If it’s true that you can judge a person by their shoes, then it is perhaps even more so when it comes to their slippers. What you choose to put on your feet in your own home is a window into what you value most. As such, buying the perfect pair for yourself is an […]
Revisited: actor Jeff Goldblum, eccentric as ever at 71; and America’s top pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world – podcast | Life and style
Fast-talking, finger-jabbing Jeff Goldblum on vanity, mortality and becoming a father in his 60s. Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause, thousands follow their ideology: to make it easier for everyone to have multiple children. Enter the unsettling world of Malcolm and Simone Collins, America’s premier pronatalists Source link
What to wear for Betwixtmas
Hibernation season is finally here. Cosy onesies, chunky knitwear and even chunkier socks were made for a day on the sofa Continue reading… Source link
‘This book is my bible!’ The women who read Miranda July’s All Fours, then blew up their lives | Miranda July
‘I don’t read books that literally,” says Abra, 49, from Arizona. “I don’t read literature as self-help.” But we’re talking about All Fours, the second novel by the American artist and author Miranda July, which came out this year, and the way it changed her life. The New York Times called it “the first great perimenopause […]
Blake Lively sees wide support in lawsuit against co-star Justin Baldoni | Film
Blake Lively is picking up broad support in her battle against her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, days after the US actor filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against him on Friday in what was rapidly becoming the most dynamic #MeToo event of the dying year. “Never change. Never wilt,” […]
The edit: 20 of the best slippers – in pictures | Fashion
Sam Deaman Main image: Feet first: relax in stylish slippers Sun 22 Dec 2024 00.55 CET The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Source link
The Waspi women suffered outrageous misogyny, but in poverty-stricken Britain they’re not the top priority | Polly Toynbee
Some women born in the 1950s were not adequately warned that they would have to work up to six extra years before drawing their state pension. Some have been left to rely on meagre benefits while they wait for delayed pensions. In March, an ombudsman judged that they deserved redress for communication failings, recommending compensation […]
Can’t-do attitude: why the real horror of Nightbitch is weaponised incompetence | Film
Nightbitch is not the best film of the year. But if it becomes a cult classic, that will primarily be down to its perfect portrayal of one specific dynamic: weaponised incompetence. In Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s bestselling novel, Scoot McNairy embodies the “useless” husband, weaponising his incompetence to varying degrees of absurdity. Amy […]
The first round: why men who are looking for love are keen to get the beers in | Dating
Name: The first round. Age: As old as pubs. Appearance: A necessity of evolutionary biology. Buying a pint is a necessity of evolutionary biology? No, but buying lots of pints is. Let me ask you a question. How quickly do you offer to get the first round in when you enter a pub? Very slowly. […]
The TV killing spree: why are so many smash-hit shows about women being murdered? | TV crime drama
Arriving home from work the other day in the wind and rain, my mood was further darkened by news headlines about Trump, floods across the UK, and a US military expert proclaiming that the world is now at its most geopolitically dangerous since the second world war. Reaching for the remote, I switched channels in […]