3 d. ago Accepting my gray hair was one thing. Going back to school was another

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The lesson I needed: going back to school later in life with gray hair

I stopped dyeing my hair to avoid the hassle. As an older college student, responses from teachers and younger classmates surprised meA year ago, on my first day of graduate school, the lecture hall filled up around me – and I plotted revenge on the friend who’d persuaded me to enroll.To cure a thousand days of malaise, loneliness and brain fog, she’d suggested I apply to Columbia’s journalism school. So there I was, back in New York after two years in California, armed with 13 books about words and writing, every item of clothing I owned that looked like something my teenage nephews would wear, plus dried persimmons, avocados and walnuts from local farmers markets, the thing I’d miss about LA. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Stop white clothes turning dull and yellow by adding one item found in your fridge to the wash

One common ingredient doubles up as a natural bleaching agent capable of breaking down even the toughest stains

Events

1 week ago The popular holiday hotspot where you could be fined THOUSANDS for wearing common item of clothing

Holidaymakers heading to popular destinations could face fines of up to £3,000 - or even prison time - for wearing a seemingly harmless clothing item. 

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1 week ago Blood, sweat and cigarettes – why there’s nothing cute about school uniform | Zoe Williams

The charm is intoxicating at first. But wait till their expensive kit is mired in mud, the blazer takes on a flammable sheen and the PE kit stinks up the houseThe first time you put your kid in school uniform, there’s an intoxicating charm to the moment. There he is, your precious firstborn, and you’ve dressed him up like a grown-assed man who’s managing the fanciest restaurant on a very large ferry. Slacks and a well-pressed shirt are just the baseline; there’s also insignia on everything – jumpers, shorts, bags, pencil cases and water bottles – and the crest is something egalitarian, such as a tree or a leaf, but whatever it is, only that will do. After a full and overall pretty happy life of not sweating the small stuff, suddenly there’s a person in your house whose every clothing item is absolutely irreplaceable, and that person is four, and has squashed a beetle into it. On that first day, though, all you’re thinking is, “How adorable, this is like his first Christmas, when we ...

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2 w. ago Tennis star tells cameraman to 'stop filming me' as she removes clothing item

Tennis star Iga Swiatek appeared to tell the cameraman to stop filming her as she swapped tops during her Cincinnati Open semi-final with Elena Rybakina

Politics

2 w. ago The 'cringe' clothing item you MUST stop wearing to the gym according to Gen Z

It's a known fact that skinny jeans have long been dubbed 'millennial cringe' by Gen Z, but now there's a new wardrobe item that they've declared is out of style.

Politics

2 w. ago Wimbledon champion tells cameraman to stop filming her as she removes clothes on court

Iga Swiatek was involved in a brief altercation at the end of the opening set during her semi-final clash with Elena Rybakina at the Cincinnati Open, as she demanded a cameraman stopped filming her

Events

3 w. ago I made £590 on Vinted in one day by selling my old clothes with the help of ChatGPT

Caroline, who posts under the handle @caroline.shops, revealed she made £590 on Vinted in one day by selling my old clothes and using ChatGPT for help with item descriptions.

Economics

3 w. ago 'Genius' travel hack to avoid extra luggage fees of up to £60 is praised by passengers

A plane passenger-turned-designer has devised a 'genius' way to avoid excess baggage fees when flying with budget airlines - and it all starts and ends with a common clothing item.

Economics