Beauty
From fingertips to feet
Nothing exudes elegance more than perfectly groomed hands and feet. And with the weather (hopefully) heating up, it’s time to bare all your digits. You can get away with...
Olivia Colman
‘The Dame Judi Dench of her...
Only recently, Olivia Colman confessed that she believed she didn’t always land the best parts because she wasn’t ‘the archetypal looker’. But last Sunday one of our...
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Flower Power!
There's nothing like the Chelsea Flower Show to get you inspired. And we think these floral items are blooming lovely...{igallery...
Fashion
STEP OUT IN STYLE
New season, new excuse to shop. And this summer the selection of shoes on the high street is stupendous. From flip-fl ops and fabulous flats to boat shoes, wedges and sweet...
First Impressions
'I don’t mind what I eat'
What are you working on? A documentary about the economy, and also a new metal rock version of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, with Jim Steinman (who wrote songs for Meat...
Globe Trotter
Discover Durham
Writer Bill Bryson described Durham Cathedral as ‘the best cathedral on planet Earth’, and it certainly is a very handsome building indeed. In fact, it sits in a Unesco...
The Lady Bloggers
Battle of Hastings
Telling Tales
On the fence by the gate outside Gipsy House in Great Missenden, Roald Dahl used to have a huge postbox. ‘You have no idea how many of those little buggers write to me,’ he...
Features
Biggest-ever betting coup
The 1913 Epsom Derby changed history in more ways than one. It is perhaps best known for the death of the suffragette Emily Davison, a vociferous and outspoken feminist who...
Recipes
DO TRY THIS AT HOME
Brothers James and Thom Elliot decided to give up their 'proper' jobs to follow a dream. Excited by the burgeoning street food movement in London, they travelled 4,000km...
Home help
Wicker and Bamboo
Today, we are all conscious that the world’s hardwood forests are being cut down at an alarming rate. Although the teak and oak we buy often comes from sustainable sources,...
Conservatories
Bring the outside in
We Britons love our gardens – trouble is, we can’t always rely on the weather. Fortunately, there is a solution: simply put a roof on it. In fact, extending your home into...
National treasures
Dambusters
The National Archives boasts many treasures, but today a timely gem is unveiled, and with it a unique insight into our wartime history. The file, official reference number...
Book Reviews
New must reads
OUT NOW BURNT ISLAND by Alice Thompson (Salt Publishing, £8.99; offer price, £8.54) Alice Thompson’s sixth novel tells the eerie story of an author who ends up on a...
QUOTES
The Great Gatsby
"I HOPE she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool... You see, I think everything's terrible anyhow... And I know. I've...
Lady events
Wines from Morrisons
It was on a recent visit to a supermarket in Los Angeles that I got some idea of how most customers feel when confronted with a wall of wine. Almost everything was from...
The Daily
News Round-Up: May 22
‘Bolt’ the speedy pigeon snapped up at £264,000 A one-year-old pigeon is now the world’s most expensive racing bird after being sold by Leo Heremans, a Belgian breeder of...
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Daily tip from the lady archive
"It is not always she who appears most kindly in her interest who is the safe sharer of sacred (maybe sorrowful) secrets! Charming manners do not always connote sincerity of heart!”
The Lady. In Confidence. 4th April, 1918
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