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Morgen code rood in groot deel van het land wegens ‘benauwde hitte waar iedereen last van kan krijgen’

Spinvis zette zich deze week schrap voor een handgemeen, maar toen bleek weer eens dat de meeste mensen deugen

De edele kunst van de mannensjaal: mits in de juiste handen is het een heerlijk accessoire

Als introductie in de Palestijnse keuken is Nazareth in Drachten prima (maar het vlees kan er beter)

Bij Caracas waren zelden zware aardbevingen. Hoe heeft dit nu kunnen gebeuren?

De vrees is dat bij de aardbeving van woensdag veel slachtoffers zijn gevallen. Over een lengte van 100 tot 200 kilometer zijn twee zijden van een breuk een paar meter ten opzichte van elkaar verschoven

Torrens Reflections

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Torrens Reflections

Paddle boats finished for the day.
Torrens Lake, Adelaide CBD

Colourful Line-up

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Colourful Line-up

Paddle boats finished for the day.
Torrens Lake, Adelaide CBD

Moreton Bay Fig - Montefiore Hill

Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:

Moreton Bay Fig - Montefiore Hill

Beautiful old tree overlooking Adelaide City

Light's Vision

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Light's Vision

Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide

Light’s Vision is a lookout on Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide. Created in 1938, the lookout was built as a stage for its centrepiece, the life-size bronze statue of Adelaide's founding father, Colonel William Light.

Light was responsible for fixing and surveying the site of the City of Adelaide in the summer of 1837 and today his statue stands on Montefiore Hill, looking out at the city he was instrumental in founding.

Visitors to Light’s Vision will enjoy its sweeping views of the park lands and the city.

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England v New Zealand: third men’s Test, day one – live

Cricket updates from Trent Bridge, play at 11am BST
Read the Spin | Simon Burnton’s preview

Email! “In the pre-match photo of Ben Stokes, he’s batting in a sleeveless top (and probably shorts as well) — presumably what he’s most comfortable wearing while doing a physical activity in this weather,” begins Smylers. “Has there been any discussion of relaxing player kit requirements during the heatwave? I’m in an office where we’ve been allowed to wear shorts this week; my children’s schools have told pupils to come in in PE kit rather than their normal uniforms. When the rest of us are making adjustments, it seems curious for profession cricketers to have to play wearing more clothes than they need to. Is it just tradition?”

I guess it’s mainly tradition and perhaps the need to slide. But as a lifelong member of the shorts-wearing community, I’d say that, when it’s really hot, the feeling is more one of freedom than of cooling so, once they’re focused, maybe it doesn’t make too much difference.

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