The COVID-19 vaccines have allowed many of us to take a collective sigh of relief. We can finally begin to get back to pre-pandemic activities with confidence that we’re protected from the virus that’s killed over 128,000 people in the UK alone. But there have been some questions around how […]
In mid-November 2020, Pamela Furr was cutting onions and noticed no tears were coming to her eyes. She couldn’t smell them, she realised. She got a COVID-19 test, and received her positive result the day before Thanksgiving. After spending the holiday home with a terrible cough and body aches, she […]
Amy Cooper — the Central Park “Karen” who called the police on a Black birdwatcher named Christian Cooper and falsely accused him of threatening her — has apparently learned nothing in the past year. Cooper, a white woman, is now suing her former employer for firing her over the racist […]
“Our first date was seven hours,” 37-year-old Haifa tells me. “It was a beautiful spring day and we walked along the river, stopping at a pub for a drink in the sun and then on to a restaurant for pasta. We talked about dreams, dating and our shared love of […]
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron/Shutterstock (10431690jn) Olivia Rodrigo ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ film premiere, Arrivals, El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles, USA – 30 Sep 2019 I got my driver’s licence in 2001. Olivia Rodrigo got hers during this pandemic. Despite our age difference, I am one of many “geriatric […]
It’s no secret that people don’t like talking about money. In fact, the resistance is so strong that, according to new statistics by payment provider Laybuy, women would rather discuss death than finances and only 12% feel comfortable enough to ask for help when they’re struggling with it. Yet when […]
For some, a lipstick is just a lipstick. But for others, it’s a source of strength, creativity, and expression. In our series Power Faces, we’ll explore the relationship between strong women and the makeup they choose to wear — or not. Our latest subject is Gia Seo, a creative director, stylist, […]
Ever since Netflix released Bridgerton, the Regency-era drama has not only kept us glued to the TV — in its first month on Netflix, the show reached 82 million viewers — but its clothing has also seeped into our wardrobes. In the four weeks following its release alone, search for […]
Welcome to London: the place where everyone is trying to carve out a life for themselves, the mecca where you’ll find the vibrant soul of the West End and its theatres, proper energetic British pubs and fish and chips doused in vinegar and ketchup. While traditionally our city has been […]
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Buchan/Variety/Shutterstock (10529175p) Elle Fanning ‘The Great’ TV Show, HULU, TCA Winter Press Tour, Panels, Los Angeles, USA – 17 Jan 2020 Journalist Jessica Wapner was researching body heat when she first came across the mention of 2,4-dinitrophenol, known as DNP. The chemical had been linked […]
