In warm conditions on the first day of a five-day May Day national holiday revelers in the central Chinese city danced, bounced and screamed with delight as some of their…
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Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill, London: ‘The kind of place I daydreamed about’
Looking up Swallow Street from a deserted Piccadilly, the current incarnation of Bentley’s presents as a warm, glowing pool of light amid the darkness. As we get closer, we can…
Repair or replace? An expert guide to fixing or ditching eight essential household items
My kettle’s broken. It still boils water, but it doesn’t switch off – just boils on, converting the kitchen to a sauna, wastefully, expensively. Put another way, the Polly component…
The Dress 2: what summer’s hottest item tells us about the eerie fashion standstill
Name: The Dress 2. Age: New. Appearance: Remember the Dress? Which dress? The dress. Remember the Dress? Why are you talking like this? Is it some sort of code? No.…
‘People are just putting random things on their face’: the temptation of add-on beauty products
It struck me, while my face was slathered in a bentonite facial that I misted with rosewater, that my skincare routine may have gone a step (or several) too far.…
Makeup: A Glamorous History review – syphilis, sin and sperm whales
There is plenty of entertainment to be found in the three-part documentary Makeup: A Glamorous History (BBC Two), which began last week with the Georgians. Mostly, that’s been down to…
‘It was so gripping I read it in two sittings’: 11 books to pull you out of a reading rut
Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski‘Reading about the hope in others’ hopeless lives kept me going’Bukowski’s often seedy stories are a wonderful break from normality. I don’t know how I’d…