The designer who made his name on Queer Eye, talks about his heritage, becoming a father and how to keep your eyebrows looking greatWhen I was young, my focus wasn’t on my queerness. It was more on being south Asian. I was raised in a small town in Sou…
How to grow next year’s tulips | Alys Fowler
Lay plans now to defeat your most dastardly enemy: the squirrelAs anyone who has planted tulips knows, the first year is big and bold, the second year less so. There’s the myth that most bedding types of tulips won’t reflower in their second year. I’ve…
‘Every message was copied to the police’: the inside story of the most daring surveillance sting in history
Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the policeThe rain pattered lightly on the harbour of the Belgian port city…
Karamo Brown: ‘Best kiss of my life? Joan Rivers’
The TV presenter on embracing baldness, girl bands and The Real HousewivesBorn in Texas, Karamo Brown, 40, trained as a social worker and psychotherapist. Since 2018 he has been an expert on the Netflix show Queer Eye, which will return for a sixth ser…
On 9/11 I learned there are no guarantees in life | Hadley Freeman
I was in the city for fashion week, and while many memories have faded, odd details remain – along with the shock and sorrowOver the past two decades, 9/11 has taken on all kinds of different meanings for people, from the end of American dominance to t…
‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals
With at least four women, including a pregnant mother, targeted and killed by Taliban fighters, female ex-officers feel abandoned by the worldNegar Masumi, a female police officer with 15 years of experience, was determined not to flee when the Taliban…
From Care Bears to hoodies: this week’s fashion trends
What’s hot and what’s not in fashion this week80s kids’ bedrooms My Little Pony is coming to Netflix, size-inclusive brand Snag has collaborated with Care Bears. Jem next? Continue reading…
A new start after 60: ‘I pitied women who travelled alone – then I tried it and found true joy’
As a child, Charlotte Simpson and her family were excluded from many hotels in the deep south. Now she has visited more than 80 countriesThe Christmas after her husband died, Charlotte Simpson went on holiday with her daughter. In their tour group to M…
I love a good gossip | Hannah Jane Parkinson
Whether it’s about football transfers, relationship scandals or Westminster feuds, gossip is a glorious tool of social bondingGossip has a poor reputation (have you heard?). But I am going to argue in favour of this pastime, first coined by – who else?…
Study links too much free time to lower sense of wellbeing
Research shows there is a ‘sweet spot’ and subjective wellbeing drops off after about five hoursThe lesson of Goldilocks, that one can have too much of a good thing, even when it comes to the size of a chair, has applied in fields from astrobiology to …