Diane Ackerman 
Just a few weeks ago, I found myself in a small bedroom filled with ceramic swans. I was at an estate sale, and the woman who owned this home not only had a liking for romantic figurines, she also had a closet full of furs from Paris, lingerie slip dresses, and a vast collection of … Read more
There is a particular summer weather that I – and perhaps I alone – love. Hot, overcast and damp. The days when the air feels like the breath of a particularly big and lusty dog. The days when thunder is always imminent. The days when you start to use a council tax bill as a … Read more
Editor’s tip: You can use the masque after every wash in place of a conditioner. Key ingredients: hyaluronic acid, abyssine, vitamin E | Fragrance-free: no | Who it’s best for: anyone with brittle, dull, or hair loss Best for Maintaining Color Vibrancy: Hey Hair Root Revival Advanced Anti-Gray Hair Serum Hey Hair Root Revival Advanced … Read more
Sophie Wessex, Duchess of Edinburgh, has a wardrobe that is the envy of many fashion fans. One piece that is particularly lovely is a green floral midi dress that the royal wore to a meeting for Education Cannot Wait in 2023. The ‘Stormy Hearts’ frock by designer Suzannah London (£895) is no longer avaliable, but … Read more
In the summer of 1996, it was bigger than Friends and better than the fledgling new reality show The Real World. The best show on earth was the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and the main event, filled with sparkles and scrunchies and killer quad muscles, was the USA women’s gymnastics competition. Long before “Yes we … Read more
We’re all familiar with the adage there’s an app for that—and there’s plenty of proof that it rings true. You can download everything from productivity-boosting apps to journaling-made-easy solutions to even apps that help you cut down on screen time (a bit of a paradox if you ask me). But intimacy apps? Revolutionary. In today’s … Read more
The same Italian teacher who taught me to stuff vegetables in her brown kitchen introduced me to diminutive and augmentative suffixes using the word pancia, or “belly”. It was a good move on her part, teaching me via my stomach, and years on I still remember her lesson. It went something like this: the addition … Read more
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There are few trends that Rihanna can’t pull off. Head-to-toe zebra? Check. Lingerie as a top? You betcha. When it comes to her street style, the singer and beauty entrepreneur enjoys taking risks and experimenting with different looks and silhouettes—and her latest style proposal is one of her boldest yet. This weekend in New York … Read more
In 2019, one year into his retirement, 66-year-old Julian Lee decided to start making knives. The former teacher and special educational needs expert built a forge in the back garden of his Winchester home, collected steel files, heated them to 800C and began hammering, grinding and refining until he had formed a blade. “Blacksmithing knives … Read more
“To be clear, we are not fasting from dopamine itself, but from impulsive behaviors reinforced by it,” explains psychiatrist Dr. Cameron Sepah, who is largely credited with coining the concept of “dopamine fasting” in 2019. To that end, the goal is really to avoid any potential source of stimuli that is problematic for you; anything … Read more
