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London fashion week: backstage at Karoline Vitto SS25 – in pictures

For her first standalone collection at London fashion week, following two seasons as part of the talent incubator Fashion East and a Dolce & Gabbana sponsored SS24 turn in...

Emmys 2024 red carpet: Ayo Edebiri, Meryl Streep, Andrew Scott and more – in pictures

Drag Race stars Mirage, Amanda Tori Meating, Morphine Love Dion, Sapphira Cristál, Mhi’ya Iman Le’Paige, Geneva Karr, Xunami...

Tasteful nudes – lip colours for autumn

Nude makeup is super chic for this time of the year, but everyone’s nude is different, hence my...

Parents are anxious, lonely, overwhelmingly stressed – and their crisis affects everyone | Emma Beddington

It is the kind of statistic that makes you do a double-take, because it can’t be right. It...

More than malbec: the diverse wines of Argentina

Altos Las Hormigas Colonia Las Liebres Mendoza Bonarda Clasica Mendoza 2023 (from £12.49, Shelved, Hay Wines, Fenwick) For...

And so farewell, it’s time to say goodbye to my gardening column

So here, my final Observer column. Plot 29 has reached its autumn. Maybe me, too. I stepped away from the Observer on Friday 13. Twenty-five...

Sunday with Lindsay Duncan: ‘I lie on the sofa and read the paper’

How do you spend Sundays? Absolutely in the pursuit of pleasure, in our case: food. We hire a Zipcar and drive to the farmers’...

Editors’ picks: Can-do khaki – in pictures

Harriet Green, editor, the Observer Magazine‘Belt a jumpsuit for a chic silhouette.’ Jumpsuit,£79.99, mango.com. Chain, £37.99, pilgrim.net. Belt, £340, Déhanche, net-a-porter.com. Ring, £105, byalona.com....

Tim Dowling: all the new puppy wants to do is eat and pee – anytime, anywhere

Thanks to a strict system of positive reinforcement, the little dog has learned that it’s good to pee outside. Unfortunately it still has no idea...

What links Byker Wall, Falowiec and Karl-Marx-Hof? The Saturday quiz

The questions1 Which three crops provide just under half of global calories? 2 What is the UK’s tallest bird? 3 Which group were tried en masse...

Time to retire the office trainers – grownup shoes are back | Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion

There is a saying that goes: you can judge a man by his shoes. Actually, that’s not true, there isn’t. The original proverb actually...