lifestyle
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A good night’s kip can boost your productivity – and mean you earn more money. So how can you make sure you’re getting enough sleep?
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She left her large, affluent family to become an actor in LA. Kate Mara became a star – but then her sister Rooney arrived. There’s no rivalry, or so she tells Sanjiv Bhattacharya
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Cycling in the dark traditionally required riders to choose between looking good and being safe in a garish jacket. But new reflective clothing is changing that
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Alex Noble’s live-work space is awash with rescued relics, making his decor just as recycled as his fashion. By Nell Card
talking points
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As the night tube launches, London mayor Sadiq Khan and other major players tell how the capital is gearing up for the new night-time economy
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While ditching gratuities in Portland and elsewhere has meant ‘less judgment, angst and anger’ at some establishments, others have seen staff members quit
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The lively Mindil Beach Sunset Market has stalls every bit as diverse as the population in Australia’s ‘top end’ city; many are south-east Asian and serve up fiery delights, from laksa soup to tempeh chili
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The gleaming interior is matched by the seriousness of the cooking in chef Chris Honor’s ambitious new venue
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In his most personal interpretation of the fashion house’s esprit, John Galliano references his origins as an 80s club kid in London as well as Napoleon
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Dior, Vetements and Chanel show off elegance, heritage and mega-collaborations in the French capital
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Designer shuns pop spectacle of previous years to celebrate his craft, in a Paris haute couture week notable for anti-elitist moves
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Interim designers Serge Ruffieux and Lucie Meier give message of unity before widely reported appointment of Maria Grazia Chiuri from Valentino
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The best looks from Milan and Paris menswear SS17 collections
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Designer Kim Jones’s latest collection, unveiled in Paris, mixes punky mohair and zips with zebra prints and safari suits – and gets the thumbs up from David Beckham and Kate Moss
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The biggest (and loveliest) new and secondhand bookshop in California is on a mission: to ‘keep the paper and ink book business alive’
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Having gained Unesco city of gastronomy recognition, Tucson’s new wave of downtown restaurants are making the most of the area’s unusual desert foods
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We get a sneak preview of a zipwire ride above the Horseshoe Falls – one of several ways Niagara is updating its appeal
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Doo wop is a futuristic, gaudy architectural style marrying 1950s space-age dreams with a tropical seaside kiss-me-quick flavour. And the best place to see it is New Jersey’s Wildwood
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I was stranded in the wilderness for nine daysI had lost so much weight that I looked like walking skeleton. I was ready to give up
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Felicity Cloake's perfect recipesFelicity Cloake's perfect recipesHow to cook the perfect red velvet cakeThis crimson cake should be showstoppingly gaudy – the baked equivalent of Dolly Parton. But should your colouring be artificial or natural? And what should you top it with?
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Sali Hughes on beautySali Hughes on beautyBeauty: the best new mascarasWhat is the point of mascara if one wants to look natural? Go large or go home, is my view
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Swipe right - online dating for the real worldSwipe right - online dating for the real worldAsk Eva says goodbye: seven lessons I learned from answering your questionsI’m signing off after more than a year of helping you swipe right (or not), but first, here’s what I learned from being your electronic agony aunt
advice
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Problem solvedProblem solvedMy teenage daughter has blackmailed me over my new partnerHer behaviour has cost me an amicable divorce with her father and led to the breakup of a new relationship. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Private livesPrivate livesAn old love I haven’t seen for years is dying. I would like to see him but we both have partnersI spent three months with him when I was travelling almost 20 years ago. The news that he hasn’t long to live has put me in a spin
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people
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My aim was to talk to the men constructing the silos for the American cruise missiles stationed there, to help them understand the seriousness of what they were doing
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The actor and comedian on Spanx, high heels and that dance
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The musician, 48, on spending 200 grand on a car service, standing Madonna up and screaming at spiders
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From Last Tango in Halifax to Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright has written some of the most acclaimed British TV of recent times. How does she do it? And where do her characters come from?
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the big picture
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12 August 1981: Some of Britain’s brightest young designers have incorporated garments in British wool in their autumn collections
The year 2050: robot sex, talking pets – and immortality