trousers: football facial

Chelsea players such as Joe Cole have been in for the Ole Henriksen Purifying Facial

England to America, by car...

Steve Burgess drove from across the Bering Strait in an adapted Land Rover, on the way from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Horn

Men 

TV presenter and Motoring Journalist Jonny Smith goes for a ride and a drive in the Sunseeker Challenger P1 class racing powerboat.

Boats are for wusses. Unless you are leaping 20ft waves at 75mph

travel 

Martin Fletcher: convoy into the Libyan desert

A final family fling in Libya

Martin Fletcher woos his grown up children on holiday with promise of an adventure deep in the Sahara

French patisserie

The perfect Paris patisserie

From brioche to bonbons and beyond, savouring the sweet treats on the capital's pastry trail

Late summer sun - guaranteed

Now's the time get away - we pick the best guaranteed sun spots on the Continent for September and October

Travel Images 

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Signs of the times '08

The people have spoken! See what tickled you, the voters, in our winners' gallery

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