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By Beatriz Carpallo Porcar, Andrés Ráfales Perucha, Daniel Sanjuán Sánchez, José Lesmes Poveda López and Paula Cordova Alegre It is tempting to understand muscle’s ...

By Angela Rodrigues For many of us, the instinctive response to good weather is to get to the beach. But the start of the season is also a reminder that ...

By Rebekah Pickering Wood Textiles shape British life in ways we often overlook – the clothes worn, the items inherited, and the patterns that quietly signal where people come from. Yet ...

By Kate Cantrell “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick,” writes Susan Sontag in the opening of ...

By Paul Hough While some people can spring out of bed at six in the morning and go straight into their day, others prefer to wake up later as they’...

By Catrin Cousins and Jo Wiltshire Indie sleaze is back, but not as you remember it. The 00s scene’s revival taps into a growing backlash against hyper-polished influencer culture, ...

By Rebecca Scott Fashion has always done more than keep us warm. It’s also a social language, quietly organising ideas of status, taste and belonging. What made the first ...

By Jye Marshall and Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne The 2026 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala has delivered, as per usual, the who’s who of Hollywood, decked out to the ...

By Hannah Rumball-Croft As Britain’s longest‑reigning monarch, and one rarely out of the public eye since childhood, Queen Elizabeth II left behind a wardrobe so extensive and meticulously ...

By Adam Collins The only thing harder than losing weight is keeping it off. Many people who lose weight find themselves stuck in the cycle of ‘yo-yo dieting’ – losing weight ...

By Bernard Capp Around 8pm on a cold February evening in 1733, a gentleman named Francis Peters was returning to his home near Knightsbridge, London, in a hackney cab, when someone ...

By Rose Marroncelli Denim is present in practically every country in the world and is widely adopted as one of the most common forms of everyday attire. Its appeal spans ...

By Charlotte Gupta But if you’ve been finding it harder to sleep recently, late-night Easter eggs could be part of the problem. That’s because some chocolate ingredients, including ...

By Jillian Sunderland and Jordan Foster Young men and teenage boys are learning to see their faces and bodies as projects to measure, rank and optimise. On social media platforms ...

By Lauren C. Hall, Christine Padgett, James Sauer, and María Yanotti As countries around the world look to follow Australia’s lead and implement a social media ban for ...

By Dipa Kamdar If you spend any time on social media, you may have noticed a curious trend: wellness influencers singing the praises of nicotine. Not smoking or vaping but ...

By Lorinda Cramer The “frugal chic” aesthetic is having its moment, however contradictory the concept may seem. Frugal suggests a focus on thriftiness, while “chic” oozes a sense of classic ...

By Mal James First conceived as a mail-order-only company in 1963, known as Biba’s Postal Boutique, the brand captured the revolutionary 1960s and 1970s attitude and style, offering trend-seekers affordable, ...

By Emily Brayshaw Even before the film’s release, the costumes for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights caused controversy. Wuthering Heights was first published in 1847 and the story switches back ...

By Martha Shaw and Alexis Stones The endless creativity that Lego bricks present means they can be used for far more than following instructions to build the model on the ...

By Lucy Gill-Simmen The UK’s proposed post-16 education and skills policy promises a nation “where nobody is left behind”. The country’s modern industrial strategy 2025 talks of a workforce ...

By Tamsin Johnson Marks and Spencer is one of the latest UK high-street brands to launch a ski-wear collection. Even supermarket Lidl are in on the action, with their ski ...

By Theresa Larkin When we talk about a biological clock ticking, it usually means the pressure women feel to fall pregnant before a certain age. It’s linked to the ...

By Naomi Braithwaite UK heritage shoemaker Russell & Bromley has been bought by high-street clothing giant Next. Despite the brand’s rescue from administration, dozens of jobs will be lost ...