Lifestyle
Lifestyle
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What difference does a decade or two make in the worlds of music, kids’ TV and poetry?
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‘I love reading to the children at bedtime and I have all the joy but none of the hard work. There’s a photo of them on my fridge at home’
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The star of stage and screen on painful memories, over-apologising and eating cornflakes in the middle of the night -
From camembert to Charlemagne, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz -
‘You will live for ever with the memory of your dad dying just before you turned 11’: the letter you always wanted to write
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Is Louis Vuitton not worried about the threat of aligning their plastic-y, tan hides with the plastic-y tan hide in chief?
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A 800km network across French Flanders is so easy to follow (and ride) you don’t even need a map to find the country’s favourite village, inspiring landscapes and great food -
With the crowds gone but the cultural scene buzzing, autumn is perfect for a European break. And our pick of destinations in five countries are reachable by train in less time than you might imagine -
Tiny houses are presented as the ultimate in back-to-nature minimalism, but tiny people are rarely in the picture -
Take a quick Eurostar trip from London for a short break to a city with a medieval heart but a modern approach to life
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Nan’s always right, and as ever she gets it spot-on with this coconut-infused bread pudding -
From western India via Uganda comes this vegan curry made irresistable when topped with crunchy fried noodles known as sev -
A diverse heritage has led to Yotam’s eclectic toolkit of international hand-me-down recipes, from Germany via the American Midwest to Malaysia -
Learn the art of homemade fresh pasta from those who’ve spent a lifetime making it to perfection with these rustic Italian recipes
Technology
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Their smartphones do everything, but can teenagers master old tech and life skills – from reading a map to setting an alarm clock? -
Colin wants a laptop with easily replaceable parts such as memory and hard drives -
John Lewis says sales of portable video cameras are ‘non-existent’. This may mark the end of an era defined by the hulking around of VHS monsters to create poor-quality home movies, but the alternative is even more troubling
Regulars
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A 40-year-old woman came in second, about a minute later. She shook my hand and congratulated me -
These judgments come with a large dollop of bias – we’re all motivated to believe that our age group is superior -
Her voice swings between self-consciously raspy and whisper-soft, with a hint of something not quite of this realm -
The future royal wore a trouser suit for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, ushering in a new kind of sartorial diplomacy
People
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The actor and comedian on being lazy, losing his cool and public shaming -
The actor, 47, on being an optimist, avoiding marriage advice and why other people make him anxious -
One of the most photographed British women of the 1980s talks about feminism, her abusive father and how she battled her fears to come out as gay -
Directing a new Black Mirror film gives Jodie Foster the chance to look back at her own upbringing. The Hollywood titan talks to Tim Adams
The big picture
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From leopardskin trilbies and leather suits to Donald Duck costumes and pink mohawks, the musician’s style choices have always been eye-catching. With the publication of his memoir, we look at some of his most memorable looks
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