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Acclaimed British actress Maggie Smith dies at 89
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2024
» LONDON - British actress Maggie Smith, an award winning Shakespearian actress and double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films, has died at age 89, the BBC reported on Friday.
France's bookstores fight for survival after coronavirus lockdown
Life, Reuters, Published on 24/05/2020
» Neighbourhood bookstores in France survived the television and later the advent of online shopping. Then came the coronavirus lockdown, an eight-week-long hiatus that has weighed heavily on profit margins and threatens the survival of some stores.
Torun gingerbread: the ancient luxury with a secret recipe
AFP, Published on 24/12/2018
» TORUN (POLAND) - Two master bakers dressed in white use a long knife to carve a heavy, thick slab of molasses-coloured gingerbread dough out of a huge metal vat, where, like wine, it has been maturing for a few months, deep in the cellar of one of the world's oldest bakeries.