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We reviewed Revolve’s 12- and 25-day beauty advent calendars to see if the brand’s offerings provide value for your money The best beauty advent calendars of 2026 in the US Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things October is too early for Bing Crosby…

Your friends may have had good intentions when making this ask, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But that needn’t dictate how you feel about it Leading questions A friend, who I believe is financially comfortable, set up a GoFundMe page to pay for vet bills for their sick dog while on…

​Before you throw away that jar with only a bit left inside, turn it into a dressing, sauce, glaze or even a drink instead • Sign up here for our weekly food newsletter, Feast It has been almost three months now, and we still haven’t replaced the cupboards that fell off the kitchen wall. It is also…

I’m not talking about frenetic whole-house renovations and stripping wallpaper but the slow, thoughtful design tweaks that are perfect for bedtime viewing I have been doing more than my fair share of revenge bedtime procrastination. Night-time is when I get to have complete silence, but nature…

James says Tony leaving the cat’s water bowl where they prepare food is unhygienic. Should they feed their feline on the floor? You decide • Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a juror It’s unhygienic. The cat will jump out of her litter box and on to the surface where we prepare…

One the most famous dresses of this century, it was worn by royalty and A-list celebrities in the noughties. Its latest fans are Maga women. Here, the designer, and former mentor to Victoria Beckham, reveals the story behind it The story of one of the most photographed and ripped-off dresses of the…

The clocks go back this weekend, so embrace the longer nights with these family-friendly activities and events, from a stargazing festival to moonlit crazy golf Legend has it that Faskally Forest – the Pitlochry location of Scotland’s most famous sound and light show – steals an hour from time…

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? The Thursday quiz is aware of standard international units of time, such as the Liz Truss (49 days) and the Scaramucci (11 days). Now a new unit of measurement has entered the chat: the…

This dish of chicken in a lipsmacking citrus and oregano sauce has been handed down through many generations of Roman restaurateurs If you look through the window of Piatto Romano between 10am and midday, there will almost certainly be two, maybe three people at the round table trimming vegetables:…

Sundays were deadly, the generation gap between parents and their kids was enormous, and a pint cost 50p. The frisson of casual violence was everywhere. When I left school and set off to travel, I had no sense at all of where I was going or what I would find I am wandering down a steep and…

Designer whose flexible furniture for informal 60s living gave a futuristic look to Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Olivier Mourgue always wanted to design the future. Growing up in Paris in the 1950s, he took against the ornate antique furniture of his parents’ apartment, the formality of a dining…

Hospice and end-of-life workers discuss what they’ve learned from their work and patients in their last moments “Hospice” can be a loaded term. Some see it as synonymous with death and “giving up”, as Courtney, a full-time hospice nurse practitioner in Missouri, puts it. But Courtney, who asked…

It’s time to learn the art of layering – and we’re talking a crew neck with a ballet wrap and blazer, not full-on outdoor explorer Is layering an art? Probably not in the traditional sense. We are not talking the Bayeux tapestry here. No one is going to queue round the block to admire the subtle…

Use over-ripe fruit to flesh out this loaf with chocolate, spelt and miso – truly top banana After nine years, I can’t believe I’ve never written a recipe for banana bread for this column, so it had better be a good one, especially after I picked up a huge bunch of brown bananas at the corner shop…

With new shades and formulations, the latest cream blush sticks are eminently wearable There’s something so irresistible about cream blush sticks. The fact that one can scribble on and smoosh in the instant appearance of good health makes sticks a practical handbag essential that ticks off both…

Volunteers and new recruits come together for ‘wikithon’ to put more detail about industry into public domain “Anyone can edit Wikipedia,” the adage goes. But, it turns out, a relatively small number actually do. What is worthy of a digital page in the world’s largest and most-read encyclopedia is…

A tangy mushroom stew with potato pancakes for dipping, and a rustic but versatile cabbage and mushroom soup A thick, creamy and tangy wild mushroom stew, inspired by Belarusian mačanka and traditionally served with thick buckwheat pancakes for dipping. My version, however, features another Slovak…

Ghanda and Windsor Smith are among lowest-rated in Baptist World Aid ethical fashion report based on metrics such as wages and sustainability Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Online fast-fashion giant Shein is outperforming many Australian high street retailers on…

These food storage containers with clever, reheat-friendly vented lids are ‘endlessly versatile, lightweight and durable’ Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things Editor’s note: Anyday has offered our readers a 20% sitewide discount (not including its…

Westminster appears to be waking up to warnings over AI safety, with concerns over its use by extremist groups and bad actors “I have this sense that, within a few months, AI is going to be all anyone is talking about,” said one cabinet minister, with an ominous stare. It was Labour conference,…

How a string of bizarre events led writer Linda Geddes to don her sleuthing cap and dig into a world of shadowy impersonators It started with an entirely ordinary interaction on LinkedIn. Someone had tagged me in a post, saying how much they’d enjoyed contributing to a New York Post article I’d…

Tennis superstar is latest celebrity to sport a ‘refined’ moustache which owes little to bushy Tom Selleck look The tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz might have been knocked out of the Shanghai Masters in straight sets earlier this week, but he did so sporting a moustache that became almost as…

Amy Goodwill points out that although minoxidil may be beneficial for hair loss, it is highly toxic if ingested by a pet Sali Hughes’s article ( Sali Hughes on beauty: worried about hair loss? Here’s a treatment that actually works, 14 October ) is accurate on the benefits of minoxidil for hair…

Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweaters The first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped cement the early aughts image of Mark Zuckerberg rebelling against corporate norms in rumpled hoodies and T-shirts. The…

An urn cost more than my rent. So I scattered my mother’s ashes at Yosemite from a Ziploc bag, without the federal permit I couldn’t afford to wait for My mother is in a Ziploc bag on my lap, wedged between a half-eaten bag of trail mix and my purse. My stomach is queasy from the switchbacks up to…

It’s been 25 years since the release of this film skewering an industry that famously takes itself very seriously. It might have been comedy gold but it was also, in its own way, prophetic • Don’t get Fashion Statement delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Critics were divided, the US release date…