The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across much of the US and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call and showed what climate change could feel like for millions of people in the near future. However, apocalyptic orange skies and levels of air pollution forcing people indoors only tell part of the story. As … Read more
no Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, sees the inevitable. If paying brands stay away from the platform and deprive what was once Twitter of its lifeline of ad revenue, X is toast. Musk himself has admitted as much. But no matter how risky the platform is for advertisers and how degraded the experience … Read more
Home Secretary James Cleverly is facing calls to resign. (Getty Images) James Cleverly is facing calls to resign after joking about increasing his wife’s booze – just hours after announcing new plans to crack down on booze increases. The Home Secretary told female guests at a Downing Street reception that “a little bit of Rohypnol … Read more
(AFP via Getty Images) Festive cheer comes with dress codes to argue about, and the hardest to follow can be the classics. What exactly is the difference between black tie and white tie? How long or short should you go with your dress? What style of jacket should you wear? Well, here’s your crash course … Read more
Marcelo at 35, four-time Club World Cup winner with Real Madrid, will be in Man City’s path along with his fellow veterans on Friday – Lars Baron/FIFA via Getty Images The first Club World Cup final in the history of Manchester City, as Pep Guardiola likes to point out, and on Friday an unlikely opponent … Read more
Eve Best as Carole Middleton and Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton wear the same brown padded vest in season six of The Crown “You’re 15, not 50,” sighs Carole Middleton, played by Eve Best, in her first scene in The crown‘s sixth and final season. The character is shopping with her daughter Kate and those … Read more
A year in fashion: Barbie, fashion daddies, Kylie Jenner and cowboy Crocs (ES) The rise of fashion fathers Matthew Bomer, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Bailey and Paul Mescal, ready to break the internet (Evan Ross Katz) Daddy-dandyism is the viral male charge that keeps on giving. We’d like to know what this will soon mean for … Read more
Beauty columnist Lucia Ferrari took a party makeup class from expert Wendy Rowe I haven’t put on makeup in so long that a glamorous party look throws me off balance. My standard evening makeup is usually exactly the same as my day makeup with a little more eyeliner and possibly an extra layer of mascara. … Read more
Take the example of one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century, Lord Kelvin, who was not immune to overconfidence. In a 1902 interview ‘on scientific matters now prominent in public opinion’, he was asked about the future of air travel: ‘Have we no hope of solving the problem of air navigation in any … Read more