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Texas engineer collects 5,000 condiment packets, including a 1950 toothpaste sachet

Most people tear open a condiment packet, squeeze out the last drop and toss the wrapper without a second thought. Eric Thompson sees something beyond: a tiny piece of design, advertising and everyday history. Across his Texas home, thousands of these disposable packets have been transformed from fast-food leftovers into…

The Times of India

Phyllida Law obituary

Actor with a long career in theatre and on television who was known for the subtle quality of her work

The Guardian - UK

Phyllida Law: Revered actor and Emma Thompson’s mum dies, aged 94

Actor died ‘supremely peacefully’ surrounded by all of her family

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Phyllida Law, prolific performer across stage and screen, dies aged 94

As adept at comedy and musicals as she was drama, Law also acted alongside daughters Sophie and Emma Thompson in a career spanning eight decades

The Guardian - UK

Dame Emma Thompson became an actor 'by accident'

Oscar-winning star Dame Emma Thompson has revealed that she never planned to become an actor because of the job's "precarious" nature.

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“Traumatic”: Brawl Erupts Between Parents At Kindergarten Graduation As Kids Beg Them To “Stop”

"They've all got detention."

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Crypt Custodian review

This top-down metroidvania doesn't have any sweeping new ideas, but its good-natured charm and impeccable style make it a broomful of fun.

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Najee Thompson showed up to Lions-Vikings dressed like a whole dang wolf

The Vikings' rookie cornerback arrived for a whiteout game in a full white wolf costume.

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Defense attorney in Hawaii love triangle murder trial says acupuncturist cheated with multiple women

At the start of a Hawaii love triangle murder trial, a defense attorney says police ignored possible suspects with motives to kill an acupuncturist, including women he was having affairs with

The Independent UK

Kenneth McAlpine obituary

Grand prix driver of the 1950s who supported the Connaught racing team with wealth from his family’s construction business

The Guardian - UK

‘I love writing for children’: Emma Thompson and Axel Scheffler on their amazing shaggy dog story

The Oscar-winning actor and the Gruffalo illustrator have teamed up to create a tale about a scruffy hound. They discuss corgis, comic books and how their friendship began

The Guardian - UK

Emma Thompson holds back tears as she is surprised with letter written by late father

The One Show presenters Jermaine Jenas and Zoe Ball delighted Dame Emma Thompson by handing her a latter from the BBC archives written by her late father, Eric Thompson

Daily Mirror

It’s time for bed again: French team bring back The Magic Roundabout

Co-producers intend series for pre-school children while keeping spirit and English humour of original

The Guardian - UK

San Francisco Legalizes 'Missing Middle' Housing in the Worst Way Possible

Property owners can now build fourplexes in San Francisco, but only if they've owned the land for five years, place the new units under rent control, and don't try to make them much larger than a single-family home.

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Portland Legalized 'Missing Middle' Housing. Now It's Trying to Make It Easy to Build.

This month, the city passed a number of liberalizing reforms that legalize more types of housing and make already-legal homes more practical to build.

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