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Zarifa Ghafari was the youngest female mayor in Afghanistan at 26. As a
high-profile woman, she was in constant danger. But when the Taliban took over,
she had to flee
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Want to know how to tell if someone is of a certain age? The simple answer is
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News anchor Huw Edwards, 60, grew up in Wales. Since joining the BBC as a
trainee in 1984, he has presented the channel’s election night coverage, the
wedding o
The cook behind the popular Instagram account @whatwillycook doesn’t wear
traditional chef’s whites. He presents his “recipes not stressipes” videos in a
baseb
It was an exclusive and unique restaurant in south London, but prospective
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In a fashionable east London restaurant, a fraught chef is on the verge of unravelling on the busiest night of the year. It is overbooked with demanding guests
Designer Jade Jagger, 50, is the daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick and
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Singer James Blunt, 47, served in the British Army before rising to fame in 2004
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