Iwas 16 when I first went to sea. Having joined the merchant navy after school, I got a round-the-world cruise as my first trip – we went to South Africa,…
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The simplest way to update your summer look is a white vest – just be careful what you call it
There is only one contender for the trophy piece of this season. The look that model Kaia Gerber wore when she opened the Prada show at Milan fashion week was…
Which trumpeter was the first jazz musician to win a Pulitzer prize? The Saturday quiz
The questions1 The Aralkum in Central Asia is the world’s newest what?2 Which insect is thought to be named after the colour of one of its varieties, the male Brimstone?3…
A tiny drop of this hair serum might just change your life
Back in February, I interviewed Jonathan Van Ness, Queer Eye presenter, activist and standup comic, whose original profession – hairdressing – had born an eponymous product line. Unsure if it…
Julian Clary: ‘Benedictine monks didn’t really prepare me for the life I have lived’
Born in Surrey, Julian Clary, 63, began performing on the cabaret circuit as the Joan Collins Fan Club and in 1989 was given his own Channel 4 show, Sticky Moments.…
‘You see somebody washing a window, stop, and look’: Melissa Breyer’s best phone picture
Melissa Breyer has never met the woman she shot in the window of a Brooklyn deli on her morning run, but she considers the image something of a self-portrait. “When…
Wines for every occasion
Found Weissburgunder, Pfalz, Germany 2021 (£9.50, Marks & Spencer) Among the UK’s big supermarket groups, the upmarket pair Marks & Sparks and Waitrose have always had the most interesting wine…