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Chelsea buns

<p>This plump, fruit-filled bun has been around since the 18th century, and there’s a reason it remains popular to this day. Try our cranberry version of this English institution.</p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Ingredients:</span></strong></p> <ul> <li>¾ cup warm milk</li> <li>14g dry yeast</li> <li>¼ cup caster sugar</li> <li>3 ½ cups plain flour</li> <li>1 teaspoon salt</li> <li>60g butter, chopped</li> <li>2 eggs, lightly beaten</li> <li>1 ½ cups dried cranberries</li> <li>⅓ cup brown sugar</li> <li>1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon</li> <li>1 orange rind, finely grated</li> <li>70g butter, softened</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Method:</span></strong></p> <ol> <li>Whisk together the milk, yeast, and two teaspoons of the caster sugar. Leave aside in a warm place for about 10 minutes, until frothy.</li> <li>Into a large bowl, sift the flour then stir in the salt and remaining caster sugar.</li> <li>Use your fingertips to rub the chopped butter into the flour mixture until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.</li> <li>Add the milk mixture and eggs and stir until combined. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth (around 10 minutes).</li> <li>Place the dough into a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place for at least 40 minutes, or until doubled in size.</li> <li>Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll it out into a rectangle of about 30cm by 35cm. Set aside two teaspoons of the softened butter and spread the rest over the dough.</li> <li>In a bowl, combine the cranberries brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange rind. Spread this mixture evenly over the buttered dough.</li> <li>Roll the dough from the longer side. Cut into three-cm-thick slices and place into a greased a 20 to 25cm cake tin or baking dish. Be sure to leave a little room between each bun. Set the buns aside for about 20 minutes to rise.</li> <li>Preheat your oven to 200°C and spread the remaining softened butter over the buns.</li> <li>Bake buns for two to 25 minutes, or until they’re golden brown and cooked through. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.</li> </ol> <p><em>Images: Shutterstock</em></p>

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Bradley Cooper's unexpected new partner

<p dir="ltr">Bradley Cooper is dating Huma Abedin. </p> <p dir="ltr">Huma is Hillary Clinton’s top aide and the ex-wife of disgraced politician Anthony Weiner who was sentenced in 2017 to 21 months in prison for sexting with a minor.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Hollwood actor and Huma were introduced by mutual friend Vogue editor Anna Wintour and have been “quietly” seeing each other, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/07/12/bradley-cooper-dating-huma-abedin-thanks-to-anna-wintour-sources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> reported. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Bradley has been quietly dating Huma for a few months now, [and] they’ve been keeping it really quiet,” a Hollywood insider told the publication.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Bradley broke up with [actor] Dianna Agron and started dating Huma.”</p> <p dir="ltr">The insider is also saying that Huma has told close friends that she is seeing someone new but did not disclose who it was. </p> <p dir="ltr">“They are perfect for each other. They’re both into power and politics and human affairs.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Page Six reports that the pair arrived at the Met Gala together on May 2 before parting for the red carpet to not make their relationship obvious. </p> <p dir="ltr">Huma is currently in the final stages of her divorce from Weiner who she shares a 10-year-old son with. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I had my heart broken, dragged out, stomped on, humiliated. I lived with shame, in shame, for so long,” she previously told The Cut. </p> <p dir="ltr">“In hindsight, I was in extreme trauma.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Bradley was dating actress Dianna Agron before Huma.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Getty </em></p>

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Monica Lewinsky discusses her mental health during the Clinton scandal

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monica Lewinsky became a household name after she famously had an affair with President Bill Clinton during the 1990s while interning at the White House.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a recent </span><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/axe-files?episodeguid=b0c4a76a-a89d-47ce-becf-adb3002a2a6a"><span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast interview with CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Lewinsky discussed how the investigation into the scandal, along with the global pressure from the media, drove her to have suicidal thoughts. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I just couldn't see a way out. And I thought that maybe that was the solution," she said, explaining how she had asked lawyers working for then-independent counsel Ken Starr about what would happen if she died.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">At the worst moment of her life, when she was seized by the FBI, questioned about her affair w/Bill Clinton &amp; threatened W/prison, <a href="https://twitter.com/MonicaLewinsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MonicaLewinsky</a> couldn’t see a way out. “What if I die?” she asked the lawyers interrogating her.<br />New <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AxeFiles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AxeFiles</a>!<br />Pod here👉<a href="https://t.co/6gfKHZOtJ7">https://t.co/6gfKHZOtJ7</a> <a href="https://t.co/4Yqq2pZygW">pic.twitter.com/4Yqq2pZygW</a></p> — David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1443565658575409153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2021</a></blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thinking back on her experience, she asks, "How was there not a protocol?" to deal with a unique situation like hers. "That's a point where you're supposed to bring a psychologist in or, you know, something," she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The interview comes as new light is being shed on the affair in a dramatised FX series called </span><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/monica-lewinsky-impeachment-american-crime-story-how-to-watch/100436458"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impeachment: American Crime Story</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, for which Lewinsky is a producer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monica told the interviewer that after being dismissed by Ken Starr, she began seeing a forensic psychiatrist that helped her get through the ordeal.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I think a lot of people who have ever had suicidal ideations find themselves in a moment where it's just – it's a moment of grace, like, you know, two roads diverged in the woods," she said. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"And the forensic psychiatrist picked up the phone. And so I was, you know, pretty, pretty lucky."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an essay published by </span><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vanity Fair in 2014</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Monica said she had never attempted suicide but that she had "strong suicidal temptations several times during the investigation and one or two periods after."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monica told the podcast that she constantly had to fight to not be defined by the affair after her views of the situation changed in the wake of the #MeToo movement. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"My narrative was stolen and then I lost it by trying to recede, trying to run away from everything that had happened for many years," she said, adding that part of "the work" she had to put in was accepting that she would have to face her past.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She said that through working on the series, she was able to reclaim her story in the eyes of the public. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"This story is about real people and I'm involved in it, but it's also about something bigger. It reflects something bigger in our society. And so as our society changes, there are different ways that this story feels relevant," Lewinsky said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out the trailer for the series here:</span></p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rtipQ3EsGWo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credits: Getty Images</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p>

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New trailer for Impeachment features first look at Monica Lewinsky actress

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New television series </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impeachment: American Crime Story</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> revisits the scandal that rocked the US during Clinton’s presidency, and its first teaser trailer has just been released.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viewers can get a first look at Beanie Feldstein in the role of Monica Lewinsky - the White House intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843119/lewinsky-feldstein.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/9c94d85625c842408330f296eaf785b7" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monica Lewinsky (left) and Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky (right). Image: Getty</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the new teaser, Feldstein - the sister of comedian Jonah Hill - can be seen opposite famed whistleblower Linda Tripp, played by Sarah Paulson, facing off in a hallway of the White House’s West Wing.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CScU_48Jdri/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CScU_48Jdri/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by American Crime Story FX (@americancrimestoryfx)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The series is based on the true story of Lewinsky’s affair with President Clinton that occurred in Washington DC in 1995.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the synopsis, the series will depict “the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a US President in over a century”, as told through the eyes of Lewinsky, Tripp, and civil servant Paula Jones, who filed a sexual harassment suit against Clinton.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The series will also feature Clive Owens as Clinton, and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sopranos</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> actor Edie Falco as former First Lady Hillary Clinton.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Watch the trailer below for more.</span></p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jCfbZgDKgsc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feldstein has shared new artwork that was released alongside the trailer on her Instagram page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Every side has a story,” the actress captioned the photo.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSF1yY1J-L1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSF1yY1J-L1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Beanie Feldstein (@beaniefeldstein)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feldstein has said working with Paulson has been a dream come true, previously telling </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">: “If you know the story, [Lewinsky and Tripp] are best friends and then one deeply betrays the other one, [Paulson’s character] betrays me and I just couldn’t be more excited to play that out with the person I think to be one of the best actors of all time.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And she’s just so funny and warm and giving, so to take this journey with her is going to be really exciting.”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impeachment: American Crime Story</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is expected to be released in September 2021.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: American Crime Story FX / Instagram</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p>

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Bill Clinton reveals why he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky

<p>Bill Clinton claims that his affair with Monica Lewinsky was one of the “things I did to manage my anxieties”.</p> <p>In a tell-all documentary, the former President revealed that the reason behind his affair with the ex-White House intern while he was in office was because it helped him with issues he was dealing with at the time.</p> <p>Bill said that at the time he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job made him feel like a boxer who had done 30 rounds and he looked at Lewinsky as “something that will take your mind off it for a little while”.</p> <p>He makes the claims in an interview featured in the new documentary series about his wife Hillary Clinton, called<em><span> </span>Hillary</em>, where the former First Lady and Secretary of State candidly reveals that in the aftermath of the scandal the couple underwent “painful” marriage counselling.</p> <p>Bill apologised to Lewinsky in the documentary that is set to premiere on Friday and says he felt “terrible” that her life was defined by the affair.</p> <p>But he said that at some point when things don’t return to normal "you’ve got to decide how to define normal", suggesting the former intern should just move on.</p> <p>The scandal resulted in Bill being impeached in 1998. But he survived the trial in the Senate and remained in office during his second term.</p> <p>His hand was forced in 1998 when it became clear that he had lied to a grand jury which was investigating his personal affairs by denying the affair.</p> <p>Bill had also lied to Hillary, and she believed him.</p> <p>He said in the interview: “I went and sat on the bed and talked to her. I told her exactly what happened, when it happened. I said I feel terrible about it. We’ve been through quite a bit in the last few years. I said I have no defence, it’s inexcusable what I did”.</p> <p>Hillary told the cameras: “I was just devastated. I could not believe it. I was so personally just hurt and I can’t believe this, I can’t believe you lied.”</p> <p>Hillary then told her husband that he was the one who had to come clean to their daughter Chelsea, who was 18 at the time. He said it was worse than telling his wife and he said that doing so was “awful”.</p>

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Hillary Clinton says the gutsiest thing she ever did was stay with Bill after Monica Lewinsky scandal

<p>Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has revealed that continuing her marriage with her husband Bill Clinton after his affair was the “gutsiest” thing she’s ever done.</p> <p>Clinton made the candid statement during an appearance on<span> </span><em>Good Morning America</em>, where she sat alongside her daughter Chelsea to promote their new book<span> </span><em>The Book of Gutsy Women: Favourite Stories of Courage and Resilience</em>.</p> <p>When asked about her own “gutsy moments” throughout her career, Clinton didn’t hold back saying that it was standing by her husband after the 1998 cheating scandal that she considers her most courageous moment.</p> <p>“I think the gutsiest thing I’ve ever done – well, personally – was make the decision to stay in my marriage,” she said.</p> <p>Chelsea was taken aback by her mother’s comments, telling hosts: “I think I’m so overwhelmed by my mother’s answer that I’m a bit out of words. I’m so proud to be her daughter.”</p> <p>In 1988 a scandal broke out after it was revealed that the then US President Bill Clinton took part in a sexual relationship with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky, who was only 22 at the time.</p> <p>The news came as a shock to the First Lady and the American public, who were disgusted that the leader of the free world was sleeping with an employee almost 30 years his junior.</p> <p>Despite the betrayal, Hillary decided to stick by Bill’s side even as he went through multiple trials and faced major public scrutiny.</p> <p>He was later acquitted and allowed to remain in office, but the incident took a toll on both their personal and political lives.</p>

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Hillary and Bill Clinton give rare glimpse inside their not so humble abode

<p>Hillary Clinton has given <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/clinton-washington-dc-home" target="_blank"><em>Architectural Design</em></a> a tour of the home she shares with husband Bill Clinton, which is a 510 square metre Neo-Georgian red brick house in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>The house was built in 1951 and is called ‘Whitehaven’ because it sits on a street of the same name.</p> <p>Hillary came across the house in 2000, which was the last year of her husband’s US presidency.</p> <p>"It was an emotional reaction," she told the magazine.</p> <p>"When I was elected to the Senate in 2000, I knew that I needed a place to live while we were in session during the year. So I began looking.</p> <p>"I had an experience in this house, which was just emotional."</p> <p>However, the house required extensive renovations according to the interior designer who worked with Hillary on the project from 2003 to 2006.</p> <p>“The mandate was to bring more light and to create more physical space for sitting and relaxing,” says Rosemarie Howe, the interior designer who worked with Hillary on the project.</p> <p>“We also wanted to open the house and all of its interior rooms to this beautiful back garden.”</p> <p>Howe also shared her thoughts on the bathrooms and the kitchen.</p> <p>“It was kind of this Ozzie and Harriet house and it had never been updated. The bathrooms were sort of '50s.</p> <p>"The kitchen was functional but very outdated, too. The people who had lived there before were very tall, so counters and things were quite high.”</p> <p>Renovating the house was a family affair for the Clintons as Hillary’s mother Dorothy Rodham helped her daughter as well as the interior designer.</p> <p>“It was a joy working with my mom and Rosemarie,” said Hillary.</p> <p>“Both my mother and I love colour, and you can see, we have a lot of colour in the house that came from our collaboration.”</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see inside Hillary and Bill Clinton's home.</p> <p><em>Photo credit: <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/clinton-washington-dc-home" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a></em></p>

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Royals likes we've never seen them! The Queen and Duchess Kate's garden date

<p>The Duchess of Cambridge was joined by the Queen and other members of the royal family, for the opening of the Chelsea Flower Show.</p> <p>The royal took a tour around the incredible displays on Monday evening, as well as took a look at her granddaughter-in-law’s very own creation, a garden design titled Back to Nature.</p> <p>While the Queen and the Duchess walked alongside each other at the event, she pointed out several key features as her grandmother-in-law smiled and nodded in approval.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxsUAe7hEYo/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BxsUAe7hEYo/" target="_blank">A post shared by Catherine Duchess Of Cambridge (@katemiddleton_kurdistan)</a> on May 20, 2019 at 10:17am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>The Queen was wearing a vibrant green jacket paired with a floral dress – perfect for the occasion.</p> <p>The Duchess wore a gorgeous floor-length frock for the occasion, with her hair pulled back in a regal style.</p> <p>Kate Middleton told journalists her three children, Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 4, and Prince George, 1, enjoyed playing in her very own co-designed garden alongside her and her husband, Prince William.</p> <p>“The children played last night in a way I hadn’t imagined... They were throwing stones.</p> <p>“I hadn’t actually thought that that was what they would be doing. They kicked their shoes off and wanted to paddle in the stream… using it in a way that I hadn’t anticipated.”</p> <p>The Duchess and Queen were joined by Prince William, the Countess of Wessex and Princess Beatrice at the lively event.</p> <p>Scroll through the gallery above to see the royal family members at the Chelsea Flower Show.</p>

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Hillary Clinton's surprising comment about Bill’s affair with Monica Lewinsky

<p>While speaking about her husband’s presidential affair with then-22-year-old Monic Lewinsky, Hillary Clinton provided an unexpected answer.</p> <p>During an interview with <em style="font-weight: inherit;">Sunday Morning</em> in the US, Mrs Clinton claimed that Bill Clinton’s affair wasn’t an abuse of power because Lewinsky “was an adult”.</p> <p>The response of the former First Lady was surprising considering her passion for championing gender equality and that her 2016 presidential campaign focused on her becoming the first female president if elected.</p> <p>When asked if her husband should’ve resigned the presidency after the affair was exposed, Mrs Clinton replied: “Absolutely not”.</p> <p>Pressed on whether it had been an abuse of power, as the president couldn’t have a consensual relationship with an intern, Mrs Clinton held her stance, reiterating that Lewinsky was old enough at the time.</p> <p>Mr Clinton was 49 years old when the affair took place.</p> <p>Mrs Clinton then focused on President Donald Trump, who has been accused of sexually assaulting several women before the 2016 election.</p> <p>“Let me ask you this: Where’s the investigation of the current incumbent, against whom numerous allegations have been made and which he dismisses, denies and ridicules?” Mrs Clinton said.</p> <p>Regarding her husband’s affair, she said: “So there was an investigation, and it — as I believe — came out in the right place.”</p> <p>The US House voted to impeach Mr Clinton for an obstruction of justice and lying under oath, however, the US Senate later acquitted him and he remained as president.</p> <p>Despite the spotlight that has been placed on sexual misconduct with campaigns such as #MeToo, Mrs Clinton believes sexism is still rampant in politics.</p> <p>Mrs Clinton believes sexism, as well as the investigation into her e-mails and Russian election meddling, were the reasons for her loss to Mr Trump.</p> <p>“If you watched the way Trump debated me, it was just imbued with sexism. Making fun of me for preparing. Well, you know, that’s the old, like, ‘Oh, yeah, the girl in the class who’s always prepared. I don’t need to be prepared,’” Mrs Clinton said.</p> <p>During the 2016 election, <em style="font-weight: inherit;">Access Hollywood </em>leaked a damning video where Mr Trump could be heard bragging about grabbing women’s genitalia.</p> <p>Mr Trump responded to the footage by holding a press conference with several women who accused Mr Clinton of sexual misconduct and accused Mrs Clinton of trying to silence them.</p> <p>However, Mrs Clinton said she played “no role” in silencing the women who accused her husband.</p> <p>“No role,” Mrs Clinton said. “I take responsibility for my life and my actions.”</p>

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The most exciting books coming in June

<p>From Bill Clinton’s presidential thriller to the story of writer Truman Capote, here are June release books we can’t wait to read.</p> <p><strong>1. <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/93981/71095/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fthe-president-is-missing-bill-clinton%2Fprod9781780898407.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The President is Missing</em></span></a> by Bill Clinton and James Patterson</strong></p> <p>There are things only a President can know. There are things only a President can do. And then there are times when the only option is unthinkable- <em>The President Is Missing</em>. The thriller only a president could write.</p> <p><strong>2. <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/93981/71095/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fswan-song-kelleigh-greenberg-jephcott%2Fprod9781786331069.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Swan Song</em></span></a> by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott</strong></p> <p>A dazzling debut about Truman Capote, the literary icon of his age, and the beautiful, wealthy, vulnerable women he called his Swans.<br /> <br /> Over countless martini-soaked Manhattan lunches, they shared their deepest secrets and greatest fears. On exclusive yachts sailing the Mediterranean, on private jets streaming towards Jamaica, on Yucatán beaches in secluded bays, they gossiped about sex, power, money, love and fame. They never imagined he would betray them so absolutely.<br /> <br /> In the autumn of 1975, after two decades of intimate friendships, Truman Capote detonated a literary grenade, forever rupturing the elite circle he’d worked so hard to infiltrate. Why did he do it, knowing what he stood to lose? Was it to punish them? To make them pay for their manners, money and celebrated names? Or did he simply refuse to believe that they could ever stop loving him? Whatever the motive, one thing remains indisputable: nine years after achieving wild success with In Cold Blood, Capote committed an act of professional and social suicide with his most lethal of weapons . . . Words.<br /> <br /> A dazzling debut about the line between gossip and slander, self-creation and self-preservation, <em>Swan Song</em> is the tragic story of the literary icon of his age and the beautiful, wealthy, vulnerable women he called his Swans.</p> <p><strong>3. <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/93981/71095/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fthe-peacock-summer-hannah-richell%2Fprod9780733640438.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The Peacock Summer</em></span></a> by Hannah Richell</strong></p> <p>Two summers, decades apart. Two women whose lives are forever entwined. And a house that holds the secrets that could free them both.</p> <p>At twenty-six, Lillian feels ancient and exhausted. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she thought it would. To her it seems she is just another beautiful object captured within the walls of Cloudesley, her husband's Chilterns manor house. But, with a young step-son and a sister to care for, Lillian accepts there is no way out for her. Then Charles makes an arrangement with an enigmatic artist visiting their home and her world is turned on its head.</p> <p>Maggie Oberon ran from the hurt and resentment she caused. Half a world away, in Australia, it was easier to forget, to pretend she didn't care. But when her grandmother, Lillian, falls ill she must head back to Cloudesley. Forced to face her past, she will learn that all she thought was real, all that she held so close, was never as it seemed.<br /> <br /> An utterly compelling story of secrets, betrayals and the consequences of a long-ago summer from the internationally bestselling author of <em>Secrets of the Tides</em> and <em>The Shadow Year. </em></p> <p><strong>4. <a href="https://t.dgm-au.com/c/93981/71095/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Floving-pablo-hating-escobar-virginia-vallejo%2Fprod9781786891051.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar</em></span></a> by Virginia Vallejo</strong></p> <p>VIRGINIA VALLEJO: Top Colombian television journalist, cover model and socialite.<br /> PABLO ESCOBAR: Head of the Medellin cartel, the founder of the global cocaine industry and one of the most ambitious - and brutal - criminals in history.<br /> <br /> Over the course of their tempestuous love affair, Vallejo witnessed first-hand the bloodshed, fear and corruption that accompanied the rise of Escobar's crime empire. In this explosive tale of drugs, sex, wealth and violence, Vallejo describes the man she knew and loved. But by the end of their dramatic five-year romance, increasingly plagued by threats of kidnap and death for her knowledge on Escobar's ties to the political establishment, Vallejo would fear for her life - forced to give up her career as a TV anchorwoman and cover model and flee Colombia for the United States. Her testimony would reopen one of the most important criminal cases in Colombian history.<br /> <br /><em>Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar</em> tracks the birth and boom of the cocaine industry and follows Escobar's evolution from billionaire benefactor to ruthless terrorist, responsible for the historic tragedies that forever altered the course of the Colombia conflict and its relationship with the world.</p> <p><strong>5. <a href="http://t.dgm-au.com/c/93981/71095/1880?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booktopia.com.au%2Fthe-nowhere-child-christian-white%2Fprod9781925584523.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The Nowhere Child</em></span></a> By Christian White</strong></p> <p>On a break between teaching photography classes, Kim Leamy is approached by a stranger investigating the disappearance of a little girl from her Kentucky home twenty-eight years earlier. He believes Kim is that girl. At first she brushes it off, but when Kim scratches the surface of her family background in Australia, questions arise that aren't easily answered. To find the truth, she must travel to Sammy's home of Manson, Kentucky, and into a dark past. </p> <p>As the mystery unravels and the town's secrets are revealed, this superb novel builds towards a tense, terrifying and entirely unexpected climax. Inspired by Gillian Flynn's frenetic suspense and Stephen King's masterful world-building, <em>The Nowhere Child</em> is a combustible tale of trauma, cult, conspiracy and memory. It is the remarkable debut of Christian White, an exhilarating new Australian talent who is attracting worldwide attention. </p>

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"She doesn't get it": Leigh Sales' painful interview with Hillary Clinton

<p>While completing her Australian tour, Hillary Clinton sat down with <em>7.30</em> host Leigh Sales to discuss losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump.</p> <p>Hillary Clinton is currently completing a tour to promote her book about the election campaign titled “What Happened”.</p> <p>In the interview, Clinton pinned her election defeat on various factors, including when former FBI director, James Comey, announced that the investigation into her emails had been reopened in the closing weeks of the 2016 election campaign.</p> <p>“I have laid out in I think very persuasive evidence that his intervention on October 28 was the most important reason why I ended up losing 11 days later,” Clinton said.</p> <p>“I don’t know why he treated me the way he did, and none of his explanations frankly hold water.</p> <p>“His explanations as to how he treated me have never added up.</p> <p>“There is no evidence as to why he did what he did to me.</p> <p>“I don’t understand why he did what he did in 2016.”</p> <p>Other targets of Clinton’s blame included “foreign interference”, fake news, “low information voters”, sexism and the electoral system itself.</p> <p>“What I was up against was unprecedented. It really was a perfect storm,” she said.</p> <p>Sales, whose questioning line was very tame up until that point, prodded Clinton further with her final question.</p> <p>“There might be viewers watching who say: ‘Well, she seems to be in denial, because she’s saying it’s all external agents. What about her?’” Sales asked.</p> <p>“Oh, I write in my book — read my book What Happened — you know I talk about the mistakes that I made, and I take responsibility for them. But I got three million more votes, and I got three million more votes because in general the American people actually agreed with my positions and what I intended to do as president,” she said.</p> <p>“But in very targeted areas, I write about in the book how messages were specifically targeted towards voters in states that I ended up losing. That the intervention of Jim Comey at the end, something unprecedented and uncalled for, cost me a lot of points in places where I was leading until then.</p> <p>“So, yes, I take responsibility and ultimately I was the name on the ballot so I am responsible for the fact that we didn’t succeed.”</p>

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Top 5 gardens from Chelsea Flower Show

<p>The Chelsea Flower Show is held for five days during May by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Chelsea. Here are five spectacular gardens from this year’s show.</p> <p><strong>5. Greening Grey Britain Garden</strong></p> <p>Designed by: Professor Nigel Dunnett</p> <p>This garden was designed by Professor Nigel Dunnett whose work includes the Olympic Park meadows and the Barbican roof garden. This garden expresses the challenges of climate change and rapid urban development.</p> <p><strong>4. Morgan Stanley Garden</strong></p> <p>Designed by: Chris Beardshaw</p> <p>“I have often thought that the orchestration of a garden must share similarities with the orchestration of music,” said Chris Beardshaw. His garden is inspired by music legends as the coloured perennials remind him of Mozart and the lush green woodland reminds him of Bach. Chris grew many of the 3000 herbaceous plants in the show garden himself.</p> <p><strong>3. Silk Road Garden</strong></p> <p>Designed by: Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins</p> <p>This garden features many flower favourites that come from Chine including the peony, laburnum, primula and buddleia. The duo only received funding for their Chinese garden in February but pulled off a spectacular show which depicted the Silk Road trade route and red mountain range.</p> <p><strong>2. 500 years of Covent Garden</strong></p> <p>Designed by: Lee Bestall</p> <p>The theme of this garden is Covent Garden’s floral heritage. The patio area in the garden is symbolic of Covent Garden Piazza and the metal arches are similar to those in the original market garden.</p> <p><strong>1.  The M&amp;G Garden</strong></p> <p>Designed by: James Basson</p> <p>This garden which included slabs of limestone and evergreens, perennials and ground cover, won best in show this year. Garden designer James Basson designed the garden to reveal the interaction between humans and nature and the balance that needs to be maintained. The garden also received the best construction award.</p> <p>What is your favourite garden from the 2017 Chelsea Flower Show? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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Duchess Kate attends the Chelsea Flower Show

<p>The Duchess of Cambridge visited the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show ahead of the annual event’s opening to the public.</p> <p>Kate wore a patterned mid-length dress which was designed by Rochas for the event. She completed her outfit with a side-swept ponytail, nude heels and emerald drop earrings.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="498" height="415" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/36903/kate-2_498x415.jpg" alt="Kate 2"/></p> <p>Kate, who attended the event last year with Prince William, was greeted at the event by Sir Nicholas Bacon, president of the Royal Horticulture Society.</p> <p>During her time at the flower show, Kate was treated to a guided tour or the show’s horticultural creations and was happy to talk to others who were there.</p> <p>At the flower show was the highly-anticipated creation from Professor Nigel Dunnett which featured a tower block and street art.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">HRH visited The David Austen Rose exhibit where she saw the 'William and Catherine Rose' named in 2012 for The Royal Wedding. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RHSChelsea?src=hash">#RHSChelsea</a> <a href="https://t.co/GTUKWoeOzJ">pic.twitter.com/GTUKWoeOzJ</a></p> — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) <a href="https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/866697101731917824">May 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <p>Kate also viewed the David Austen Rose exhibit which featured the ‘William and Catherine Rose’ which was named in 2012.</p> <p>After touring the gardens, Kate enjoyed a private reception alongside other notable attendees including the Queen and Prince Philip.</p> <p>Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex, Princess Eugenie, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra, were also at the event.</p> <p>The flower show is hosting more than 500 exhibitors and is expected to have 165,000 visitors and draw guests including Gemma Arterton and Dame Judi Dench on the opening day. </p>

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Hillary Clinton forced to leave 9/11 memorial due to health scare

<p>Hillary Clinton shocked attendees at a 9/11 memorial event just hours ago after collapsing and being forced to leave. The Democratic presidential candidate had to be helped into a van by her security team, barely able to stand up.</p> <p>“Secretary Clinton attended the September 11th Commemoration Ceremony for just an hour and thirty minutes this morning to pay her respects and greet some of the families of the fallen,” a campaign spokesman said. “During the ceremony, she felt overheated, so departed to go to her daughter’s apartment and is feeling much better.”</p> <p>This health scare comes at an unfortunate time in Clinton’s race for the White House, just weeks after Donald Trump called for her to release a current medical report, accusing her of lacking the “mental and physical stamina” necessary for the Oval Office.</p> <p>In a recent letter detailing the state of her health, Clinton revealed she suffered a concussion four years ago as a result of a stomach virus, but has since returned to a full bill of health.</p> <p><em><strong>Update:</strong></em><em> Clinton's physician, Dr Lisa R. Bardack, has issued a statement revealing the presidential candidate is fighting pneumonia. "Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies. On Friday, during follow up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was diagnosed with pneumonia," she said. "She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and modify her schedule. While at this morning’s event, she became overheated and dehydrated. I have just examined her and she is now re-hydrated and recovering nicely."</em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/07/102-year-old-woman-nominates-1st-female-presidential-candidate/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Watch the historic speech from Hillary Clinton’s 102-year-old supporter</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/07/michelle-obama-speech-democratic-convention/"><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Michelle Obama's moving speech at the Democratic convention</strong></span></em></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/06/13-year-old-stand-up-comedian-roasts-donald-trump/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>13-year-old stand-up comedian roasts Donald Trump</strong></em></span></a></p>

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“First woman to First woman” Julia Gillard offers support to Hilary Clinton

<p>In a touching gesture of female solidarity, Australia’s first and only female Prime minister, Julia Gilliard, has offered words of support to US democratic nominee Hilary Clinton.</p> <p>The former labour leader wrote an open note to the presidential hopeful, urging her not to be dissuaded by sexism in politics and “the curious question of gender”.</p> <p>The letter, written from the Democratic National Convention and published in <em>The New York Times</em>, also said “She knows what it’s like to be the subject of the stereotype that a powerful woman cannot be likable, that if she is commanding then she must be incapable of empathy.”</p> <p>The 54-year-old also used the letter to highlight her tumultuous time as a leader in Australian politics 2011 though to 2013.</p> <p>“When I was prime minister, I created a carbon-emissions trading program. The debate grew vicious, with the leader of the opposition attending a protest next to signs that described me as a witch”.</p> <p>Ms Gillard also participated in a “Women in Leadership” forum at the DNC earlier this week in Philadelphia.</p> <p>With Theresa May at the helm of Britain and Hilary Clinton in the running to clinch the US election, do you think we will see more female leaders the world over? Let us know what you think in the comments below. </p> <p>Image source: AFP</p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/news/news/2016/07/michelle-obama-speech-democratic-convention/%20">Michelle Obama¹s moving speech at the Democratic convention</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/news/news/2016/06/supermarket-worker-random-act-of-kindness/">Supermarket worker’s random act of kindness goes viral</a></strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong><a href="/news/news/2016/06/sports-team-helps-elderly-man/">Primary school sports team help elderly man move firewood</a></strong></em></span></p>

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8 secret messages hidden in artworks

<p>For centuries, artists have hidden secrets in their works of art. To this day, people are still trying to solve the mysteries concealed Da Vinci’s iconic paintings – and it turns out he wasn’t the only artist to hide secret messages in his pieces. Let’s take a look at some of the secret messages hidden in famous works of art.</p> <ol start="1"> <li>Portrait of Bill Clinton by Nelson Shanks – six years after he was commissioned to paint the former President, Shanks revealed the shadow on the mantelpiece behind Clinton was actually Monica Lewisky’s infamous dress.</li> <li>Portrait of Bill Oddie by Mark Roscoe – Roscoe didn’t really care for the wildlife presenter, and hid a small bird (the “tit”) in his portrait.</li> <li><em>The Ambassadors</em> by Hans Holbein the Younger – the blur in the foreground of this painting is actually a distorted human skull.</li> <li><em>The Music Lesson</em> by Johannes Vermeer – this painting actually hides several sexual innuendos. The girl is playing an instrument called “the virginal” and her lustful expression can be seen in her reflection in the mirror above.</li> <li><em>The Arnolfini Portrait</em> by Jan van Eyck – if you look closely at the script written on the wall in the background, you’ll find it’s actually the artist’s signature. Jackson Pollock later carried through this tradition in his artworks.</li> <li><em>Et In Arcadia Ego</em> by Nicolas Poussin – this painting was the subject of <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> author Dan Brown’s law suit as it is believed reveal the hidden location of Jesus and Mary Magdalene’s marital home.</li> <li><em>The Last Supper</em> by Leonardo da Vinci – if you look above Jesus, you may be able to see a secret code which historians believe to be the foretelling of a coming apocalyptic flood.</li> <li><em>Mona Lisa</em> by Leonardo da Vinci – after half a millennium, art scholars still have questions about the Mona Lisa. Who was she? Why is the background uneven? They even found the letters “LV” in her right eye in 2010 but still don’t know to what they are referring.</li> </ol> <p>Tell us in the comments below, have you seen any of these artworks up close?</p> <p><em>Source: <a href="http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/not-just-bill-clinton-eight-other-secret-messages-hidden-in-art--l14taekKag" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Independent</span></strong></a></em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/art/2016/05/computer-creates-a-new-rembrandt-painting/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Computer creates a new Rembrandt painting</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/art/2016/04/the-highest-selling-artworks-of-all-time/"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The highest selling artworks of all time</em></span></strong></a></p> <p><a href="/entertainment/art/2016/01/classic-art-reimagined-in-modern-times/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Artists reimagines classical paintings in modern times</strong></em></span></a></p>

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