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ennifer and Justin share a close social circle. It was the most amicable he couple narrowly avoided each other last break-up since Chris and week at Jimmy Kimmel’s son’s irst birthday party, with one eyewitness claiming Justin Gwyn – until it wasn’t. ‘bolted’ shortly before Jennifer arrived. ‘Jen’s Grazia stance is that Justin wants to have his cake investigates why and eat it,’said the insider. ‘She opened up so Jennifer Aniston and many doors for this man. Now she feels he’s acting as if he’s totally ungrateful, strutting Justin heroux’s split has about like some kind of wounded megastar.’ Apparently, Justin’s resentment stems taken an acrimonious turn from his feeling that he played second iddle to Jennifer during their two-year marriage. THREE MONTHS IS a long time in ‘Privately, he doesn’t pull any punches, saying Hollywood. Just consider Jennifer Aniston he was micro-managed and treated like a and Justin heroux. In February, the pair’s servant much of the time,’said the source. joint statement announced their ‘mutual and ‘HeclaimsthatJentriedtoturnhiminto JENOPENEDSO lovingly made’ decision to split. ‘We are two someone he wasn’t: a subservient LA-based best friends who’ve decided to part ways as old-school Hollywood type who’d allow MANY DOORS a couple, but look forward to continuing himself to be dictated to. He says he didn’t our cherished friendship,’ they wrote. ‘Above sign up for that, which is why he had to draw FOR JUSTIN. all, we’re determined to maintain the deep the line and move on with his life.’ respect and love we have for one another.’ Meanwhile, Jennifer is thought to have SHE FEELS HE’S Fast-forward to last week, and their felt blind-sided by Justin, telling friends she divorce was looking less Paltrow-esque. In had ‘no idea’ he was unhappy. ‘He did such UNGRATEFUL fact, according to one well-placed insider, a good job of making her feel like he was in ‘Jen and Justin are on terrible terms and it’s it for the long-term,’said the source. ‘Sure only getting worse. Mutual friends hoped they had ights, but she never thought things he hitch? here is mounting speculation that things would have died down, but would turn out as they have. She wasn’t that the pair were never legally married, there’s no chance of that unless one of prepared for his high-and-mighty attitude.’ having failed to register a marriage following them drastically changes their attitude.’ heworstpartofthisisthatthere’sa the 2015 ceremony at their LA home. Friends claim Jennifer did initially lot of unresolved business to igure out. According to TMZ, there is ‘no evidence’ believe that she and Justin would salvage ustin has made it clear he wants a decent their wedding was legally binding. Fuelling a friendship, but quickly backtracked ater settlement, since he and Jennifer were so these rumours is the fact that neither appears Justin ‘bolted straight to New York, ignored intertwined inancially and he feels he was a to have instructed divorce lawyers, unusual her calls and started stepping out with other huge part of her success, not just the other considering Jennifer’s fortune of over $150m. women almost immediately’. She is said way around. It’s become a contentious issue, ‘here’s a lot of unresolved business,’said to have been ‘hurt by Justin’s insensitivity’, because Jennifer fails to understand why she the source. ‘he whole saga is starting to following reports that he is dating should pay him a dime. If anything, her make Jen’s divorce from Brad look like a 25-year-old model Erika Cardenas. friends say he should pay her for all the friendly tif, and everyone is anticipating

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THE BIRTH OF THE Duchess of Cambridge’s third child was extraordinary. Just hours ater Prince Louis’ delivery, Kate faced the world’s press following a ive- hour labour looking ready for duty, rather than a woman who had just delivered one of the biggest babies in royal history. How ironic, then, that the hope for the new prince, who changed royal history the second he was born (he won’t leapfrog his older sister in the line of succession), is that he will live an ordinary life. William and Kate have gone to great lengths to create normal lives for their family. When the Duke of Cambridge took Charlotte and George to meet their new brother last week, it was an extremely rare public appearance. Ater his own irst photo call outside the Lindo Wing, Prince George spent his irst weeks enveloped in the warmth of the T_STORIES

We don’t want the royals to be realisti 2015 BY LAURA ANTONIA JORDAN KATE’S GLAM SQUAD WHEN KATE emerged Kate’s going-home-from-hospi The Duchess of Cambridge’s from St Mary’s Hospital to outfits after the births of Geo stylist Natasha Archer introduce the new prince in 2013 and Charlotte in 2015 (below) was seen at the to the world, she did so in There’s something liberating hospital on 23 April and has a bespoke Jenny Packham finding brands that work with been credited for getting dress, nude heels and freshly blow-dried taste and body shape and, wi Kate to ditch the high hair. She looked immaculate – and just Packham, Kate has found her street and align herself with seven hours after giving birth. perfect formula – a blend of British designers such as The debate about whether this is a effortlessness and polish. Jenny Packham, Alexander ‘realistic’ image to set for young mothers The cut of the three dress McQueen and Catherine is somewhat redundant – Kate does not has been almost identical – Walker. Also at the Lindo live a ‘realistic’ life; nor can one woman knee-length, sleeved and with Wing was Kate’s hairdresser, be expected to be an archetype of new a high round neck – a silhoue Amanda Cook Tucker. Kate motherhood. She has legions of staff, that is forgiving and flattering kept in shape throughout her including a glam squad on hand in the Cut from fluid fabrics, they sk pregnancy with regular swims maternity ward. Part of her role as a the body, revealing a tummy at Buckingham Palace and royal, rightly or wrongly, is to be camera- bump, making Kate seem mo yoga classes at Ke ready. Kate was never going to leave the ‘real’ than rock-hard A-listers Palace. She is now Lindo Wing in pyjamas and slippers. The latest red Packham dr back to juicing and There’s a marked difference between is a particular triumph. With drinking nutritious clothes that are comfortable and clothes Peter Pan collar it bears a stri smoothies – after that are comforting – Kate’s Lindo look resemblance to the outfit Prin all, she now has le falls firmly into the latter category. Her Diana wore when she introdu than a month to get camera-ready choice to wear Packham was inspired, Prince Harry to the world in 2013 as she’s clearly at ease in the British Kate is nothing if not a thoro for the royal designer’s clothes. This makes a hat- appropriate dresser – but tha wedding! trick for Packham, who also created doesn’t mean she’s a ‘realistic

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THE DETAILS WERE enough to send a shiver down your spine. Last week, an intruder smashed a window at Taylor Swit’s New York apartment, took a shower in her bathroom and slept in her bed before he was found by police. Roger Alvarado, 22, was charged with burglary, criminal mischief, criminal trespassing and stalking. Justaweekearlier,anothermanwas arrested outside the singer’s LA home on suspicion of stalking. Julius Sandrock, 38, was masked and found to have a knife, ammunition, rope and gloves in his car. Mercifully Taylor, 28, wasn’t at home for either incident (she has yet to move into her SoHo townhouse in New York). Yet it seems there is a far more sinister picture. Kris Herzog, the celebrity bodyguard who has previously worked with Taylor, as well as Kim Kardashian, told Grazia last week, ‘he news media is aware of four or ive stalkers, but Taylor has 27 that she is personally aware of. hey contact her via associates and social media on a regular basis and make comments to her about raping her, murdering her, or telling her ‘here’s nothing that Joe or her family they are married and even that she was and friends can say to ease her distress. present at the ceremony.’ She recognises these events as very real On 5 April, Taylor’s $17m seaside threats, and doesn’t understand why so mansion in Rhode Island was targeted manypeopleareouttogether.’ by Bruce Rowley, 26, who tried to throw Even more disconcerting is the case of cashthathehadstolenfromabankonto Taylor’slong-termstalkerFrankAndrew the premises in a bizarre efort to impress Hoover, who was sentenced to 10 years’ her. Meanwhile, back at Taylor’s LA probation and will be monitored for a home, on 10 April, Justin Christopher whole year ater threatening to kill Taylor Lilly, 23, was charged with trespassing and her entire family. ater attempting to break in. ‘It’s an extremely scary time for Taylor, An insider who is close to Taylor’s but she’s trying to focus on the tour,’ added Top left: beefed-up Reputation tour said the situation has got the insider. ‘She should be riding high on security outside so bad that she is now spending $2m on her success, yet she can’t escape the feeling Taylor’s New York security to ensure her safety, as well as that of dread that there are more disturbed townhouse after last

WORDS: GEORGE STARK. PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, SPLASH NEWS SHUTTERSTOCK, PHOTOS: GEORGE STARK. WORDS: of her parents and boyfriend, Joe Alwyn. men out there who want to harm her.’ week’s break-in

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Helen Roberts meets a family torn apart by the child rape epidemic in India Women across BY THE TIME you inish reading this India protest to article, another girl in India will have demand tougher beenraped–sosaysarecentreportthat state action on found child sexual assaults in India have sexual assault soared 500% over the past 10 years. 2018 has already seen a shocking number of attacks on children. housands 18,967 in 2006 to 106,958 in 2016. theirdaughter.‘hepolicetracedherphone of people have taken to the streets to Analysis of the igures found that sexual and it seemed she was nearby. We searched protest the slow rate of convictions, crimes accounted for a third of all ofences that area but couldn’t ind her. hey traced primarily sparked by the rape and murder against children in 2016, resulting in the it again and found it a 30-minute drive of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in January, inding that a sexual assault is committed away. hey rescued my daughter, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir. on a child in India every 15 minutes. unconscious, at 10pm the next day, and Ater the 2012 gang rape of Jyoti Singh, he numbers of sexual ofences against brought her back. When we saw her she 23, on a bus in Delhi (she died in hospital children has increased by an alarming was crying, and she hugged us tightly. But weeks later), thousands of people marched, 300% over the last ive years. she was groggy because she’d been given protesting for tougher sentences for rapists. KomalGanotra,directorofCRY,says, pills. We had no idea what had happened Now, communities have again illed the ‘Although the topic has been debated and to her. We were just thankful she was safe.’ streets, resulting in India’s government last deliberated at length for quite some time, he next day, Rajni’s daughter had severe week inally approving an amendment to what we really lack is an all-encompassing stomach pains, and a medical examination the law that will set the minimum penalty concerted action by all duty-bearers. We found she had been raped. A 17-year-old for the gang rape of a child under 12 at have fallen short by not having a robust boy has been arrested for the abduction life imprisonment or death. prevention mechanism, poor awareness andrapeofthegirl,andisawaitingtrial. Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on the issue, failure in rolling out rigorous ‘No words can describe the sickness a has come under ire for the lack of response policies and poor conviction rates.’ parent feels when they hear their child has to the crisis. And Nobel Prize winner and Rajni*, 32, from east Delhi, reveals how been raped. We were numb,’ says Rajni. child activist Kailash Satyarthi has called her 10-year-old daughter was abducted ‘Just heartbroken. Rape is on the rise in rape and child sexual abuse in India a from outside her home in broad daylight Delhi, and it leaves young families and ‘national emergency’,with 100,000 such on21April.‘MyhusbandandIwereat women terriied. Only when the police cases pending in courts. Meanwhile, the work while my daughter and eight-year-old do their job will this get better.’ chief of Delhi Commission for Women, son were at home,’ Rajni says. ‘My husband For information and to donate, visit cry.org SwatiMaliwal,wentonanine-dayfastto was in touch with my daughter because she demand better security for women and needed her phone credit recharging. He children in the country. recharged her phone at 12.45pm, and Now, CRY – Child Rights and You, an when he called her to check, she said she Indian non-governmental organisation was popping to the shops to buy milk thatbelievesineverychild’srighttoa andsnacksforherlittlebrother.’ childhood – has released a detailed analysis But at 2pm Rajni’s son called his father of an Indian National Crime Records from a neighbour’s phone, crying that his Bureaureport.Itrevealedasteeprisein sister wasn’t home. Rajni and her husband, *NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED. PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, PA PHOTOS PA SHUTTERSTOCK, PHOTOS: *NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED. sexual crimes against children – up from 34, rushed home and started looking for

25 Sick of seeing women judged by their weight, rather than achievements, Jameela Jamil tells Hannah Flint about her Instagram revolution 6 ‘I’m leading a revolution on shame’

WHEN JAMEELA JAMIL, the former actually honour the lives that we live.’ down in history. I couldn’t believe it.’ T4 presenter-turned-unlikely star of a hit he movement started earlier this year She’s desperate for women to see US sitcom, posted an innocuous photo on when Jameela came across a photo of the themselves beyond their bodies or what Instagram annotated with the things she Kardashian sisters on Instagram, annotated they think they should look like. It’s liked about herself, she never intended to with how much they each weigh. ‘I thought something she’s been ‘banging on’ about kick-start a revolution. the numbers were about how much they for a decade, having seen her own body But in the weeks since, thousands of were worth inancially,’ says Jameela. ‘But scrutinised in the public eye. ‘I made women have followed suit, posting their it was about their weight. hese are some history at Radio 1 as the irst woman at the own photos with attributes about the of the most successful businesswomen helm of the chart show in 60 years,’ she careers they love, the families they cherish who have built an empire that will go says. ‘But the papers cared more that I’d and the diseases and mental health gained two stone, because at the time I had struggles they have overcome. Like been taking steroids for asthma. It eclipsed Jameela, who had written, ‘I weigh: lovely my entire career and proved to me that I relationship, great friends, I laugh every The rise of plastic was only seen for the lesh on my bones.’ day, I love my job’, none of them mentioned surgery apps… hat historic stint on Radio 1 ended in physical attributes or their weight. for children 2015, and she moved to LA shortly ater. Last week, I Weigh, now an Instagram Back then, she wanted to move away from account in its own right, which Jameela When we were kids, the worry the camera and into journalism (her piece describes as a ‘museum of self-worth’, hit was that we were spending too last year on the Aziz Ansari controversy, in a staggering 22,000 followers. Meanwhile, much time on Tetris or The which she argued for ‘enthusiastic consent’ the actor also announced she would Sims. But now we’re seeing a was another viral moment). Yet somehow, be giving a talk at the Girlboss rally disturbing trend for gaming apps her management team persuaded her to in LA, where she is based. – aimed at children as young audition for he Good Place (bottom let), What’s behind the success of I Weigh? as eight – that simulate plastic a US sitcom also starring Kristen Bell and According to Jameela, women have been surgery. The games use cartoon Ted Danson. Despite no acting experience, crying out for a chance to be positive about graphics to give the user the she landed the part. Two years later, she’s themselves – and the account has inally power to perform everything just started ilming the third series (there’s given them the opportunity. ‘We are at from nose jobs to lip injections. also talk of a ilm role later in the year, a breaking point of low self-esteem,’ she Among them is Princess Plastic as well as a book). says. ‘Levels of self-hatred are at epic Surgery, a game that the player ‘I’ve had ive diferent careers in 10 proportions, in my opinion. completes once they’ve years,’ she laughs. ‘I feel like I’m always in performed enough plastic the deep end. I have quite low conidence surgery to remedy the princess’s about my skill set, but this is the strongest curse: being ugly. When Jameela and most self-assured I have ever felt. And talks about young women I have the women who have supported reaching a ‘breaking point of me in this campaign to thank for that. low self-esteem’, it’s not hard ‘hey have illed me to the brim with to see where it comes from. self-worth. In trying to heal them, they’ve accidentally ended up healing me.’ Visit instagram.com/i_weigh 10 HOT_STORIES

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29 Elisabeth Moss, above, star and producer of The Handmaid’s Tale, says solidarity among women is a huge part 8 of season two ‘THE HANDMAID’S TALE

he Handmaid’s Tale was the most talked about series of last year – and now it’s back with added Time’s Up. Jane – not just in my country, but all over the Mulkerrins goes on set… world,’ agrees Elisabeth, when I ind her on set, outside the Commander’s mansion. SOMETIMES A FILM, book or TV ‘And I think it was time, in so many ways, show arrives at the exact moment it’s for these stories to have a voice, and to start take hold. For Elisabeth, the timing could meant to, perfectly capturing the zeitgeist to be told. Did I anticipate there being this not feel more pertinent. ‘Being involved and deeply permeating the public crazy storm, of the costumes being used at in the show, being involved in the Time’s consciousness. But few land with the real-life protests, or outside legislatures? Up and #MeToo movements, I feel a great overwhelming impact of he Handmaid’s Of course not,’ she cries. ‘But if we have sense of responsibility in telling the story Tale – the second season of which arrives given someone a symbol for the resistance, of a person who is a survivor of rape and this month to fevered anticipation. then fantastic. hat’s cooler than any show.’ assault,’ she says. Of course, the political context of a Trump While the cast is sworn to secrecy over And, like most women, since the stories presidency makes Margaret Atwood’s the new season’s plot, Elisabeth – clad in her of abuse, assault and harassment became dystopian Gilead – where women have iconic red handmaid’s robes – can reveal public, 35-year-old Elisabeth has begun to been stripped of all rights – feel not too far some of the major themes, which include rethink many of her previous interactions. removed from reality. Indeed the show, motherhood, ‘and the many diferent ways She has not, she says, been subjected to the and its star and producer Elisabeth Moss in which you can be a mother’. violations some peers have sufered. ‘But – who plays Ofred, a sexual slave forced to ‘he idea of solidarity among women is you start to roll it back, and you think bear children for barren women – swept a huge part of season two,’ she says. ‘I get about comments, or “jokes”. hings sound the board at every awards ceremony ater it chills – look, I have goosebumps – thinking diferent to me now,’ she nods. And, as launched last spring. he red robes and about the inal episode this season, because producer, she is also doubly conscious of white caps of the handmaids became a that is exactly what it’s about.’ sexism and misogyny. ‘If there’s ever a time symbol of real-world resistance, worn in While season one of the show aired now where I feel like I’m not getting the the second annual Women’s March and in the months ater Trump’s election, in a same treatment, I notice, and I ask myself, in pro-choice protests at US courthouses. maelstrom of regressive policies curtailing is it because I’m a woman? You just can’t ‘It does feel like the right moment for the rights of women and minorities, season help but think that now.’ ‘he Handmaid’s this story, like it’s speaking to us as humans two was being ilmed as Time’s Up began to Tale’ returns to Channel 4 this month 10 HOT_STORIES

ANN DOWD – AUNT LYDIA ‘There’s no denying her actions are cruel,’ says Ann Dowd of Aunt Lydia, the strict enforcer of the handmaids’ conformity. ‘But I don’t think she sees it that way. She thinks, “It’s my responsibility to do this for my girls, otherwise things will get much worse.”’ As with all the cast, the passionate public response to the show has taken Ann aback. ‘I think it’s given people courage, and helped them realise: I am not the only one who is afraid. I am not the only one who has been abused. There is strength in solidarity. It has sparked something real.’

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Serena (below) and Offred have YVONNE STRAHOVSKI an interesting – SERENA JOY connection in ‘I found season one really hard, the new series because I don’t relate to Serena at all and I don’t find there are many redeeming qualities to her,’ dmits Yvonne. Hardly surprising the angry, uptight wife of SAMIRA WILEY – MOI ommander Waterford, Serena Season one saw Moira – reb oy has shown little compassion activist and Offred’s best frie or Offred, who is bearing a child – sent to work in a brothel a n her behalf. ‘But there’s a punishment for attempting to onnection that happens between escape life as a handmaid. ‘For Offred and Serena this season, that was the lesser of two ev nd they end up supporting each rather than going to the Colon ther as women. The theme of says Samira. ‘Now, in Canad MeToo is definitely resonant. [after escaping], she’s reunite he show is about a man raping with Luke [June/Offred’s woman every month to try and husband] and they have to b et her pregnant against her will,’ this makeshift family,’ she say he points out. ‘It feels like there season two. ‘We’re going to s a revolution forming in real life.’ the good and the bad of bein refugee.’ There’s an overlap between Samira and Moira. ‘ is all of the minorities that I a – she’s black, she’s gay, she’s woman. Sometimes, you can even talk about the things yo through, with that as your re 10 HOT_STORIES

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Why women need a confidence code Elizabeth Day explains why this week’s publication of a new US best-seller aimed at girls is long overdue

I’VE LOST COUNT of the 10 number of times I’ve been on the receiving end of mansplaining. It’s not that the men involved were malicious, exactly… rather, it was an unconscious sense of conidence that let them express their opinions with unqualiied ease, while I nervously profered views couched in layers of mitigation:‘Ijustthink…butmaybe it’s… oh, I’m sure you’re right, but…’ A few years ago, on a work trip to Northern Ireland, the photographer on our drive started holding forth on the history of the Northern Irish Troubles. ‘Yes,’I said, ‘I actually grew up here, so…’ ‘And then,’he continued, as if he hadn’t heard me, ‘there was the Good Friday Agreement…’ I had, in fact, lived in precisely the area he was talking about for over 20 years and had witnessed the events he was describing irst-hand. And, not wanting to be a dick about it, I was also a history graduate with a double irst from Cambridge, so I kind of at puberty; whereas testosterone makes #MeToo movement, which brought knewwhatIwastalkingabout–orwould boys more prone to taking risks. But to light just how much insidious sexual havelikedtotalkabout,giventhechance. I think it’s also to do with a cultural discrimination women have silently I was reminded of this incident expectation for girls and women to be tolerated through the decades, and how when reading he Conidence Code For self-deprecating when it comes to displays our tendency to feel somehow ashamed Girls,anewbookexaminingwhygirls’ of cleverness. We don’t like to argue or at fault has perpetuated the cycle. self-conidence drops by about 30% our position in case it comes across Tobreak it, we need to ind our voices between the ages of eight and 14, at a time as aggressive or rude. andlayclaimtoourownintelligence. when, academically, they are achieving I’ve changed over the last few years, for hat’s not rudeness; it’s self-worth. betterresultsthanboys. tworeasons.heirstisarealisationthat ‘he Conidence Code For Girls’, by Katty he authors say this is partly because my past romantic relationships have oten Kay and Claire Shipman, is published 3 of biology – emotional intelligence and failed because I didn’t speak out or stand May (HarperCollins). Elizabeth Day’s latest

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Emily Blunt LQKRUURUƉLFN A Quiet Place Ater low-budget horror A Quiet Place made box oice history – and with a rat of female-led chillers on the way – Sunday Times Culture writer Jonathan Dean examines why horror is having a serious moment

Jennifer Kent, the director of cult horror he Babadook, made her ilm thinking of ‘hands around an audience’s neck, getting tighter until they couldn’t breathe’. Is it weird to enjoy such a cinematic mash-up of S&M and roller coasters? Clearly not – he Babadook took ive times what it cost to make and, this year, viewers locked to A Quiet Place in even greater bulk – the box oice for the nerve-shredding Emily Blunt ilm being similar to the GDP of a small country ($213.273m at the last count). Five minutes into the ilm,

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a little boy gets viciously mauled, and the rest is even nastier. What is wrong with us? Why aren’t we all just counting down the days until the new Amy Schumer movie? What’s more, he Babadook was small fry. Camcorder horror Paranormal Activity, for instance, took 12,866 times its budget. he Blair Witch Project? Cost $60,000; scared up $248 million. hese numbers explain horror’s resurgence in tough inancial times for cinema; but they’re only half the story. he rest is about our lust for fear and – as Jennifer Kent knew very well – to feel like we’re being choked. Horror hits: he anguish in A Quiet Place is found in Get Out (top and silence, as Blunt’s family navigates a world right); A Quiet where, if you make a noise, you die. It’s a Place (above); simple premise and there will, inevitably, Revenge (top be spin-ofs, rip-ofs. A Loud Place, right) Hereditary perhaps, in which everyone needs to make (above right and lots of noise, or else they die. But new ideas centre right); in horror keep coming, too. Soon, you will It Follows be sweating in a seat to Hereditary and (bottom right) Revenge – two movies with female leads that tackle grief and rape revenge respectively, with modern twists. No ilm since he Exorcist has been so deserving of the ‘New Exorcist’ tag as Hereditary. It stars Toni Collette as a grieving woman, resorting to spiritualism Director Oscar for he Shape Of Water. Cloverield Lane. Next, Get Out – which with predictably undesirable results. he ish sex ilm was Best Picture, too, transcended genre to be 2017’s smartest She is restrained, where before such roles beating Get Out – the race horror by satire – and AQuietPlace, boasting the could be ludicrous. But it is Revenge that JordanPeelethatstartedasacultconcern scariest baby scene since Trainspotting. is particularly interesting. Directed by and ended up a contender. (he cheap-to- Revenge isthetalkingpointof a woman, Coralie Fargeat, it readdresses make Get Out coined $255 million). tomorrow, given how it tackles misogyny decades of male directors depicting It’s worth noting that only once, with in the most bleak way. I asked Fargeat feeble scream queens by having Jen Silence Of he Lambs,hasahorrorilm what male directors had done with horror (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) take ever won Best Picture. Audiences, though, featuring women before that frustrated revenge on the men who raped her have always been hooked. What horror her. ‘Two things I was thinking about and let her for dead with brutal focus. does best is controlled fear. his is bungee- when asking myself how I wanted to do Needless to say, horror is having a jump art for a world in which, thanks to the movie,’ she says, ‘were, irst, I didn’t moment. Earlier this year, Guillermo del terrorism and nuclear peril, we feel very wantthegirltobescreamingallthetime. Toro, who started in horror, won the Best close to danger. Partly, people lock to be Iwantedhertobepowerfulandovercome frightened because the best cinema doesn’t her wounds very quickly. he other thing allow them to think about anything else wasIdidn’twanttheviolencetojusthurt for 90 minutes. Partly, it’s testing for what thecharacter.Iwantedtocreatesomething threats may come, the idea that if we can artistic with it, operatic and baroque.’ deal with the anguish on screen, we can he second half of Revenge feels like cope better with anything. release – against evil, decades of sexual hisiswhyhorrorwasgreatinthe inequality; it’s a sense that the world ’70s, during the height of the Cold War. will be better, that bad men will get their WE FLOCK TO he Exorcist. he Texas Chainsaw Massacre. comeuppance. he inest horror, for me, he Omen. Wicker Man. Carrie.Ittakesa is a physical exertion like that, which BE FRIGHTENED messed up decade to imagine all that – and ends with some lit that (bear with me) AS A TEST FOR excitingly or, perhaps, worryingly, the past reminds me of what Alan Jones, curator ive years are within touching distance of London’s FrightFest, said about the WHAT THREATS ofthatgoldenera.First,therewashe rush of a good fright: ‘For me, it’s on Babadook.hen,It Follows,asmartindie a par with an orgasm.’ And that’s why

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A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW ‘Stop pretending your flakiness is self-care’

Cue joy, adulation, the kind of celebratory cancelling, and then found out they had Serial plan-cancellers aren’t gestures of friendship usually associated with badly needed a catch-up. Once, ater a long just being bad friends, hen nights. Jokes about being old and boring summer of ‘next week?’ and ‘sorry, love…’, and wanting to watch Netlix in your PJs. I found out that one of my dearest friends they’re setting themselves You go straight home, bouncing around had been dealing with a relationship that with the kind of glee usually reserved for was crashing down around her. She had been up for loneliness, says ringing in sick when you’re perfectly ine. cheerily texting back ‘no problem!’ each Did I go through a phase of revelling in time, when there had, in fact, been many. Caroline O’Donoghue serial plan-cancelling? Absolutely, yes. But he sad thing is, the joy of a cancelled am I oicially over it now? Good god, yes. plan doesn’t even feel like joy any more. Like ‘in terms of instant relief, cancelling Not only am I sick of cancelling, I’m sick of most sick days, the cancelled plan evening plans is like heroin.’ Comedian John being cancelled on. I’m sick of the idea that tends to over-ripen and rot very quickly. Mulaney made this joke in 2015 and, since a lively WhatsApp group is the same as a You go home, slump in front of the Netlix then, I’ve seen it everywhere. Re-blogged, regular, committed friendship. I’m sick of you swore to your friend you ‘needed’ re-posted, re-tweeted joyously. At the time, friends who tell me, ‘he good thing about tonight and then… what? You sit on your I found the thought revolutionary. I thought us is we don’t have to see each other for couch, lit from TV to phone, scrolling the rush I got when a friend texted me at months, and then we pick up right where Instagram and resentfully liking photos 2pm to say ‘sorry hun – can we raincheck this we let of.’ I’m sorry, but no. Picking up of the event you didn’t go to. Are you truly evening?’ was something only I experienced. right where we let of isn’t good enough any ‘recharging’ anything? Is there a diference Suddenly, it was trendy and everyone was more: I want friendships that grow, not between relaxation and numbing inertia? being increasingly transparent about their stagnate on the same old material. I don’t We talk a lot about Britain’s ‘loneliness plan-cancelling. And it was given a safe place want to stay right where we let of. problem’ with the presumption that it to hide when people could start making out In my time as a serial canceller, I have primarily afects those over 70. here’s a it wasn’t selish, it was actually ‘self-care’. he inadvertently let friends down hugely by growing amount of data that suggests 18- pattern of a soon-to-be aborted plan became to 34-year-olds are increasingly sufering, clear quickly. As the days leading up to the yet discussion of that loneliness is usually plan arrives, both parties are conspicuously limited to a condescending lecture about quiet: there’s no ‘we still on for hursday?’ how Millennials are too glued to their or ‘should we buy tickets?’ chatter. By IF YOU’RE FEELING phones to form meaningful friendships. lunchtime of Plan Day, you and your And while social media apps have certainly friend are in a game of plan-chicken: one SAD OR TIRED, played their part in the great plan-breaking of you has to send the virtually toneless ‘we YOUR INSTINCT epidemic, that’s not the full story, either. still on for tonight?’ message, followed by Ultimately, we were raised in a world an equally reluctant: ‘I am, if you are?’ A IS TO RETREAT that celebrates individualism over few moments pass, then someone cracks. community. ‘Making it on your own’ ‘I’m knackered from this week, tbh.’ FROM SOCIETY is the most celebrated virtue, and ‘I love spending time by myself ’ the chic personality attribute we’re all supposed to be striving for. Despite the fact that humans are social by nature, the romance of the ‘lone wolf ’ is woven into our society. It’s a bizarre mixed message. As women, we are expected to have deeply committed friendships, but as members of the 21st century, we’re encouraged to ind solace within ourselves, and to view other people as a necessary hassle. If you’re feeling sad, or tired, your instinct is to retreat from society. You break the plan, thinking you’re ‘not Sorry hun, I can’t good company’ or will become even more exhausted by socialising. It rarely occurs to come out, I need to you that you might feel better ater seeing your friend, despite the fact that, nine times alphabetise my vegan out of 10, when you follow through with the recipes and look at plan, you ind yourself laughing and newly energised, saying how you’re ‘glad we did this’. some cat memes. We preach the mantra of self-care, letting our friends down gently by telling them we just need to look ater ourselves tonight. And sure, sometimes a bath and an early night is what we need. But the more cancelled plans you have, the more you’re going to have. You train your brain to think that being alone will make you feel better and, before long, this turns into a cycle of loneliness you ind harder and harder to break. You put of plans for so long that they become a bigger mountain to climb every time you move them. Plan-breakers: it’s time to break the cycle. If not for your own good, then for your

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Silhouettes are daring. Get ready for fashion’s new dimensions Gingham dress and silk trousers, both price on request, and silk blazer, £2,035, all andreas kronthaler for vivienne westwood; shoes (worn throughout), £630, yohji yamamoto

47 Shirt, £945, and skirt, £1,050, both faustine steinmetz; earring (worn throughout), model’s own

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Coat with belt, £915, and trousers, £463, both awake at matchesfashion. com; top, stylist’s own; bag, from a selection, awake Shearling jacket, £1,750, milena silvano; jacket, £1,495, and trousers, £895, both roksanda

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White coat, £3,370, and check coat, £3,740, both hermès Top, £1,230, and skirt, £640, both altuzarra; trousers, £860, rosetta getty Jersey dress, £480, shirtdress, £870, and hat, £990, all yohji yamamoto altuzarra altuzarra. com awake a-w-a-k-e. com faustine steinmetz machine-a. com fendi fendi.com hermès uk.hermes. com kitx kitx.com.au milena silvano couvertureand thegarbstore.com piankov maria piankov.com rejina pyo harveynichols.com roksanda 020 7613 6499 rosetta getty net-a-porter.com vivienne westwood 020 7629 3757 yohji yamamoto 020 7491 4129 photographer’s assistant Michael Furlonger, John Munro fashion assistants Charly Suggett, Cassie Walker casting & bookings Holly Scott Lidgett casting assistant Chloé Medley hair Paul Donovan at CLM using V05 make-up Terri Capon at Stella using Lancôme model Grace Mahary at IMG Models With special thanks to La Pause (lapause- marrakech.com) FASHION

THIS PAGE Jacket, £1,195, piankov; top, £425, rejina pyo

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Sick of supposedly sexy underwear that digs in, scratches and irritates? Well, at sloggi they stand by the principle you should adjust to nothing. Sexy just got sleek, sophisticated and comfortable

Silhouette Wired Bra, £32, and High Leg Brief, £16, in black PROMOTION

IN FASHION, just as there is nothing less cool than looking like you’ve tried too hard, nothing feels less ‘sexy’ than lingerie that trusses you up in stif fabrics and restrictive designs. hankfully S by sloggi redeines sexy. An upscale collection of sleek, sophisticated lingerie, it will bring a little luxury into everyday life. Because at sloggi, they understand that true comfort is not just a physical sensation, but the total sense of well-being that comes from feeling body-conident and able to be just you – no synthetic frills required. No compromises. Being comfortable is the new sexy. S by sloggi is premium lingerie that uses innovative, technically advanced fabrics to deliver unrivalled lexible support and breathability, and feels sot and luxurious to the touch. he range of understated, quietly chic designs consists of two collections, Silhouette and Serenity, each made up of eight styles such as T-shirt bras, push-up bras, bralettes, cami tops and a body, plus a range of invisible brief styles. Serenity focuses on understated designs with elegant strap details and sloggi’s FlexiMesh technology, which replaces traditional wires for total all-day comfort. he Silhouette collection is invisible bodywear at its inest with geometric lace, made from an ultra-ine, sot material with a silky sheen –it’s the ultimate day-to- night lingerie. Together, they form the perfect foundations so you’ll face the day feeling comfortable and conident, stylish and, well, you. And, most importantly, at the end of the day you’ll feel just as comfortable, just as conident. Now that’s sexy. S by sloggi is available in Selridges and other leading department stores, with prices rom £16 to £38

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Sandals, £260, Maje (maje.com) i top, £265, and briefs, 5, Dolce & Gabbana net-a-porter.com)

61 Top, £156, Cecilie Copenhagen Hat, £180, Sensi (ceciliecopenhagen.com) (net-a-porter.com)

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Dress, £85, Topshop (topshop.com) Shorts, £280, Vanessa Bruno (net-a-porter.com)

Top, £380, Jacquemus Bag, £35, Topshop (net-a-porter.com) (as before)

Trousers, £215, Staud ARJÉ (net-a-porter.com)

Babouche slippers, Sunnies, £210, Rag & Bone £36, Bohemia Design (net-a-porter.com) (bohemiadesign.co.uk) FASHION

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Scarf, £75, Rockins (matchesfashion.com)

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70WORDS BECCI VALLIS

Studio 54 sparkle, henna hair dye and cannabis face creams – beauty is tripping back to the ’70s…

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DO YOU OWN any of the following: a T-shirt with a pro-woman power slogan; a crystal; a book on crystals; a picture of a crystal; a natural beauty product; a full-length skirt; a loral print; a sparkly eyeshadow? Yep, us too. hat’s because we’ve signed up to the ’70s resurgence, probably without even realising it. Why? Well, the parallels between now and then are pretty clear. Also a time of political unrest, it was the decade when feminism lourished, consumerism started to be questioned and people looked for escapism via experimentation. And what better way S to express yourself than with hair and make-up? Tapped into by umpteen designers at the spring/summer shows, whether you’re a disco diva or free spirit, there’s something to inspire us all... TIE-DYE TINTS H With the ‘natural’ market growing by 21% and every beauty brand getting 0 shouty about their organic ingredients, it’s no surprise that hair colour is following suit. With 50% of UK consumers now concerned about the impact of chemicals, vegetable hair dyes are back in business. Except these aren’t your rubbish fast-fades. O Coming to a salon near you this month is L’Oréal Professionnel’s Botanea. A bleach-free colour made from pressed henna, indigo and cassia leaves, it’s 100% herbal and, rather than peroxide, it uses hot water to release the colour W molecules on to your hair. BEAUTY

Herbs in general are a hot topic and at ’70s legend Hari’s new salon in Fulham, London, there’s even a fully-ledged ‘herb GUCCI bar’.Alongside hair treatments made from plant powders and seed sap, you can opt for a soil-derived colour boost that uses everything from red hibiscus lower to beetroot extract. Even henna’s reddish tinge is trending. ‘his year it’s all about golden sunset colours and experimenting with coppers, either through balayage or a block, uniform tint,’ says Ava Welch, colourist at John Frieda. Not ready for a punchy paprika shade? hen talk to your colourist about dialling down the intensity into a warm burnished bronze. ‘We mix in a clear gloss with a lot of our reds to create a soter shimmer and glow,’ says Marc Trinder, director of Trinder Salon. here’s also the option to go for a peachy palette with sot apricots and sepias. Not quite a pastel, it’s colour that lookscooleronceit’sfaded–abitlike those vintage Levi’s 501s. ‘Due to the relaxed, washed-out feel, it’s a great option if you want a wearable, low maintenance look without having to put in huge efort,’ continues Trinder. Get a similar efect at home with L’Oréal Paris Préférence Ininia Rose Gold Relects, £7.99, or Schwarzkopf LiveInstantTemporaryColourinRose Gold Blush, £5.49. HIPPY HAIRSTYLES hink ’70s, think centre partings and at Lacoste, Tommy Hiliger and Peter Pilotto, models’ hair was evenly spread both sides. A quick switch up, only avoid the middle parting if you have super short hair as you could run the risk of looking like you’re rocking curtains – and that’s the wrong era. Texture wise, it’s your call: play it sleek andstraightorgoformoreofabohemian vibe and inger-dry for just-let-the-dance- loor/I’ve been MIA at Woodstock vibes. Salt sprays and texturisers are great for this and Herbivore’s Sea Mist, £10, adds just the right ruliness. TOMMY HILFIGER TOMMY LACOSTE Hippy hair also took on new meaning at Michael Kors and Gucci, where it became ‘hip-length’ hair. Aim for your ends to inish below your bra – if they’re

bum-skimming, even better, but stop there. HALPERN MICHAEL whether ‘Take your height into consideration as you don’t want to look like Cousin It,’ warnscreativestylistHadleyYatesat you’re a disco Hershesons Salon. ‘And keep the ends sot not chunky so it looks fresh and diva or free care-free.’ No time or inclination to grow your hair? Dabble in a cheeky extension. spirit, there’s Hershesons are heroing Great Lengths’ new Tape Extensions (from £150). A something brilliant option for extension virgins and commitment phobes, strips of hypo- PETER PILOTTO KORS MICHAEL to inspire allergenic tape secure in your extra strands (in four varying lengths) for up to eight us all weeks – perfect if you want to do a trial vitaminsA,CandEtokeepageingtriggers runofXXLhair. at bay and is rich in omega 3, 6 and 9 for a healthy skin barrier and radiant complexion. FLOWER POWER Luckily, you don’t need a dodgy dealer FRAGRANCES togetyourix.CBDofLondonVitamin Hedonistic lifestyles and hippy markets Skin Reviver Night Cream, £44.99, led to sexually charged scents full of musk. combines CBD oil and vitamin A to give Fast forward to 2018 and Byredo’s Velvet yourskinanaturalhighbymorning; Haze, £95, Etro Udaipur, £140, and Optiat Nourishing and Hydrating Hemp Narciso Rodriguez Rouge, £41, are all Face Mask, £17.95, mixes organic clay anchored with the same warm and with hemp husks to boost cell renewal and seductive notes. Alternatively, if you’re a syphon out impurities, while Pure Potions loral fan, patchouli should be your petal Skin Salvation Daily Moisturising Cream, of choice. It still meets the ‘free love’ brief £13.99, is soothing for eczema suferers. as it’s a natural aphrodisiac associated with passion and, right now, you’ll ind it in BOHEMIAN BEAUTY Floral Street Chypre Sublime, £55, Floris Call it the crystal efect but skin, lids and 1927, £140, Björk & Berries Moonlower, lips shimmered across the S/S ’18 runways. £59, and Ex Nihilo French Afair, £150. At Michael Halpern, make-up artist For a sweeter ’70s kick, try Carolina Isamaya Ffrench drew inspiration from Herrera’s212VIPPartyFeverfragrances glam rock, creating a dewy base punctuated (£73.50, out in July). A legit member with glitter-laden eyes, while at Gucci of the Studio 54 crowd herself, the crescentmoonshapesofgoldextended designer’s memories of the disco decade beyond the eyes. Lips also dazzled, thanks havetranscendedintoafemaleperfume to new holographic top coats and lip laced with lychee liqueur and salt that glosses. ‘An approachable way of wearing screams cocktails at sundown while the glitter, they add volume, ofer a prismatic men’s version contains a cheeky cannabis shine and give any lipstick a ’70s electric note for an earthier dry-down. efect when used on top,’ explains Fred Letailleur, YSL Beauté make-up artist. SPACED-OUT SKINCARE ‘I also like applying a pale or white colour Wepredictedtheboomincannabisface asahighlightontheCupid’sbow.’ creams last year, but now the healing And for those times when psychedelic properties of hemp are everywhere. As make-upisn’tappropriate,takeitbackto a quick reminder, cannabis produces a brown. Ochre, mushroom, russet and compound called cannabidiol (CBD), peach were up for grabs on the eyes at which is similar to cannabinoids our Adeam, Givenchy and Versace, while own body produces. hese are important, at Preen, Val Garland coined the term according to the British Journal Of ‘tea-bag eyes’ to describe the chestnut tones Dermatology, because they’ve been found that hovered between brown and orange. to increase the life span of skin cells. Hemp Don’t forget your brows either. Brow artist is also a bona ide antioxidant protecting Amy Jean is bringing her vegetable dye tint skin from free radicals and inlammation to he Dorchester Spa in London – her (rosacea and spots included), is full of ‘henna brows’ are great for fair hair. 

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‘I haven’t a clue how to act like an extrovert at work rather than the introvert I naturally am. Being sociable and conident with coworkers and clients is vital, but I’m riddled with nerves trying to string sentences together, leaving me exhausted and plunging me into isolation come the evening. How can I learn to be naturally extrovert?’ eleanor says: consider talking to a therapist about it. Just a anjula says: few sessions might help you gain perspective A question: do you really believe the key to on what patterns of behaviour are tiring you Most of us are a mixture of feeling better about yourself at work and out. Go to counselling-directory.org.uk to extroversion and introversion. more conident generally is a complete ind a list of practitioners near you. However, in very general terms personality overhaul? You use the word Reframe your idea of how you might help there is a tendency to be more one ‘naturally’ twice, which to me says you have yourself. Waking up and saying, ‘I’m going way than the other. So an introvert a good understanding of what makes you to be a more outgoing person,’ is unrealistic. may be quieter, prefer the you. It also suggests that you feel changing To develop more social conidence requires company of a few people at a time, your nature is what’s needed here. Is it? practice and being speciic. Set yourself small and enjoy working alone. Therefore Historically in psychology, the traits of goals each day. For example, today you will it can be exhausting to mimic extroversion and introversion were largely initiate an interaction – however small – extrovert behaviour in order to ‘fit thought of as mutually exclusive – ie, to be with someone you don’t know very well in in’. The trick is to use your skills as low in one means, by default, we’ll be high the oice. Tomorrow you might tell yourself an introvert, by planning your in the other – and pretty much set in stone. you’ll ask an extra question in a meeting. strategy one step at a time and More contemporary theories see both as Really think about what your comfort zones employing the tactics of an part of a continuous dimension of are and how you might gently step out of extrovert when you need to. personality. Some people fall at either end them. In time, you may change the narrative For instance, if you have a team of the scale, others towards the middle. from ‘I need to be more extroverted’ to meeting coming up, plan, prepare he term ‘ambiversion’ is used more now, ‘I am more conident to be myself at work.’ and practise what you’d like to say describing those who are pretty comfortable – this will help you be involved with social interaction and group situations, without feeling flustered. If you feel but also savour time on their own. eleanor morgan uncomfortable in a group situation, Why is this relevant to you? Because I’m is author of Anxiety For Beginners: shift the spotlight to one person, hoping it might be helpful to know that not A Personal Investigation and is make eye contact, smile and ask an everyone is one or the other and there is no training to be a psychologist open question. People do like to inherently ‘better’ way of being. Society is talk about themselves, so this tactic enriched by a mix of personality types. So anjula mutanda will help build connections. I’d try and lose the ixation on these labels is a psychologist and author Plan to step outside your and think about your conidence in social of How To Do Relationships comfort zone a little and do one interactions and how you might improve it. spontaneous thing a week – such It seems you’ve got caught up trying to be as offering to do the coffee run. a diferent you altogether – some idealised And remember to give yourself Email your mental-health questions version of yourself – and it’s worn you out. If to [email protected] downtime to recharge your energy. you really are feeling exhausted and isolated, and we’ll try to help PHOTOS: ED MILES

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GRAZIA INTERVIEW

Meet Lucia Pica, the brains behind Chanel’s beauty collections, and be utterly inspired MORE THAN

‘I LOVE A RED EYE,’ declares world-renowned make-up artist Lucia Pica. And no, not the light path, but the MAKE-UP make-up look that most embodies her inimitable beauty style – irrevocably cool, artfully reined, and with an edge that keeps the world coming back for more. In fact, since being appointed Chanel’s global creative make-up and colour designer in 2014, Lucia has revolutionised your make-up bag without you even knowing it. Chanel’s Poudre À Lèvres, £31 (a powder lipstick that saturates your lips with matte colour, minus the chalky efect), Palette Essentielle, £52 (a three-in-one face palette with coverage, highlighter and colour) and Les 4 Ombres Candeur Et Expérience, £44 (including her signature red eyeshadow) are all her doing. ‘I like to throw myself in the deep end. When you’re out of your comfort zone, you oten Chanel Poudre Born in Naples, Lucia moved to get the most creative result,’ Lucia explains À Lèvres, £31 London over a decade ago for the city’s of her innovations. ‘I’m inspired by my ‘creative freedom’. But success wasn’t own experiences, so I travel with a simply handed to her on a plate. ‘I worked photographer, which later informs my n-stop for seven years before I got my mood boards. But even boredom can be g break, working backstage at fashion good. When you’re bored, you’re forced to Chanel Palette hows for Charlotte Tilbury, before ind something exciting within yourself.’ Essentielle, £52 becoming her assistant.’ Her top career Coming up with a big idea is one thing, advice? ‘Stick to your dream. here are but translating it for the masses is a ine art, moments when it will feel far away, but one that Lucia has down to a T. ‘It has never forget why you got into this in the to live on a woman’s or man’s face, so it irst place. Be persistent, tenacious and take has to be wearable, but that’s not to say risks. It’s scary, but rewarding in the end.’ it can’t be fun. When I’m creating these products, I’m building a playground, so Chanel Les 4 people can choose to play as much or as Ombres Candeur Et

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HOW WOULD YOU feel if we told you that pillow you can’t wait to hit at the end Technology, candles, even your pillow… of the day could be toxic enough to trigger Liz Hambleton reveals the unexpected bouts of adult acne? Or that your favourite scented candle (you know, the one you health risks hiding in your boudoir bankrupted yourself to buy) is illing your room with lung-polluting particles? Not to mention the fact that the marathon not just your skin that sufers. Studies CLEAN SLEEPING SWAPS Netlix session you had last night in bed have shown that exposing ourselves to could be responsible for a patch of HEVlightbeforebedpreventsourbrains QSwap paraffin and mineral wax pigmentation so deep you’ll be struggling from producing the hormone melatonin, candles for clean candles. try: neom to get rid of it for years. As experts whichtellsourbodyitisnighttimeand Tranquillity Scented Candle, £30, continue to understand the health beneits helps us to fall asleep. ‘Blue light can or aromatherapy associates of ‘clean sleeping’, it now seems many of really mess with the circadian rhythm Inner Strength Candle, £42. the things we associate with a relaxing andshitsthenaturalsleeppatterncausing QSwap memory foam pillows bedtime have the potential to afect your insomnia,’ warns Ariana Mouyiaris, for organic natural pillows. skin, quality of sleep and overall wellness. founder of MAKE Beauty. try: naturalmat, from £25. Short of removing tech from your QSwap regular pillowcases for bedroom pollutant 1: your phone bedroom altogether, what can you do to skin-friendly silk ones. try: skin (or laptop, or any other device...) protect your skin and quality of sleep? laundry Sleep Cycle Pillow Case, ‘he high energy visible (HEV) light ‘SPF is still considered to be the most £26, or slip Silk Pillowcase, £79. emitted by your phone, tablet or laptop is efective form of protection from all light QSwap an evening face mask for a now considered to penetrate deeper into damage,’saysDrNyla.So,ifyouloveto slathering of protective SPF to prevent the dermal tissues of the skin than UVA cleanse the day away before sitting down to HEV damage. try: zo skin health or UVB,’ explains cosmetic doctor and an evening of multi-screening, you’ll need Oclipse Smart Tone SPF 50, £55. skincare expert Dr Nyla Raja (doctornyla. toreapplyanSPFthattargetsHEVlight. QSwap rich night creams for organic com). ‘Regular or excessive exposure to this he other option would be to cleanse right antioxidant gels. try: the organic high end of the violet/blue light spectrum before settling down to sleep, so keeping pharmacy Antioxident Face Gel, £59. can damage the structures in your skin that your daily skincare barrier in place until QSwap your dehumidifier for a humidifier. produce collagen and elastin [two of the allscreenshavebeenputtobed. try: dyson Humidifier, £499.99. most important natural processes to keep But it doesn’t stop at SPF. ‘Diferent QSwap your iPhone alarm for skin looking youthful and healthy] as well types of light have diferent frequencies,’ a light therapy clock. try: philips PHOTOS: THE LICENSING PROJECT. CAUDALIE: UK.CAUDALIE.COM. CIRCADIA: CIRCADIASKIN.CO.UK. DR BARBARA STURM: SPACENK. DR BARBARA STURM: CIRCADIASKIN.CO.UK. CIRCADIA: UK.CAUDALIE.COM. CAUDALIE: THE LICENSING PROJECT. PHOTOS: COM. DYSON: DYSON.CO.UK. HERBIVORE: SPACENK.COM. IMMUNOCOLOGIE: CULTBEAUTY.CO.UK. LIXIRSKIN: LIXIRSKIN.CO.UK. LIXIRSKIN.CO.UK. LIXIRSKIN: CULTBEAUTY.CO.UK. IMMUNOCOLOGIE: SPACENK.COM. HERBIVORE: DYSON.CO.UK. DYSON: COM. CULTBEAUTY.CO.UK VERSO: PHILIPS.COM. PHILIPS: NEOMORGANICS.COM. NEOM: MURAD.CO.UK. MURAD: FEELUNIQUE.COM. MAKE: as causing hyper-pigmentation.’ And it’s says Mouyiaris, who has recently created Wake-up Light, £115 TY

carcinogenic particles that can be as SLEEPING harmful for your lungs as breathing in other people’s cigarette smoke,’ says BEAUTY BUYS founder and creative director of Neom Organics, Nicola Elliott. hankfully, immunocologie Night Protection safeguarding your bedroom from toxic [1], £200, is pricey, but consider it an particles is simply down to picking those overnight facial helping to repair made from natural waxes. ‘Natural waxes damage at a DNA level. are completely healthy and toxin-free. hey’re also smokeless and soot-free, not make Beauty Moonlight Primer [2], to mention renewable, sustainable and £39, targets the specific frequency biodegradable.’ Try Neom Organic of HEV light. 3. Candles for clean-burning wicks, incredible organic vegetable wax formula, circadia by dr pugliese Nighttime and dreamy essential oil aromas. Repair [3], £72, is designed to work Equally, with our notoriously drear nd boost the skin’s natural clock weather, chances are you’ve used – or 4. for overnight healing. least heard of – a dehumidiier (a go-t tool for preventing mildew and damp ad City Skin Overnight Detox he thinking now, though, is that we uriser [4], £65, is super-charged be stripping too much moisture out of pollutant-fighting antioxidants. the air, leading to skin issues, dehydra and even helping airborne germs to br dr sturm Anti-Pollution ‘Dry or air-conditioned air can be dir ps [5], £105, protect skin from accelerated digital ageing. and dehydrate your skin,’ says founder of 5. an entire range of products designed to he Organic Pharmacy Margo Marrone. protect against HEV. ‘We developed a Time to drop the ‘de’ and switch to a lixerskin Electrogel Cleanser [6] , 6. natural compound with vegetal melanin humidiier? Our Korean sisters have £25, has a clever negative charge that is able to protect against HEV been well ahead with this trick for years that captures and gets rid of toxins, light and a marine algae that shields – it’s about time we caught up. metals and free radicals that 7. against damage from infrared light.’ he sit in your pores and cause combination of an SPF shield and a targeted bedroom pollutant 3: your pillows damage overnight. ilter can minimise potential skin damage. You hopefully spend a good eight hours a 8. Co-founder of Victoria Health, Shabir night face-planting your pillow, totting up caudalieVineActiv Overnight Detox Daya recommends defending yourself to a third of your entire life. Sadly though, Oil [7], £30: an antioxidant powerhouse from the inside out: ‘A good antioxidant that oh-so comforting sleep aid might just that works while you snooze. complex should contain lutein as be riling your skin; particularly if you it protects against visible light damage.’ sufer from acne and inlammation issues, Spray verso Anti-Pollution As for limiting the efect of HEV on sleep which are easily aggravated by bacteria, Mist [8], £45, at night to prevent patterns, the advice is clear; switch of, dirt and other microorganisms lurking any airborne metals and gases unplug and swap stimulating blue light in our pillowcases. Sadder still, it’s the getting to your skin. for soter, warmer lighting an hour before uber-comfortable but chemically made 9 you plan to sleep. memory foam pillows that get a bad rap dyson Humidifer [9], £499.99, from dermatologists for clinging on to cleans up to 99.9% of bacteria bedroom pollutant 2: your scented dirt and exacerbating spots and sensitivity. from the air. candle (and dry, dehydrating air) ‘One way to get around this is by using 10. From burning luxury scented candles to silk pillowcases over them,’ says Margo philips Anti-Allergen sleeping in a low-humidity environment, Marrone. ‘hey’re much better for your Nano Protect Filter Air your bedroom’s air could be exacerbating skin and are low allergenic.’ Purifier [10], £340, removes – if not causing – issues such as dry skin, Or, to really clean up your pillow airborne allergens and dust. eczema, allergies and even reccurring situation, invest in ones made from coughs or bugs. But before you throw your buckwheat, natural latex, wool or herbivore Moon Fruit Night entire candle collection out of the window, cotton, such as those available from Treatment [11], £48, tackles overnight not all of them carry the same health naturalmat.co.uk. And make sure to dehydration and signs of skin fatigue warning. he danger comes from those lip your pillow nightly and wash your d tech’. with synthetic fragrances or made from pillowcase at least once a week (twice parain wax. ‘When burnt, they create if you’re prone to skin irritation).

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‘I WON’T LET TRAGEDY DEFINE ME’ Poorna Bell thought she’d hit rock bottom when her husband revealed he had a secret heroin addiction – and huge debts. But far worse was to come. Here’s what she learned from surviving the unthinkable…

Top and bottom left: it was october 2013. I was on a train going home, Poorna and Rob on a few days ater my life with my beautiful husband had their wedding day. shattered. Rob, a journalist, had just told me he’d been Now on her own, she harbouring a secret heroin addiction for three years. has travelled the I knew he hadn’t been well, but I didn’t connect the world and vowed dots because he also had chronic depression, and to have no regrets a lot of the symptoms overlap. In-between berating myself for how naive and stupid I was, I remember a moment of clarity, where I thought: ‘Hang on, but what did I ever learn, growing up, to prepare me for this?’ And next, in common with anyone who has had their world tossed about by a hurricane of trauma: ‘What the hell do I do now?’ his would be a question I’d ask myself again two years later. If Rob confessing he was a drug addict was the earthquake, I experienced the nuclear explosion

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when, overwhelmed by his mental-health problems, he took his own life while visiting family in New Zealand. When I think about when we irst met – him with a broad and easy smile, me cautious because it was a blind date – it seems impossible that our story ended here. As far as I was concerned, I had done everything right. I met an amazing, intelligent and kind man who loved me immensely. We had a dog, got married, and were planning to have kids. What I realised is that nothing in my existence up to this point had prepared me for how to deal with life when it got this hard. We learn about the chemical composition of water, Jane Austen and the Tudors. Where is the lesson that tells you life isn’t black Whether it was a good day or a bad day, we couldn’t and white, but 100% grey? stand to see each other upset – it was like a physical I’m not saying there’s anything that can necessarily pain – and we shared a sense of humour, the same prepare you for inding out your husband is a heroin passion for reading and cooking. But I also allowed addict, or losing him and seeing your future petering love to blind me to the bigger picture. I didn’t push of into a blank void. But there is something to be Rob regarding some of the more unexplainable parts said for acknowledging how complicated life really is. of his behaviour – like where all his money was going, hat he Great Heterosexual Dream of settling down or trips to the corner shop in the middle of the night and having kids does not future-proof you from being (all of it related to drugs). desperately sad or feeling alone. I was so obsessed with having a picture-perfect life; When the mist cleared a little around my grief, I didn’t want to acknowledge anything that didn’t it I realised I faced a choice. I could cling to my old life with that. What I’ve realised, from the hundreds of and watch as my sadness destroyed me, or I could letters people have emailed me since I wrote a memoir acknowledge that I was a diferent person and rebuild about our life, is that every single person is going a more truthful existence. I come from a family of through their own struggle. In some way, they feel caught between the life they need to show they are living, versus how they actually feel. Right and I had to be honest about life with Rob: what was below: Poorna I angry about, what did I regret and what could I do trekking in going forward? My biggest regret was that we made Nepal. Top: with decisions based on other people’s opinions, rather her ‘beautiful than what was right for us. husband’ Rob Ater Rob died, I vowed that I was never going to do that again. It doesn’t mean that I don’t value the opinions of my loved ones, but if I’m going through a hard time, I have to make my own choices. My own mental well-being is a big part of that, which means drinking less, going for runs and not committing to strong, resilient women. Knowing that gave me the too many social engagements. Some of my friends strength to claw my way out. think I’m boring, but I’ve long stopped caring – they It wasn’t enough to say ‘I am strong’, though. When don’t have to live with the contents of my mind. you’re rebuilding your life, or even if you’re saying ‘I I also made diicult choices about things I had want to be a better, diferent person’, what you have to always wanted to do. Risk is scary because it places you do irst is acknowledge what went wrong. outside of your comfort zone, but it’s a better feeling In my case, I had to acknowledge that I had been than regret. It’s the reason why I decided to quit my judgemental about addiction. I had no idea of the scale job as a senior journalist at HufPost UK to embark of the problem – almost every one of us is touched on an eight-month journey around the world. by addiction in some way. I thought it symbolised I’m not saying everyone needs to go through trauma weakness, rather than – as it is for a lot of people – to discard the bits of their life that aren’t working. But acaseofself-medicatingtodealwiththingssohuge I do know that image we have of the perfect life needs the average person would be decimated by them. to be taken down and placed in the attic. It puts us I tried to help Rob with his recovery and provide under so much pressure, and we make ourselves sick him a stable, loving environment in which to get well, striving towards it, when it’s not real. I had to learn but we also lied to all of our family and friends about thisthehardway,butthelessonissimple:youhave itbecausewewereafraidoftheirjudgement.Inever one life to igure out what’s important to you. And asked myself what I was taking on, and the impact it other people’s opinions should be the very least of it. wouldhaveonmetolietomylovedones.Partly ‘Chase he Rainbow’ by Poorna Bell is published on

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Far left: Greta Gerwig (with Saoirse Ronan, bottom left) on Lady Bird. Left: Oprah Winfrey and Ava Duvernay (with actress Storm Reid, below) on A Wrinkle In Time

we hardly need reminding of the signiicance of 2017 for women in Hollywood, with the deluge of sexual harassment accusations levelled at Harvey Weinstein by everyone from Cara Delevingne to Angelina Jolie. Producers, actors and directors fell like dominoes across the industry. hat reckoning seeped into 2018, with the launch of Time’s Up, a fund to protect women in the workplace, founded by heavyweights including Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Chastain and Emma Watson. But what next? hat’s the question being asked by this year’s Sundance Film Festival: London, which takes place this month. Seven of the 12 ilms showcased will be directed by women to ‘create a culture of inclusion’. Now, it seems, is a time for optimism and opportunity. See the success of recent female-led projects: Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman and Ava Duvernay’s A Wrinkle In Time. Female stories have never felt more necessary, and we have never felt more compelled – or able – to tell them. Here, Grazia speaks to three of the most high-proile women in UK ilm and TV about why 2018 is the most exciting year yet for female cinema… 

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CLARE BINNS, JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR AT PICTUREHOUSE KATE KINNINMONT MBE, CINEMAS, WHO HAS PROGRAMMED CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WOMEN SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON IN FILM AND TELEVISION UK

‘What happened last year made people aware This week, Bumble are launching a fund of what was really going on – we need to make – Bumble presents… The Female Film sure we don’t slip down that path again. Force – for female film-makers, offering Sundance is loud and proud about the £20,000 to make a short film, as well festival being female-focused this year – it’s as mentoring to the winners. Kate is a shop window to say we can have all this if on the judging panel. we just start taking diversity seriously. ‘Only one woman has ever won When we went to Sundance in Utah to ind a Best Director Oscar. But it’s not ilms to bring back to London, there was an because we aren’t capable of directing. abundance of women behind and in front of In fact, there’s no reason on earth why the camera. It felt like we were bouncing from the only people who have great ideas one great ilm to another, and it was exciting. are mainly white men who went to As much as it’s been painful to watch what’s university for three years. Yet that’s happened over the last few months, it feels what you’re led to think. really exhilarating. It feels like we’re coming It’s fitting that we’ve paired with out the other side and saying, “Come on, Bumble for this fund: its founder, here is an opportunity.” Let’s grab it.’ Whitney Wolfe Herd, started it after 31 May-3 June, Picturehouse Central; she launched a case about sexual picturehouses.com/Sundance harassment at Tinder. She’s shown how to make something wonderful, female-focused and empowering out of something horrible. The fund is a chance to level the playing field, and will offer women of all backgrounds the opportunity to make short films to the best possible standard. We’ll be keeping to diversity guidelines: the five winning films will be exemplary. The old feeling that women can only produce costume dramas or romantic films with happy endings is long gone. AMANDA NEVILL, CHIEF Sexual harassment happened in EXECUTIVE, BRITISH FILM the industry because of a power INSTITUTE imbalance, because those few people had been given so much power. ‘We’re at the cusp of something new, They don’t have that power now. jet-propelled by people like Gemma I’ve been doing this job for 10 years Arterton, Ruth Wilson and Jodie and, finally, it feels like things are changing.’ Whittaker, to try and effect change. To enter, go to the Bumble App. For more And it’s really, really exciting. information, go to graziadaily.co.uk What’s different this time is that it’s happened amid concrete things that will deliver long-term change. For instance, the BFI introduced Diversity Standards: if you ask us to fund your film, we want you to show us how you are going to ensure that inclusion and diversity is happening in your script, but also in the cast and crew you use. And in February, were asking for inclusion riders. We’ve we created additional rules on bullying and created an environment where women harassment. Within 24 hours, we heard are no longer too anxious to speak up. that a director on one of our films had Statistics show that the number of stood up in front of the cast and crew on female directors has been consistently the first day and said, “There will be no low, but it will explode in the next couple bullying, and no harassment. And if you of years. Women are hungry to hear have any problems, this is who you go to.” stories that we recognise. God knows PICTURES, CAPITAL PHOTOSHOT, PHOTOS: ASSOCIATION PRESS SHUTTERSTOCK, In the same week, we heard that actors how we were so deaf to that until now.’ IT’S A THING

Researching her new book – a reimagining of he Little Mermaid – Louise O’Neill noticed something ishy

whipped cream sprinkled with iridescent pearls 2018: might be, there’s clearly something else at play here: the nostalgia factor. For many women in their late twenties and early thirties, he Little Mermaid was the deinitive VHS of countless birthday parties, YEAR OF sleepovers and rainy Saturday aternoons. When the movie was released in 1989, Ariel was the irst new Disney Princess in 30 years, and her THE image was embedded into the psyche of a generation of girls. We all wanted to be Ariel. It’s a desire that seems problematic now, when you consider the MERMAIDS messaging in the fairy tale – that you must literally silence yourself and mutilate your body in the hope that a man you barely know will fall in love with you. It is not surprising that female authors are keen to re-examine the mermaid myth, and make it more Fishing for compliments, stories about mysterious beings beneath congruent with our modern values. he Hans clockwise from top left: the waves are nothing new, but this year we seem to Christian Andersen and Disney versions fool Ashley Graham, have reached peak mer-fever. 2018 has already seen young girls into thinking that being passive and Vanessa Hudgens, Paris the publication of he Mermaid And Mrs Hancock, pretty is their ticket to success. Boys will be boys, Hilton, Bella Thorne Imogen Hermes Gowar’s acclaimed debut about but girls must be perfect. (and friends), Mariah a merchant in Georgian London who sells his ship I am, as many of us are, tired of seeing young Carey, Azealia Banks for a sea creature, and he Pisces by Melissa Broder, women reduced in this way. So, when I was asked to really sexy story about a student’s afair with a re-imagine he Little Mermaid through a feminist man. In March, Guillermo del Toro’s he Shape lens, I jumped at the chance. I wanted to reclaim the Wa t e r –inwhichSallyHawkinshassexwitha little mermaid. I refused to see her as a victim, I would ike sea god – won the Oscar for Best Picture. show her for what she really is – a girl. A girl who eareplansinplaceforalive-actionremake wanted more than the world thought she was worthy isney’s he Little Mermaid,withsongsfrom of. A girl who wanted to take up more space in the PHOTOS: @THEASHLEYGRAHAM, SPLASH, PHO- SPLASH, @THEASHLEYGRAHAM, PHOTOS: XPOSURE @BELLATHORNE, TOSHOT, Manuel Miranda, while Channing Tatum is world, not less. One who wanted true love and o star in a gender-reversed remake of the 1984 adventure and excitement, and was determined c Splash. And this Friday sees the release of to follow her heart, rather than blindly following , in which Charlize heron’s sleep-deprived orders handed down by the men in her life. mum has mermaid hallucinations. And at a time when women are speaking out here are now mermaid-themed exercise classes, more than ever, isn’t that the message we should be icoloured frappuccinos, sea-inspired pastel hair, giving our young women? Isn’t it time for us to d iPhone covers and ishtail blankets all over our remember how important our voices are, and how l media feed. I’m one Buzzfeed quiz away from vital it is that we continue to use them? ging my name to Lou-Sea-Ise (needs work) and ‘he Surface Breaks: A Reimagining Of he Little ng Sainsbury’s dressed as Daryl Hannah. Besides Mermaid’ by Louise O’Neill (£12.99, Scholastic) Instagram-friendly a Starbucks cup of blue vanilla is published 3 May 2018

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by breathing through the pain, sure that I was hours, focus, and the women poised at the fanny end were if not days, away from giving birth. likeair-traiccontrollers,justkindofwavingitout, Now I look back on it, it makes sense. Of course, making sure nothing crashed or exploded. lots of women feel comforted by the presence of loved It didn’t occur to me in the moment to call anyone, ones but, when I’m sick, I like to be alone, and it felt notevenmymum.Aregistrarcameintoperforman safer in that moment – and more natural somehow episiotomy, but I didn’t actually ever see her because – to be unwatched, to do whatever came naturally she was sort of hidden between my legs. hen, without fear of judgement or interference. suddenly, my baby was born and, ater a couple of Eventually, it was Rich who insisted we needed stitches (which I’m glad my dad and best mate’s help and corralled me into the car. husband weren’t there for, actually), everyone let Of we went to the hospital and, since it was 7am the room. It was just me, my husband and our baby, onaSunday,theassessmentunitwasmercifully staring at each other. Rich says there was a midwife empty.Icarriedonpacingandmooinginprivate. delivering tea and toast and, since I hadn’t made it out I was almost free-birthing – which is when you do it oftheassessmentroom,therewerepregnantwomen 100% alone – but an hour in I started to bleed quite just beyond the curtain being palpated and weighed, heavily.Atthatpoint,itwascomfortinghaving butIfeltlikewewereallalone.Anditfeltamazing. someone telling me what to do and checking the baby ‘MumFace:heMemoirOfAWomanWhoGained wasn’t coming out feet irst. But still I felt alone inside ABabyAndLostHerSh*t’ by Grace Timothy myhead–Iwasinananimalmomentofabsolute (£12.99, HarperCollins) is out now

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I’m going to Dubrovnik and want some Mamma Q Mia-style gorgeousness and more! Where do I go?

island life By Marija Obrvan and Vesna Celebic

MARIJASAYS:Myperfectdaytripis catching a morning boat (£3, from the ferry port) to the islands of Šipan and Lopud. A short ride from Dubrovnik, Šipan is full of Renaissance summer palaces hidden behind lush Mediterranean vegetation. Eat grilled ish at the Kod Marka restaurant in the old port (£30; +385 20 758007) and swim at Sudurad beach. Lopud has the hyssen- Bornemizsa Art Contemporary pavilion (museothyssen.org) and a 15th-century Franciscan monastery. I oten take a boat with my family and search for hidden bays OUR EXPERTS where we spend the day, swimming and water skiing, before sailing back at sunset. Rent a boat from £180; garitransfer.com. VESNA SAYS: he mystic island of Lokrum across from the Old Town is one of my favourite escapes, and it’s very similar to the island of Vis where Mamma Mia was ilmed. The writer The local The tour guide From the harbour of Portoč, hiking trails Claire Bingham is a Marija Obrvan Vesna Celebic is a take you all over the island – the rocky journalist and design owns the cool freelance guide who beaches, olive groves, botanic gardens, the writer. Follow her fashion boutique runs walking tours Napoleonic fortress and the Benedictine on Instagram Maria Store in Dubrovnik Monastery – Insta alert! (lokrum.hr) @clairebingham_design (mariastore.hr) (dubrovnikguided.com) PLAYLIST

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VESNA SAYS: Clara Stones Jewellery workshop is as entertaining as it is inspiring. Here, you can see the process of making jewellery from red coral, as well as lusting ater the one-of-a-kind necklaces made by Milanese owner Vittorio Ceccarini (clarastones.com). CLAIRE SAYS: For skincare, head to the organic store House of Nature (facebook. com/houseofnaturedubrovnik). he owner uses beeswax from her own beehives to produce sweet-smelling body scrubs and face creams that literally melt into the skin. must-do walk By Vesna he city walls are by far the most spectacular walk in Dubrovnik. he two-kilometre-long ramparts are a string of fantastic perspectives on to Dubrovnik’s red roofs, forts, towers and their scenic cocktail hour surroundings. With over 500 stairs, they By Vesna and Claire are also a great substitute for a trip to the gym! My favourite time to go is close to sunset, when the temperature drop as you VESNA SAYS: Dubrovnik’s rosulin walk and a golden glow colours the façades. liqueur is made from rose petals and here are three entrances/exits, so you it’s sensational combined with a gin and can also walk a smaller part of the walls. tonic – it’s the perfect (pink) cocktail Tickets can be purchased at any of the for starting an evening out on the town entrances and the walking direction is or just when you’re in the mood for anti-clockwise. If visiting on a hot summer something cooling and alcoholic! I love day, prepare: bring sunscreen, hat and it at Dubravka 1836 restaurant and café water (citywallsdubrovnik.hr). (nautikarestaurants.com/dubravka- restaurant-cafe) on Pile Gate, one of the main entrances to the Old Town – the elegant terrace has a spectacular view of the rocks and Fort Lovrijenac, which doubled for Red Keep in Game Of rones. CLAIRE SAYS: My favourite cold drink spot is the enticing Bar Buža (facebook. com/beachbarbuza). Step through its discreet entrance and ind yourself in an actual beachfront oasis. Built into the rocky landscape, this palm-fronded paradise has the best sea view in town. It’s like being on a tropical cruise liner – minus the crowds.

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dreamy day trip By Vesna

Take a day to visit Konavle valley. Spend the morning at Pasjača beach, a beautiful little cove of the beaten track; then have lunch at Konavorski Dvori restaurant (£45pp; esculaprestaurants.com/ restaurant-konavoski-dvori/hr/) before spending the aternoon at the vineyards. Crvik winery is one of my favourites (crvik-wine.com). Hire a car or take a one-day tour (adriatictransfers.com).

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MARIJASAYS:Myfavouriteplacetoeat is Proto, a traditional old-school restaurant with modern lair situated just of Stradun in the Old Town that serves the best ish and seafood (£55pp; esculaprestaurants. stay in style com/ish-restaurant-proto-dubrovnik). By Claire I also love Restaurant 360°, one of three restaurants in the city with a Michelin star. Its nouvelle cuisine menu blows my mind Followingafabulousrevampthisspring, and palate. You have to book a few days the Hotel Excelsior has some of the best, in advance, especially during summer most ample terraces, beautiful designer (£105pp for the ive-course tasting menu; rooms and Mamma Mia-cinematic, 360dubrovnik.com). I like to spend my incredible views. On the pretty banks of Sunday mornings in Sesame (sesame.hr) the Adriatic, this fully modernised 1920s for the cakes and homemade ice cream. villa is a ive-minute walk beyond the Old VESNA SAYS: Tucked away in Town. It’s top of my must-stay list (doubles Palmotićeva Street is wine bar D’Vino from £180; adriaticluxuryhotels.com). (dvino.net), well known for its vast list of Croatian wines. he snacks (think prosciutto and cheese platters to anchovies and olive tapenades) are great, too. CLAIRE SAYS: Pizzeria Oliva is reckoned to be the place to go for the most authenic THE LOWDOWN pizza in town and the rustica pizza with red Fly to Dubrovnik with jet2.com; onion and sour cream ticked all the right prices start from £54 one way*. boxes for me (£15pp; facebook.com/ From the airport, take a pizzeriaoliva). For seafood with an Asian 30-minute shuttle bus to the twist, head to Azur. Hidden away, it’s well Old Town for £5 one-way or a worth inding (£17pp; azurvision.com). As taxi costs about £35. Most hotels is Barba – the shrimp burgers are perfect are only a 10-minute walk away (£9pp; +385 91 205 3488). from the Pile Gate bus stop. *T&CS: £54 LEAD IN FARE IS ONE WAY AND INCLUDES TAXES. SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY THROUGHOUT THE S18 THE S18 THROUGHOUT AVAILABILITY TO SUBJECT TAXES. AND INCLUDES WAY IS ONE £54 LEAD IN FARE *T&CS: SHUTTERSTOCK, GETTY IMAGES, PHOTOS: LOOS. EDITED BY RACHEL BASES. AIRPORT JET2.COM UK SEASON FROM @SAFARI_LESH/INSTAGRAM

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Each week, our resident cook Anna Barnett inspires us to try out a hot ingredient, by using it in three amazing dishes. his week...

ASPARAGUS CHILLED ASPARAGUS AND ALMOND SOUP

he asparagus season has begun, and while Feeds: 4 Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 10-15 minutes Chilling: 1-2 hours a bunch can be a little on the pricey side, celery and seasoning and cook For the toppings: for a further 4-5 minutes. Set it’s a spring vegetable worth splashing the INGREDIENTS cash on. Rich in vitamins B6, E and C Nasturtium leaves/cress/ to one side. 150g blanched almonds, chervil 3 Bring a large pan of salted and with high levels of iron, calcium and soaked in boiling water Handful of pistachios, water to the boil and add the potassium, it’s super-healthy with a lovely (overnight or for an hour roughly chopped asparagus, cooking for 1-2 lavour. Varieties vary wildly, from French at least) minutes, depending on its asparagus, which is a rich purple, to Dutch Glug of oil INSTRUCTIONS thickness. Once cooked, and Spanish whites. he British crop, at its 1 white onion, inely diced 1 Soak the almonds in boiled transfer the asparagus to a best from May to July, is a vibrant green 2 cloves of garlic, peeled, water or distilled water bowl of iced water and chill. and has a clean, earthy taste I love. he best crushed, roughly chopped overnight to maximise the 4 Combine all the ingredients 1 stalk of celery, asparagus dishes keep things simple and digestible nutrients. After in a food processor/blender roughly diced soaking, drain and blitz the to achieve a really smooth allow the delicate lavours to be celebrated, Generous sprinkle of making it the perfect accompaniment to almonds into a completely finish to your soup. Check the sea salt lakes smooth paste. seasoning and adjust to your spring and summer dining. Generous sprinkle of 2 In a frying pan, heat a glug of taste. Chill the soup for at least white pepper oil, then add the diced onion, an hour to two hours, then FIND ANNA AT 2 large bunches (500g) of cooking over a medium-to-low serve, arranging the toppings ANNABARNETTCOOKS.COM asparagus, ends peeled heat for 6-7 minutes or until on each bowl. AND INSTAGRAM @ANNABARNETTCOOKS 1.5l good-quality vegetable soft and sticky. Add the garlic, PHOTOGRAPHS: HAARALA HAMILTON stock, chilled PLAY LIST BRILLIANT BRUNCH

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ASPARAGUS POKÉ BOWL WITH PRAWNS AND WASABI

Feeds: 4 Preparation: 10-15 minutes Cooking time: 10 minutes then transfer to ice-cold water INGREDIENTS and peel. Cut them in half just CRISPY PROSCIUTTO, FRIED 4 organic eggs before adding to the poké bowl CHORIZO AND ASPARAGUS 220g/2 bunches of ine (see 4). CROSTINI asparagus, ends trimmed 2 Bring a pan of salted water to Rapeseed oil the boil. Cook the asparagus 350g responsibly farmed Feeds: 2 Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 10-12 minutes for 1-2 minutes depending on prawns its thickness. Transfer to a bowl 1 glove of garlic, inely grated of iced water. INGREDIENTS 1 large bunch of coriander, 3 Add a glug of oil to a frying 2 large slices of sourdough griddle (toasting works too). half inely chopped, half let pan and heat over a medium- 1 large clove of garlic, cut Using your halves of garlic, as stalks to-high heat. Add the prawns in half lightly rub them on one side of 2 gem lettuces, halved and garlic and cook for a Drizzle of extra virgin the sourdough slices, then 2 Hass avocados, halved and minute or two until the prawns olive oil drizzle with olive oil. inely sliced are no longer translucent. Finish 100g chorizo, roughly chopped 2 In a large frying pan, add the 1 lime, quartered with a handful of finely chopped 4 slices of prosciutto chorizo and cook over a Sprinkle of sea salt lakes coriander and set to one side. 6 stems of asparagus, medium-to-high heat until crisp. Several turns of reshly 4 Put together your poké bowl ends peeled Remove from the pan. Put the ground black pepper with the remaining ingredients, 150g stracciatella or burrata prosciutto and asparagus in the allowing each ingredient its Several turns of reshly ground pan, coat them in the chorizo oil Dressing ingredients: and cook until crisp. own section in the bowl. For black pepper 2 tsp wasabi the dressing, combine the 3 Divide the stracciatella or 4 tbsp mayonnaise mayonnaise and wasabi then INSTRUCTIONS burrata across the crostini, then Zest and juice of 1 lime drizzle over the lime juice, zest 1 Begin by charring your add the chorizo, prosciutto and Generous glug of rapeseed oil and rapeseed oil. If you wish, sourdough bread on a hot asparagus. Add black pepper and serve. garnish with coriander, fresh INSTRUCTIONS lime juice and zest. 1 Boil the eggs for 6 minutes,

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THE THIRD ELEMENT in the golden triumvirate of must-see Danish TV is he Bridge, which sprang out of a bleak Copenhagen industrial estate in the city over a decade ago. his week, it enters its home stretch. Bluf heroine Saga Norén (Soia Helin) drives a swishy vintage motor, 6RƈD+HOLQDV6DJD wears leather pants and has an autism 1RU«QDGHWHFWLYH diagnosis. he part was drawn from the LPSULVRQHGIRUWKH rangy gene-pool of her brilliant emotional PXUGHURIKHUPRWKHU predecessors: he Killing’s Sarah Lund and LQThe Bridge Borgen’s Birgitte Nyborg. hese women’s richly real lives anchored the wild dramatic excesses of their shows’ story arcs. You followed them through irrationality, there is high drama. preposterous serial killings to the upper Beyond the tense, stylish material echelons of parliament because you felt displayed sensationally here, there is as they felt. All three are performances the internal universe he Bridge has of the very highest calibre. built. It has something new to say on We greet Saga at the beginning of season mental health, anxiety and recovery that 3K\VLFDOFRPHG\ 4, slipping on a pair of symbolic marl grey is removed from the comfort-blanket joggers. hrough any other lens this would balm of self-help literature that now lies You’ll remember Matt Jones be titillation. Watching Helin play Saga, of the shelf. as the useless crystal meth a highly skilled detective currently in In the lovingly delivered, tense irst cook in later Breaking Bads and prison for the murder of her mother, who episode there is – pleasingly to me, at Anna Faris’s stoner ex in Mom. treats sex as an appetite suppressant and least – a visit to a Copenhagen Bear The gym is his new drug in conversation as personal torture, is poetry. Bar. here is a domestic violence strand Let’s Get Physical, a funny, She no longer has the familiar comforting featuring at least one fantastically stroppy Saturday Night Live-ish jab at routine of leather. teenager. here are stinging truths delivered the fitness DVD industry. Jones he inal blowout of he Bridge throws at an NA meeting and even the appearance has accidentally positioned brickbats at some familiar liberal targets. of ghosts. he Bridge is still a sensation, himself as the overlord of US It’s about immigration (of course it is) bowing out at the peak of its game. addictions. Next stop, opioids? and an immigration minister is stoned Whether Saga will get to drive into the Thursday, 9.30pm, E4 to death. Borders are the irrational Scandinavian sunset is yet to be revealed. new global obsession. Where there is Begins on Friday 11 May, 9pm, BBC Two

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THIS WEEK: It’s a return to France’s dramatic past TOP OF for Kate Mosse in he Burning Chambers, a tale of love, betrayal, conspiracies and divided loyalties THE PODS

he Burning Chambers Kate Mosse NEW (£20, PAN MACMILLAN) No Country For RELEASE Young Women It’s 1562, and we’re back in time in Languedoc. Propelled Comedians and friends to the heart of a mystery, 19-year-old Minou Joubert Sadia Azmat and Monty receives a letter simply saying ‘She knows that you live’ Onanuga dive into what it’s andissetuponapathtoindoutthetruthfromher like for British Asian and family’s Carcassonne bookshop. Her journey unites her black women to navigate a with a young Huguenot, Piet Reydon, on his own quest to white world. They aren’t shy discover the truth. As the pair ind themselves trapped in of talking about absolutely Toulouse amid sectarian tensions, the enigmatic mistress everything, sharing awkward of Pulvert is lurking in the shadows. Another of Mosse’s secrets and getting into the immersive dramas, which take you to the heart of the past. details of life, love and work.

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THIS WEEK, A SUPERHERO rules the cinema. We’re not talking about a lycra-clad, super-powered Avenger. No, the superhero rocking our world is mother-of-three Marlo, played by Charlize heron in Tully. In her second collaboration with writer Diablo Cody (their irst being the underrated Young Adult), Charlize plays exhausted (and we mean exhausted, not I’ve-been-out-three-times-this-week-and- got-up-for-yoga exhausted) Marlo, whose wealthy brother gits her a night nanny – the titular Tully (Mackenzie Davis). his ilm isn’t just about motherhood – it’s about mental health, the sexism of emotional labour, coming to terms with getting older, the complexities of grown-up life and wrestling with what it is to be the perfect woman to all parties. It will surprise you, make you laugh and cry. But ultimately we love the uncensored and unapologetic way that it depicts motherhood: nappy bins, overhanging bellies, desperate in-car screaming and all. It strikes a brutal chord, particularly a week ater the Duchess of Cambridge’s polished appearance hours ater birthing her third child. Charlize put on 50lbs for the role (by eating her ‘drug of choice’ crisps) and says, ‘If I was gonna play a mother having her third child, I felt a responsibility to do that.’ We’re not into the narrative that it’s Praise be to Diablo ‘brave’ for Charlize to put on weight, and Charlize for but we do applaud her and Cody for not the mother of all pulling any punches when it comes to a superheroes physically and mentally realistic portrayal of motherhood. Of course, just as the Duchess’s experience isn’t everyone’s, neither is Marlo’s. Ultimately though, watching her story play out is truly fortifying. ‘Tully’ is out on Friday WORDS: RHIANNON EVANS. PHOTO: GETTY PHOTO: RHIANNON EVANS. WORDS:

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