6 hours ago Tempted to have Botox, filler, lasers or a thread lift? Don't book anything until you've read our expert guide on EXACTLY how not to get botched

Regulation of the cosmetic surgery business is poor to non-existent, so how can you ensure your tweakment practitioner isn't an unqualified cowboy? Here are INGE VAN LOTRINGEN's rules

Science

6 hours ago Amazon shoppers snap up £24 smart watch saying its 'functions rival Fitbit'

'Outstanding functionality. Very easy instructions to sync it with smartphones. It counts steps, heart rate and sleep performance very accurately'

Economics

6 hours ago Paul Hollywood's £4 cake hack is 'easiest thing to make to impress guests'

Great British Bake Off star and celebrity chef Paul Hollywood says his easy hack on to make a French classic, the Fraisier cake, only costs around £4, instead of £40

Economics

8 hours ago How can we love fully in the face of inevitable loss? It starts with letting go | Nadine Levy

It’s not easy to accept change, separation and heartbreak. But grief can pave the way for a new form of connectionMaking sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeEarly in life I learned that we lose everyone we love. In a matter of months my mother became unwell, I lost two of my closest relatives and my extended family became irreconcilably estranged. What had been a medium-sized family shrunk to a barely recognisable party of two – that is, if my mother pulled though.During this time I came to understand something that I had been shielded from as a child: relationships were inherently unstable, love would invariably turn to grief and loss was an undeniable fact of life. Indeed, loving and losing were fundamental terms of the human cont...

Politics

9 hours ago ‘It’s quite galling’: children’s authors frustrated by rise in celebrity

Keira Knightley is latest star to publish a children’s book, but some say trend pushes aside genuine writers and makes it harder to find great children’s fiction“A modern classic by Keira Knightley” reads the provisional cover of the actor’s debut children’s book, I Love You Just the Same. Set to be published next October, the 80-page volume, written and illustrated by Knightley, is about a girl navigating the changing dynamics that come with the arrival of a sibling.The Pirates of the Caribbean star is the latest in a long list of celebrities to have turned to writing children’s books. McFly’s Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter have been hovering at the top of the bestseller chart since the publication last month of their latest book The Dinosaur that Pooped Halloween!. Earlier in the yea...

Culture

9 hours ago Ghosts of the past for King Charles and Queen Camilla as they sign Bible on Australia tour previously inked by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, as well as the monarch and Diana back in 1983

The royal couple are on a six-day tour of Australia, their first since the King ascended to the throne, and as part of their duties, were asked to sign the country's first Bible and book of common prayer.

Politics

10 hours ago ‘It was to make bank managers less uptight’: the toy that put Newton’s law on executive desks

The eccentric British design firm behind Ballrace, the bestselling shiny 1970s Newton’s cradle, is celebrated in a new bookSir Isaac Newton was a genius of science, but for many Britons of a certain age he is also fondly remembered for lending his name to a classic executive toy. In the 1970s, the steel five-ball Newton’s cradle became a must-have accessory in offices and homes, ushering in a fad for kinetic games and magnetic puzzles.Now a new book, Loncraine Broxton: Innovations & Executive Toys 1969-1997, published this month, tells the story of the eccentric British company that created these toys as the side hustle of an award-winning film director and an archaeologist. Continue reading...

Society

12 hours ago Feeling fab at 58: I dropped three dress sizes in 12 weeks after my weight spiralled out of control. Here's how I did it

Anna Lijphart has always considered herself 'fit and healthy' - but her lifestyle took a turn during the global pandemic, leading her to eat and drink more frequently than ever before.

Politics

12 hours ago Nigel Slater’s recipes for sea bass with beans and tarragon, and pistachio tarts with blackberries

Autumn appetites call for a little more time in the kitchenI am not ready for winter food yet, but I need dishes that are more substantial than what has been on the table over the last few weeks. Time, I suppose, to get the jars of beans down from the cupboard, switch the oven on and get the baking recipes out.This week I had an autumnal dish of sea bass and beans on the hob. Scented with rosemary and tarragon, this was the first of the autumn fish dishes, more robust than grilled fish, but less hearty than a traditional fish pie. There was the herb-freckled broth, too, for which we needed deep-bowled spoons. Continue reading...

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