Violent scuffles broke out in the Ukrainian Rada on Thursday as deputies debated the bill which would allow the official use of Russian language in certain parts of the country. The brawl erupted between deputies loyal to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich and lawmakers from pro-Western opposition parties, who want to preserve Ukraine's cultural and political independence from its powerful neighbour Russia. The law being debated proposes to allow the use of Russian as an official language equal to Ukrainian in some civic institutions such as schools, hospitals and courts in regions where a Russian-speaking population is in the majority. Opposition deputies consider the law as an attempt by Yanukovich's party to divide Ukrainians ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections in October and a threat to the ... Continue reading →

Jacob Kenedy, chef patron of Soho’s Bocca di Lupo, said he wanted to come up with something new in time for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations next month. He said: “I was working in a recipe development session and said ‘why don’t we do this?’ When I tasted it I couldn’t stop laughing, I didn’t expect it to be so delicious, I thought it would just come out strange.”The original dish, a mix of cold chicken meat, curry cream and raisins in a mayonnaise-based sauce, was invented for the Queen’s coronation banquet in 1953.The ice cream, served at Bocca di Lupo’s Italian gelato offshoot Gelupo, uses a “triple dark” stock from chicken remains. The curry taste comes from a mix of turmeric, cumin and cayenne pepper ... Continue reading →

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