It’s five below freezing on the ice-caked surface of a lake in the French Alps and, as I prepare to slip, seal-like, into the black water, my racing mind is begging me to wimp out. Diving in a frozen lake at night – below ice, beneath the stars, at an altitude of almost 2,000 metres?…
Our skin is ever-changing and there is so much you can do to look after it – but when should you start using anti-ageing products? And should you ever squeeze a spot? From sunscreen to soap-dodging, dermatologists demystify skincare. Keep it simple “I tell my patients that their skin is a window into their general…
Reusable tote bags have been around a lot longer than Anya Hindmarch’s “I am not a plastic bag” one from 2007 (How the ‘forever tote’ became the It bag du jour, 23 January). In the early 1990s (possibly even the 1980s), Friends of the Earth sold canvas tote bags with the message “Say no to…
There was never much doubt that Alessandro Michele – one of fashion’s biggest personalities and a man with a passion for capes, hats, pearls, pleats, bows, ruffs, lace and embroidery – would take to the world of haute couture like a duck to water. Michele became a star designer during his time at Gucci, but…
Almost all of us have a freezer of some size, and yet so few of us maximise its potential. If you’re like me, it’s sat there filled with nothing more than a bag of peas, a half full sack of oven chips, a tray of ice cubes and some pre-pandemic fish fingers. But it’s always…
I was cycling in rural Turkey – I couldn’t tell you where. My plan that day was to ride until I reached a village with somewhere I could stay. I needed people because, unlike other bike tourists, I didn’t have a tent. I thought not bringing one would mean I had more adventure – maybe…