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In today’s news: the world arbitrarily deems model Candice Swanepoel too thin; Prince Willy will not wear a ring; study says nurses and midwives can safely perform abortions; concern about Japanese seafood; and India’s population is really, really large.

First off, let’s make one thing perfectly clear: For those of you who very generously gave me a wedding gift, I would like to say that, without exception, my husband and I love every single salad bowl, fruit bowl, mixing bowl, finger bowl and soup tureen we received and each of said items has a place of honour in our home.

In today’s news: Kate and William get fruity; the things we regret; tensions in New Dehli; womb transplants; and the camel toe – solved.

Charles Pachter is a painter, designer, sculptor and historian, whose work has been shown in the AGO and McMichael gallery, among others. His iconic image of the Queen riding the moose earned him the status of Canada's Andy Warhol — a pop artist for the North

When I was a kid, my parents had a lot of books. Most of the "A-list" publications were in bookshelves on the main floor of our house but the odd, orphan publications always found their way to an old, green painted bookshelf in the basement, where they gathered dust with the National Geographics.