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Bring the beauty and flavours of the Black Sea and the Transylvanian mountains into your kitchen with Irina Georgescu’s comfort food recipes from the vibrant and diverse lands of Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria

Our latest fiction writing competition asked entrants to pen a love story, and we found find three romantic tales which we’re sure you’ll enjoy over the next few pages. Congratulations to Daniel Taylor with The Clockmaker’s Valentine , which you can read overleaf, along with two runners-up. Plus on page 58, find out details about our next themed short story competition...

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I t’s 7.16am. You reach for your phone and start browsing social media. A video begins: “The problem with ‘pick me’ girls is…”. You scroll on. The next 15 videos include clips of men explaining what a

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