In a former cotton spinning mill outside Manchester, the artist Megan Price screen-prints and sews colourful home accessories - wall art, tea towels and shopping bags - for her brand Mr PS.
With an industrial sewing machine and a view of the moors, she's continuing a manufacturing tradition that has largely died out in the area. Megan started screen-printing as a child on the kitchen table. "Now, that same old table is in my studio, so it's still pretty important to my creative practice," she says.
Her designs are nostalgic but never twee. Her screen-prints of old fashioned British cafe menus, featuring a list of English breakfast options, would look great on the wall of any kitchen-diner. I also like the cute ice cream and "pick 'n' mix" sweet shop menus, which feature retro delights such as pear drops and rum and raisin. Mouth-watering and retro, they're irresistible.
Megan's latest range has an Olympics theme, all decorative medals and gentlemen in one-piece bathing suits above punchy slogans such as "Going for Gold". She is currently designing a collection of ceramics, too, which will launch later this year.
Her printed shopper tote bags are lovely as well, and there's a fun range of paper goods to explore. The little cheap-to-ship postcards and gift tags could very easily slip into your shopping basket if you're not careful. I like the vintage jelly mould labels best. They're too pretty to give away. I'd tie them to napkins for fun dinner party table settings.
The Mr PS shop has a section selling prints, postcards and handkerchiefs by the artist Robert Shadbolt. I like his Manchester United football design - possibly the only football-themed artwork I've ever been able to tolerate. The little jigsaw brooches that Megan stocks are cute, too. Made from vintage maps, they're a really personal gift – to me, from me.
For shipping rates to the UAE, visit www.mr-ps.co.uk
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'Downton Abbey: A New Era'
Director: Simon Curtis
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter and Phyllis Logan
Rating: 4/5
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Poland Statement
All people fleeing from Ukraine before the armed conflict are allowed to enter Poland. Our country shelters every person whose life is in danger - regardless of their nationality.
The dominant group of refugees in Poland are citizens of Ukraine, but among the people checked by the Border Guard are also citizens of the USA, Nigeria, India, Georgia and other countries.
All persons admitted to Poland are verified by the Border Guard. In relation to those who are in doubt, e.g. do not have documents, Border Guard officers apply appropriate checking procedures.
No person who has received refuge in Poland will be sent back to a country torn by war.
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Six large-scale objects on show
- Concrete wall and windows from the now demolished Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in Poplar
- The 17th Century Agra Colonnade, from the bathhouse of the fort of Agra in India
- A stagecloth for The Ballet Russes that is 10m high – the largest Picasso in the world
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s Kaufmann Office
- A full-scale Frankfurt Kitchen designed by Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, which transformed kitchen design in the 20th century
- Torrijos Palace dome
FIXTURES
Saturday
5.30pm: Shabab Al Ahli v Al Wahda
5.30pm: Khorfakkan v Baniyas
8.15pm: Hatta v Ajman
8.15pm: Sharjah v Al Ain
Sunday
5.30pm: Kalba v Al Jazira
5.30pm: Fujairah v Al Dhafra
8.15pm: Al Nasr v Al Wasl
THE BIO
Favourite author - Paulo Coelho
Favourite holiday destination - Cuba
New York Times or Jordan Times? NYT is a school and JT was my practice field
Role model - My Grandfather
Dream interviewee - Che Guevara
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Stop all transactions and communication on suspicion
Save all evidence (screenshots, chat logs, transaction IDs)
Report to local authorities
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Courtesy: Crystal Intelligence
Washmen Profile
Date Started: May 2015
Founders: Rami Shaar and Jad Halaoui
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Laundry
Employees: 170
Funding: about $8m
Funders: Addventure, B&Y Partners, Clara Ventures, Cedar Mundi Partners, Henkel Ventures
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Name: Hassan Mohsen Elhais
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HIJRA
Starring: Lamar Faden, Khairiah Nathmy, Nawaf Al-Dhufairy
Director: Shahad Ameen
Rating: 3/5
Mina Cup winners
Under 12 – Minerva Academy
Under 14 – Unam Pumas
Under 16 – Fursan Hispania
Under 18 – Madenat
How to wear a kandura
Dos
- Wear the right fabric for the right season and occasion
- Always ask for the dress code if you don’t know
- Wear a white kandura, white ghutra / shemagh (headwear) and black shoes for work
- Wear 100 per cent cotton under the kandura as most fabrics are polyester
Don’ts
- Wear hamdania for work, always wear a ghutra and agal
- Buy a kandura only based on how it feels; ask questions about the fabric and understand what you are buying
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