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English art expert and cultural historian Martin Williams is writing a book on the history of the last year of the reign of King Edward VII (1909-10) and to do it he has consulted a local writer known for his expertise on the early 1900s fashion designer Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon).

Part 1 of this article ran in the previous edition.

January has arrived and so have all of the resolutions to eat healthier. But when you walk down the aisles at the store you start to notice that the boxes are covered in labels. Do you know what those labels really mean? Are all of those labels really helping the public make healthy decisions in their diet or just a marketing ploy?

Maintaining a healthy weight promotes long-term health. Being overweight or obese are risk factors for various conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The World Health Organization reports that the worldwide obesity rate has tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight. Of these, more than 650 million were obese.