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“I don’t really get stressed, to be honest.” I have uttered these words more times than I can remember. I rarely get stressed about work (give me an insane deadline and I’ll give you my best work). Or overly worked up about parenting my four children

Sometimes a trend is so perfect, it just keeps coming back. Take the ballet flat: it’s had three big resurgences in the last 20 years, although some would argue that it never really went out of style. Fashion search engine Tagwalk identified a 198% r

Rushanara Ali nickie aiken “We have to have women’s voices in politics and across all walks of life,” says the Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster. Aiken is a vocal supporter of the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Le

There is one question we ask ourselves constantly here at Stylist: ‘who are you?’ You, as in the person reading this right now. What makes you tick? How can we be a better friend to you, a cheerleader? A brand that makes your world bigger and better?

At school, science was my least favourite subject. I never had any burning ambition to become a scientist but I was always fascinated by the human body, so studied physiology at university. Now, more than 20 years later, I have a PhD and lead the wor

Mountains are my happy place. As are sleek, modernist spas. As is anywhere I can practice daily yoga and eat incredible food. Name me somewhere I can do all of these things at the same time and I am very smug indeed. This particular smug somewhere is

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The sort of crying I did while watching Breathtaking was a guttural weep. This wasn’t a cute tear wiped away or a cleansing sob, but the sort of full gut-punch of sorrow and anger that is very rare to have while watching TV. But please don’t let that

I am born to a generation where if I said to my peers, “Question…” the most likely response would be “…tell me what you think about me”. The lyrics of Destiny’s Child’s Independent Women Part I are the equivalent to The Lord’s Prayer for millennial w

Talking about money at work is a bit like watching Saltburn with your family – deeply deeply uncomfortable. Which means it will come as a surprise to exactly no one that there is a gender pay-rise gap: less women than men ask for pay rises in the UK,

‘Mood enhancers’ have been noted as a major fragrance trend for 2024, and Chanel’s latest concoction ticks all the boxes. With notes of rich jasmine, zesty citron and ambery teak wood accord, each spritz emits a sparkling floral scent that is up

Spring’s standout trend is all about celebrating extraordinary everyday pieces, as Libby Page, market director at Net-a-Porter explains, “It’s about the essential items in our daily wardrobes but elevated to new heights of design and style.” So wheth

Imagine a world in which you no longer had to fork out on ferments or chomp your way through mounds of veg to maintain a healthy gut. Instead, you simply get hooked up to an IV drip in a nice, warm clinic while you get your monthly microbiome medicin

green dot by Madeleine Gray Set to be one of the must-reads of 2024, Green Dot is a swaggering, laugh-out-loud and moving addition to the Millennial/Gen Z canon of ‘Fleabag fiction’ (see Monica Heisey’s breakout Really Good, Actually and Candice

Being an adult is… Being constantly aware that death is simultaneously very close and very far away, so each day is a rush to slow down so that you can get enough energy from stillness to speed up and get going. What are you worried about currently?

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