The power of thermite

An old-fashioned hardback book often still beats the internet, doesn’t it? When you can get hold of one. Right now, there’s one, in a package with my name on it, stuck somewhere between a second-hand

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Used in the construction of Florence’s Duomo and favoured by 19th-century architects and designers, Impruneta clay is as solid as rock, finds Arabella Youens

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Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

Todd and Linda Stermer were married for more than 13 years. They first met in 1989 when they were both 25. Stermer was a single mum going through a divorce, with two toddler daughters. The couple went