Laura on Tom What were you hoping for?Good food, easy conversation, a belly laugh if possible. Absolute worst case would make my Edinburgh Fringe show …
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A shopping guide to the best … women’s sweatshirts | Life and style
Buy ‘Be Free’, £48, lucyandyak.com Oversized stripes, £59, arket.com Jade, £115, pangaia.com Rent Grey ‘Love’, £18 for 4 days, by French Connection from mywardrobehq.com Gucci, …
4 Tips for Wearing a Leather Jacket Over 60, According to Stylists — Best Life
As we get older, many of us become more confident in our personal style. We know what we like and what we don’t, we know …
5 Benefits of Letting Your Hair Go Gray, According to Stylists — Best Life
Caring for your hair properly requires life-long learning. Seemingly every decade, your strands undergo a major change, whether that’s puberty, pregnancy, or the natural aging …
6 Stylist Secrets for Stunning White Hair — Best Life
Everyone’s hair grows out gray differently. For some, it skews more charcoal, while others find lighter gray in multiple shades. But there are also people …
Amália Rodrigues was the queen of which Iberian music style? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which novel’s title alludes to the start of 15 August 1947? 2 The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest group of what?3 Which …
As politicians and CEOs slip off their shoes – are trainers now the smart choice? | Life and style
Heels or flats? It’s a typical sartorial question and one the British prime minister, Liz Truss, faced this past week. On a morning visit to …
A shopping guide to the best … plaid skirts | Life and style
Buy Mustard, £29.99, mango.com Pleated, £140, gant.co.uk Short with zip detail, £220 by Andersson Bell from net-a-porter.com Rent Red, from £32, by The Kooples from …
Elyse Walker’s new life in Napa Valley – C Magazine®
The luxury retailer par excellence has decamped to an art-filled farmhouse with her husband, David. But with two new stores in the works, she is …
Three things with Craig Silvey: ‘I wrote songs, many of them unforgivably awful’ | Life and style
Craig Silvey has a knack for telling Australian stories. His second novel, Jasper Jones, was a runaway success that sold over 400,000 copies and became …
I spent a year meeting people who make a difference – here’s what they taught me | Life and style
In the year I’ve spent highlighting the people doing good in their communities for the Guardian angel column, I’ve learned many things. First: no one …
How we met: ‘I like to think of myself as rational, but this felt like love at first sight’ | Life and style
When Tori moved to San Francisco from London in 2000, she didn’t know anyone there. Keen to meet new people, she regularly went to group …
Creased clothing is in. It’s OK to shelve the iron and reclaim your life | Fashion
Something is happening in the fashion world that any time-poor consumer will be pleased about. Catwalk shows in Paris over the past week have shown …
Which British zoo has two giant pandas? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which PM said: “When I want to read a novel I write one”?2 The Three Counties system is a 55-mile network of …
Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? No, we’re saving that for next time’ | Life and style
Plamena on Nathan What were you hoping for? To enjoy a delicious dinner and engaging conversation with someone with an open mind and similar values …
A shopping guide to the best … gold rings | Life and style
Buy Double band, £17, stories.com Pink heart, £85, missoma.com Star, £150, astleyclarke.com Rent Jagged, from £5 a day, by House of Bourgeois from mywardrobehq.com Suncatcher …
Sigourney Weaver: ‘I Feel Like a Babe in Real Life, Even If I Don’t Always Have Those Roles’
Sigourney Weaver signs on to our Zoom with a giant map of the world behind her. It’s the kind of background one might expect to …
A nurse, a rogue, a Pharoah and some spiders – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
You wait 74 weeks for the 75th edition of the Guardian’s Thursday quiz to come along, and then it appears bang on time. Fantastic! There …
‘People underestimate me’: Stacey Solomon on snobbery, The X Factor and her plan to sort Britain out | Life and style
Stacey Solomon is giving me a tour of Pickle Cottage. Packets of crisps, pegged to a rail in the treats cupboard, stand at attention like …
How we met: ‘It’s like waking up to sunlight every day. I yearned for a soulmate – and I’ve found her’ | Life and style
In the summer of 2014, Ron travelled to Finland from his home in Sydney for a family reunion. “My brother had married a Finnish woman …