1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1069+ words) From schools in Ghana to workplaces in Britain, underpinned by the colonial roots of "respectability, conversations around natural hairstyle persist Last month a Jamaican woman said her teenage son had been pulled from lessons because school staff had deemed his…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (186+ words) Sexism and ageism | The misery of discontinued products | Balloon deflation | Spelling names I can't believe that in 2026 an article assumes that women need to hide their age (From fat transplants to LED mittens: how the fear of "old lady hands…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago  (242+ words) What is a very private struggle " coming to terms with one's own appearance " is being reshaped into a site of competition and ridicule I felt something akin to devastation reading that the actor Barry Keoghan sometimes "doesn't want to go…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (456+ words) Described as the "must-have" home accessory of 2026, sales of "posh" matchboxes are up 121% at Selfridges Goodbye Swan Vesta, hello Cartier. Matchboxes are the latest home accessory to get a luxury makeover " and some of the price tags are striking. At…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (658+ words) I am settling in for my usual haircut when, before I know it, my wife and the hairdresser are signing me up for a "treatment" In the beginning I used not to be able to tell Kelly and Hayley " the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (518+ words) The British perfumer Jo Malone has said she is "surprised and very sad" after being sued for more than "200, 000 in damages for using her name on fragrances she created for the fashion chain Zara. It emerged last month that New…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (630+ words) After decades of focusing on faces, manufacturers, beauticians and surgeons are offering us younger-looking hands. Is this more about money or scientific progress? "Your facial skin is very clear, very smooth. When we look at your hands, you've got a…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (705+ words) Alda feels Rachel should follow jewellery "rules, but Rachel likes to mix things up. You decide whose argument rings true Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror double quotation mark I know shes expressing herself,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (492+ words) At last " creative perfumes at half the cost of most niche fragrances, with a wide range of beautifully balanced options The business of modern perfumery can stink. While I accept that the cost of everything is now troubling, large sections…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (235+ words) We performed it everywhere, even on Miss World. Once, on tour, a fan pulled me into the pit " but my hunky Italian security guard put me back on stage" I had come to England from St Louis, Missouri, in the…...