Ice sculptures and David Bowie: Dries Van Noten’s best shows – in pictures
This is how we do it
This is how we do it: ‘We were both anxious when we met, but our sex life is a lot of fun now’
May 2024
Demanding a haircut without talking is just rude – how important do you think you are?
Barbara Ellen
The chat-free salon session is now a thing, but is it really that hard to feign a bit of interest in your stylist’s love life and holiday plans, writes Barbara Ellen
‘Is this what people wear now?’ Sewing Bee host criticises M&S jumpers and socks
Patrick Grant says rise of low-cost retailers means new clothes ‘haven’t got cheaper, they’ve just got worse’
Print’s not dead: 25 of the best patterned shirts – in pictures
Zingy colours, geometric shapes, abstract patterns… Celebrate the brighter months with a statement shirt
April 2024
‘Generous and reflective’: letters show other sides to macho Ernest Hemingway
Shock of the old
Shock of the old: 10 pairs of filthy, fetishistic and fashionable shoes
How we met
How we met: ‘We lost touch for years – then bumped into each other in Belgium’
The beauty Q&A
I’m 40 and suffering from hair loss. How do I find the cause?
March 2024
‘Men now want their bum to look good in jeans’: how male butts got bootylicious
From shapewear to surgery, the male quest to build the perfect behind has become a super-sized business
Nowadays you can’t move for men boo-hooing – and I’m envious
Michael Hogan
Having a good cry is nothing to be ashamed of, as Jason Kelce showed when he made his tear-stained retirement announcement
Pointless hats, trousers that are too short, trousers that show off your bum … I’ll never understand fashion
Adrian Chiles
I’m not ashamed of my ankles, or of my M&S underpants. But why flaunt them?
February 2024
Pass notes
Soft jocks: toxic masculinity is out – sensitive men with huge muscles are in
How to have healthy joints
Team sports for kids and yoga in your 50s: exercises to help you stay flexible for every life stage
True romance
True romance: how to keep the love alive when sex has gone
How to have healthy joints
Knuckle-cracking is fine – and bad weather doesn’t make arthritis worse: nine myths about your joints busted
I still love my husband after 30 years. But I have no idea how we’ve stayed together
Emma Beddington
Do I really look like Ukraine’s top general? I have a much nicer forehead
Adrian Chiles
January 2024
Intimate details
‘If you both hate a chore, do it together’: readers on dividing household labour
I’m Andrew Tate’s audience and I know why he appeals to young men
