It’s the latest couples’ hack for the online age and involves splitting the evening into chunks – including one full hour without phones Name: The three-hour night. Age: Born on TikTok 18 months ago. Continue reading…
Between 2010 and 2013, I was on the ground capturing Israel’s attacks on Palestine. Few wanted to see it When I moved to Jerusalem in 2010, the foreign correspondents there offered me some unsettling advice: “The first year here you’ll hate the Israeli government, the second year the Palestinian leadership, […]
It’s been the year of weight-loss drugs, with celebrities seemingly disappearing before our eyes. For those of us left behind, it’s both a torment and a temptation. Spoiler alert: I tried the jabs, too It is a balmy evening in early July. I have finally managed to get both of […]
Grim predictions of ‘societal collapse’ and ‘civil war’ will hit home so long as Labour fails to address the country’s problems A last stretch of this strange, uneasy summer remains. Between now and September, there could conceivably be further outbreaks of the kind of violence that rightwing politicians and their […]
After a decade together, Zara and Max now have the freedom for work-from-home quickies and experiments with sex toys • How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously We probably have sex less now than when we lived apart, but it’s amazing that when the […]
Beloved fashion brand whose Oxford Circus store closed in 2021 prepares to hold its first catwalk show in seven years London fashion week begins in mid-September but showgoers will be starting early this season, with Topshop’s first return to the catwalk in seven years taking place next weekend. Open to […]
Studying in London before taking up a high-flying job in New York, Naina Mishra seemed set for a bright future – until she began retreating from friends and family into a paranoid spiral even her mother couldn’t break. What does her story reveal about the dangers of young adult estrangement? […]
First lady is facing increased scrutiny as political experts suggest she is behind US president’s recent volte-faces on Gaza and Putin When Melania Trump arrives in Britain for her husband’s second state visit next month, it will not just be the photographic pack straining every lens for clues as to […]
Alternating between fast and slow walking is particularly suited to people who do not do much regular exercise If the thought of pumping iron or holding a plank doesn’t put a spring in your step, maybe the latest exercise trend to dominate social media will: Japanese interval walking. The idea […]
Locarno film festivalThompson turns up the accent dial to play a good-natured Minnesota widow bringing her charm – and her gun – to tackle some concentrated nastiness From the freezing heart of Fargo country in snowy Minnesota comes a quite outrageously enjoyable suspense thriller starring Emma Thompson; I hadn’t realised […]