Table of contents for Issue 729 in Grazia

FINALLY, BABY SUSSEX has arrived – and boy what a week of twists and turns, from the dramatic announcement (when all else fails, blame email) to the totally unexpected name, Archie (cute). But who could fail to get swept up in Meghan and Harry’s pure joy at becoming first-time parents? We go behind the scenes of Master Archie’s first week. Meanwhile, over in New York they celebrated the news at the Met Gala, aka the ‘fashion Oscars’, where the camp monitor was in full swing on the red carpet and our special guest was bracing herself for her ‘best Met ever’. Be prepared for some serious backstage insight! @hattie_brett / feedback@graziamagazine.co.uk…

A record number of single women are starting families on their own with the help of IVF, it emerged last week. In fact, the number has almost quadrupled in a decade, with some blaming the struggle to find ‘Mr Right’. But those reports (and the suggestion that women are just too picky) obscured a bigger story: record numbers of same-sex couples and those using surrogates are also becoming parents via IVF, which was initially aimed at heterosexual couples. Increasingly, the world is realising that families can come in all shapes and sizes. And if more people are able to have the children they so desperately want, surely that is something to celebrate.…

1. Up NACHO FIGUERAS About whom we’d sort of forgotten, until he was named last week as one of the world’s most eligible polo players, and so our lust nodules were happily reacquainted with his work. 2. Non-mover JULIA LOUISDREYFUS Because Veep (Sky) somehow manages to keep making hilarious satire from preposterous real-life US politics. Also, if America were the Ukraine, J L-D would be looking good for the first female President. 3. Up RICHARD MADDEN For whom we had a soft spot long before Bodyguard. Last week, wore a black suit and what we can only assume is a Significant Brooch to the Met Gala. 4. Down JANELLE MONÁE Supposed to be headlining Woodstock 2019 – the 50th anniversary celebration of the original – but the festival’s future is…

Much had been made of the Duchess of Sussex’s refusal to do a photocall in the hours after giving birth – namely that she wanted to take the pressure off new mums having to be immaculate. So what to make of her outfit 55 hours after giving birth? At last Wednesday’s photocall, her dress – understated, sleeveless and with a tie waist – didn’t seek to hide her post-pregnancy bump. Her hair wasn’t coiffed into bouncy curls or a formal chignon, but fell in gentle waves, while her skin was glowing but relatively unmade-up. While her 10cm-high Manolos signalled she wasn’t about to abandon her signature glamour, this was a woman who did look as if she had, well, been busy giving birth. In the grand setting of Windsor Castle,…

‘I WAS NERVOUS AS HELL, GIRL! Oh my god,’ the transgender model and actor Indya Moore exclaims, when I ask what it was like to make their debut at the Met Gala, in a bespoke gold Louis Vuitton dress and 11-foot braid hair extension. ‘You know, it’s the Met Gala – everyone is huge. It feels very hierarchical and I get really nervous in hierarchical spaces because I feel like everyone deserves to feel just as special as everyone else, but that’s just not the way it is in this business,’ says Indya. ‘So on the red carpet, I was nervous about whether the photographers would want to shoot me; if I was as interesting as all the other girls.’ It’s endearing but perhaps surprising that even Indya experiences impostor…

PHOTOS: GETTY,GOFF PHOTOS, SPLASH NEWS, THE MEGA AGENCY,BACKGRID, SHUTTERSTOCK Hot-house flowers Suki Waterhouse and Katy Perry certainly know how to style out a tropical botanical. This loud and proud lime-lemon-tangerine beauty by Simon Miller gets a big tick from us. Attention-seeking, moi? Most A-listers go incognito in shades and a hat. Madonna? She pitched up at JFK airport in a full-face burka, accessorised with shades and Louis Vuitton sandals. Thereby ensuring all eyes were on her… Feel the squeeze Breathe in – the wasp-waisted look is being sported by both a Hadid and a Kardashian. Could it catch on IRL? Corset could! (Not that we’ll be joining in, mind.) That takes the Digestive! Sand, camel, oat, latte, biscuit… whatever you call it, beige is back. Witness the beautiful in 50…

Listen to your body, and if you won’t listen to your body, listen to the people around you who are telling you you’re doing too much. Michelle Kennedy, founder and CEO, Peanut Hang on to what you know is right for you. You will be told so many times that what you think doesn’t count or is stupid or is irrelevant but hang on to that because that is what will see you through. Sophie Walker, former leader of the Women’s Equality Party Say no: learning to be strict about organising your time is key. Alex Depledge, founder of resi.co.uk Don’t eat lunch at your desk. If I don’t have a break (even a short one) I get a fuzzy head. Take some time out to have lunch with colleagues,…

PHOTOGRAPH JONNY COCHRANE& MORGANE LAYHAIR & MAKE-UP: FIONA MOORE AT TERRI MANDUCA FOR DANIEL GALVIN IT’S 2.30PM ON a Tuesday and I’m standing in a toilet at the office where I’m freelancing, checking my bank balance on my phone for the fifth time that day. Depressingly, the figure I see is £36.43 – a number that tells me I haven’t been paid. I’m going to have to cancel on my best friend’s birthday dinner. Situations like this have become a regular occurrence over the last year, after I was made redundant from my job at a production company last April. During the same period, several of my closest friends have seen their careers – and pay cheques – skyrocket. Having always felt my friendships were on an equal footing, I’ve…

Lela Becker, president and co-founder og Mother Denim Have the patience to try on various fits. Do a couple of squats and walk around to see how they feel. The most important thing is buying jeans you feel comfortable in. If you feel good, you will look good. Dean and Dan Caten, founders of DSquared2 The fit and wash are both important, and we always recommend not overdoing the rips and paying close attention to length. It’s not always what we like, or what’s on trend, that fits with our body. Marcus Wainwright, founder and chief brand officer at Rag & Bone I get asked all the time what matters most in a jean. In my opinion, it’s pretty straightforward: invest in quality and find your perfect fit. Costanza Lombardi,…

I GENUINELY ONLY buy clothes that I love. I also buy less, and buy better quality. As you get older, you become more intuitive about clothes that you know will stand the test of time in terms of working for your body and style. My sisters and I have clothes between us that we’ve been wearing for 10 years. We’re all vaguely the same size and body shape so we share everything. If we’re on holiday, we’ll often have a communal wardrobe, although some of us are more happy about this arrangement than others! I used to shop on the high street, but I tend to do this less. I prefer to support designers who I respect – Rejina Pyo, Simone Rocha, Cecilie Bahnsen, Molly Goddard, and save up for…

PHOTOS: MARCO VITTUR. CHANEL: CHANEL.COM. LAURA MERCIER: SPACENK.COM. L’OCCITANE: LOCCITANE.CO.UK.MILK MAKEUP: CULTBEAUTY.CO.UK. NARS: NARSCOSMETICS.CO.UK. PAT MCGRATH LABS: SELFRIDGES.COM Beauty & health director Joely Walker on what she’s loving this week… Forget gloopy glosses that stick your hair to your lips with the slightest whiff of wind and make you hyper aware of your mouth at all times. Advanced formulations and a focus on comfort mean these new generation glosses are slick, smooth, hydrating and pack a pigment punch. I’ve tested a lot, and these six come up tops. Chanel Rouge Coco Flash, £31, glides on like a dream and leaves a wash of colour in its wake. And with a 27-strong shade line-up – including Furtive, a popping rosy-red – there’s a little something for everyone and every occasion. Super-lightweight…

NICE WORK… It was very interesting to learn about the social media trend of posting ‘five jobs I’ve had’ (Grazia View, 6 May). My entry would be: sex and relationship counsellor; social worker; crime prevention officer; family support worker; adult debt and housing adviser. And then I realised that, oh no, silly me, that’s just one job... what we call a teacher in the 21st century! Being so skilled and multi-able, you’d think we were all rewarded with six-figure salaries, but that would most likely be the people who you mentioned tweeting such lists. Lisa Smith SAME DIFFERENCE I loved your chat with Queenie novelist Candice Carty-Williams (I loved Bridget Jones, but I wanted to see myself in a book, 6 May), but reading that ‘there’s a feeling among publishers…

PHOTOS: JOANNA BONGARD, GETTY YOU COULD LEARN a lot from Caster Semenya, the Olympic runner whose career, body and identity has been subject to humiliating scrutiny recently. Two weeks ago, Semenya – who is hyperandrogenic: she produces higher levels of testosterone than most women – lost a challenge she brought against the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), which had determined that women with naturally elevated levels of testosterone must take drugs to limit it. Semenya, who is not prepared to take those drugs, responded with extraordinary grace when the Court of Arbitration of Sport rejected her case, effectively decreeing her Not Female Enough. She won the Doha 800m race just 48 hours later, saying simply, ‘No human can stop me from running.’ That we could all respond with such…

1 WALK THE LINE Dress, £29.99, slides, £29.99, bag, £27.99, hat, £12.99, Reserved 2 Wide-leg trews are the ideal starting point for your work wardrobe. £173, Frankie Shop 3 HEEL APPEAL Colour-block mules will earn you instant chic points. £370, Wandler at matches fashion.com 4 COCK-A-HOOP These earrings are as at home on the beach as in the office. £55, Cult Gaia at net-a-porter 5 This easy- breezy smock just needs ankle-tie sandals. £34.99, H&M 6 Sheer fabric stops this button-down looking buttoned-up. £150, Ganni 7 Swap your leather tote for a summer-ready knotted silk scarf bag. £35.99, Mango 8 Just add sun-kissed skin to make this halterneck sing. £595, Raey at matchesfashion.com 9 CHIC SHOW We ♥ this understated stealth It bag. £350 (left), and £450, Coach SOMETIMES THINGS…

OK, so, you’ve made the adorable speech, beamed for the cameras, shown Archie to your grandparents and everybody is delighted. But with your public duties now over, your private ones begin. Only… what are they exactly? And how, as a new father, do you set about fulfilling them? And why are you crying constantly? About absolutely nothing? Look, I’ve been there. I’ll do my best to explain. The first thing to understand about the reality of new fatherhood is that you will spend a lot of time feeling – ironically enough – totally impotent. You’ll want to do everything. But the fact is that unless you’re going to start lactating, you’re just there as a hormonal flunky. Which is fine! Exhausted mothers and newborn babies need hormonal flunkies. Just try…

THE BLOUSE GETS a bad rap.OK, it doesn’t have the sass factor of a slit-to-the-navel crop top. And yes, it comes up short in cool points compared to the shirt. But there’s a very good reason to get on-board this summer. In fact, there’s four. You might have heard of the pussy-bow blouse (a non-mover) and the puffed-sleeve blouse is self-explanatory. But what about the architect top or the artist’s smock? Both tantalising options and both resolutely in the blouse bracket. Here’s our guide to styles you’ll be seeing around this summer. Choose wisely. THE PUSSY-BOW Harry Styles wore one to the Met Gala, and the Duchess of Cambridge is a fan of Gucci’s. Has the pussy-bow finally crawled back into our good books? It looks like it. What’s ever-so-slightly…

They’re flat, fastened with velcro and pretty much the most granola sandals of all time, but that isn’t stopping Teva having a serious fashion moment. Forget lace-up gladiators, leather flip-flops and sleek pool slides. It’s all about the walking sandal for summer 2019. And designer labels have definitely got the memo. The fashion pack has fallen hard for Prada’s logoed, flatform version, Chanel’s chunky three-strap style and the Row’s minimal leather Egon, although you can’t beat the Original Universal from Teva. Wafty white dresses and utility jackets will help dial down the happy camper vibe. And don’t be afraid to wear socks until summer proper starts.…

GOOD NEWS WORTH CELEBRATING Amanda Knox to speak out in Italy AFTER PARTICIPATING IN that 2016 Netflix documentary, Amanda Knox is set to return to Italy for the first time since she was imprisoned and then acquitted for the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007. She will speak on miscarriages of justice at a conference, but the Kercher family have criticised the move. Kudos to Kim Kardashian, whose fledgling legal career is off to a pretty cracking start. It was reported last week that her work in prison reform has been instrumental in the release of 17 inmates in three months. They were all incarcerated for low-level offences. TOP TWEET Actress and activist @JameelaJamil was devastated at one Met Gala no-show ‘The Met without Rihanna was like sex without an…

KATIE PIPER comes off set from her Grazia shoot in a sculptural white dress, with slicked-back hair and a huge smile on her face. ‘I never get to do shoots like this,’ she says. ‘Normally they want me in pastel-coloured knitwear.’ The TV presenter, writer, campaigner and supporter of St Tropez’s new You Set The Tone campaign might have an earful of piercings and a keen eye for fashion, but over the last decade she’s become one of the nation’s favourite girls-next-door. She won a place in our hearts when she first appeared in the Channel 4 documentary Katie: My Beautiful Face in 2009, which charted the early stages of her recovery after an acid attack in 2008. Today, she is in a very different place in her life. Last…

PHOTOS: JASON LLOYD-EVANS Bag a bit of history. The new 30 Montaigne handbag is set to take its place in Dior’s canon of design classics. Embrace the surfer girl aesthetic. A sarong skirt slung around your hips is the fresh way to do midis. Far out. Swing by Selfridges, London. The one-month LoveShackFancy pop-up has all the whimsically printed dresses and blouses we need for balmy temperatures. Step into summer. Manu Atelier’s first footwear collection drops in Selfridges tomorrow, while Alighieri has just launched espadrilles with in-built anklets. Up your swimwear game. Liberty releases its first ever swimwear collection covered in maximalist prints from its archive. Get thee to a poolside. Go sustainable. Stockholm jeweller Mia Larsson used oyster shells and recycled silver for her & Other Stories collection.…

ACID ACID WASHES ESCAPE THE ’80S TO GIVE A NEW SPIN TO ALL THINGS DENIM JUMPSUITS LIKE STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM, JUMPSUITS AND DENIM ARE A PERFECT PAIRING PATCHWORK DENIM, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT – MIX TWO OR THREE WASHES TOGETHER PASTELS FROM VANILLA CREAM TO SUNSET ORANGE, DENIM GETS A RAINBOW MAKEOVER…

LEMON SHERBET WE SAY… Embrace the ‘scrumper’ (scarf-meets-jumper) trend with thin layers. NEWLY MINTED WE SAY… Relaxed blazer? Tick. Slip skirt? Tick. Pistachio? Triple tick. PARMA VIOLET PHOTOS: JASON LLOYD-EVANS WE SAY… Not just for sleep sprays, lavender is the ultimate spring shade. SORBET SUITING WE SAY… This cool co-ord can be worn from desk-to-dinner, just add heels.…

COLOUR CHAMELEON ‘FROM PEPPERMINT TO PEACH, PLAY WITH BOLD COLOUR IN DIFFERENT PASTEL SHADES’ super-stylist syd Hayes BOLD BANGS ‘A BLUNT FRINGE LOOKS JUST AS AMAZING ON LONG HAIR AS IT DOES ON SHORT. ASK YOUR HAIRDRESSER TO CUT HIGH ABOVE THE EYEBROW’ CLOSE CALL ‘DON’T THINK THE BUZZ CUT IS JUST FOR MEN – IT’S QUICKLY BECOMING A GLOBAL TREND FOR ALL’ BACKWARDS BOB ‘FOR THIS LOOK, VOLUME AND TEXTURE ARE KEY; BLAST VOLUMISING SPRAY INTO ROOTS AND BLOW-DRY IT IN’ GIVE IT A TWIRL ‘CHEAT YOUR WAY TO SHORT HAIR BY TWIRLING IT UP INTO A SHORTER ’DO, LEAVING YOUR FRINGE OUT’ HAIR: SYD HAYES AT ART + COMMERCE FOR BABYLISS. HAIR COLOUR: PAULA MCCASH. MAKE-UP: NAOKO SCINTU AT THE WALL GROUP USING TOMFORD BEAUTY. NAILS: MICHELLE HUMPHREY…

STEVEN SHAW: ARTOFSWIMMING.COM. PHOTOS: ED MILES, GETTY IMAGES Why everyone should relearn the front crawl Most of us can swim. But can you really swim? Could you do 20 lengths of front crawl or be confident swimming out to sea to save someone in trouble? For the majority of us, swimming lessons stopped the minute we passed those school tests – you know, the ones where you’re chucked in, wearing your pyjamas, in the local pool. Many of us are therefore the same standard as we were as an eight-year-old, which, to be blunt, may not be good enough to escape a rip tide. I relearned to swim by default. One night a few years back, after one too many G&Ts, I signed myself up for a triathlon. Problem was,…

PHOTO: MARCO VITTUR AS FAR AS I can tell, a tuna melt is a quicker, easier, oozier kind of cheeseburger. And a cheeseburger is the very definition of a snack (you have to add fries and a drink to call it a meal). It’s not for me to tell you what to mix with your tuna mayo, because if you’re a tuna mayo person you’ve been mixing it for years (although, actually, it is for me to tell you; that’s kind of my job). So, take everything I say with a pinch of salt (but ideally some capers or olives). An A+ tuna mix calls for generosity with the mayonnaise plus one briny thing (capers or olives) and one onion thing (spring or red). It needs less of the last…

Catch up with… Mum The first two seasons of the gently lovely suburban sitcom saw Lesley’s Manville’s Cathy slowly realising that she was in love with her dead husband’s best mate, Michael (a brilliant Peter Mullan). For season three, we have a change of location to a fancy country house (Pauline’s divorce money has come through) and a conclusion to reach. Hankies out. First two seasons on BBC iPlayer; season three begins Wednesday, BBC Two, 10pm Don’t miss… Years And Years Russell T Davies’ family saga set in Manchester takes on all the big topics of the day in one hugely ambitious opening hour. Trump, China, trans issues, mass migration and communication breakdown are all given little cameos. It also features Emma Thompson in a part that looks like it…

I enjoyed Style doesn’t have a sell-by date (13 May). When I was growing up, there were lots of trends that every girl had to have. For me it was hot pants, for others it was ponchos. These days, the item could be jeans. But should I really wear jeans after 52? Well, I do and my mother’s 89 and she can rock a pair of jeans. It’s great to dress in contemporary styles. We should embrace the time we live in. So in conclusion, Helena shouldn’t be age-shamed – nor should any other woman. As Helena so rightly points out – what a woman wears is her choice, her business and nobody else’s. Geri Burton…

KHAKI It’s all going a bit All Saints circa ’96 and that’s no bad thing. These are by Frame. SKY BLUE BACKDROPS On floral dresses. At Reformation, Faithfull and this one by Ghost. POLLY CAZALET I’ve just started reading The Cazalet Chronicles (v good); I’m protective of my name, but this one is a good ambassador for Pollys. OVERSIZED LINEN BLAZERS Going a bit Our Man In Havana . Well done, Jaeger. DENYING THE DRESS CODE Frank Ocean did, at the Met Ball. Brave or churlish? I can’t decide.…

SWADDlED IN A GH Hurt and Son cashmere blanket and cradled in the arms of his father, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor made his grand introduction to the world – just 55 hours after his birth. While royal babies are traditionally presented in front of bland hospital backdrops, the first glimpse of Harry and Meghan’s ‘bundle of joy’ was in St George’s Hall in Windsor Castle where the couple celebrated their wedding. Describing motherhood as ‘magic’ and saying she had ‘the two best guys in the world’, Meghan couldn’t stop smiling. The couple revealed their newborn son had slept through the first 24 hours of his life, was calm and had ‘the sweetest temperament’. At this point, their son’s name was still a secret. ‘They wanted to inform the Queen of the…

PHOTOS: PA WIRE/PA IMAGES, INSTAGRAM/SUSSEXROYAL, GETTY, BACKGRID, SPLASHNEWS.COM Ah, the life of a royal (or indeed any toff ), born into privilege and private schools, shooting weekends and muddy wellies. Their first gasp of air taken at the likes of the Lindo Wing. Their maternity nurse waiting patiently at home with strict rules and sound advice for Mummy. And Daddy’s old nanny at the ready to take over. But no Lindo Wing for Baby Archie. Instead, the equally grand, a little more expensive and a tad more celeb, Portland Hospital, or so rumour has it. After all, Meghan and Harry have firmly kept details of the birth private. And, as much as is possible, a life of privacy is what the couple want for their child, just like their good…

PHOTOS: GETTY, BACKGRID, GOFFPHOTOS.COM FOR MANY OF the A-list couples posing happily at last week’s glittering Met Gala, it was business as usual at yet another red-carpet event (albeit the biggest on the fashion calendar). But for Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx, the night was a major milestone in their love story: despite their five-year relationship, this was their first public outing as a couple. It was also a declaration of intention – this is a couple now committed to each other and, Grazia can reveal, to living together on the West Coast. When Katie left Los Angeles following her very public split from Tom Cruise in 2012, she vowed to start a new, more private, life in New York with her daughter Suri. Seven years and one undercover romance…

DAKOTA JOHNSON IS clearly very much a part of the Martin/Paltrow/Falchuk ‘modern family’. Just weeks after making her public debut with Gwyneth, the actress – and girlfriend of Chris – has now been spotted on a coffee run with the former couple’s daughter, Apple, 14. Indeed, Grazia understands that behind the scenes, Dakota, 29, has enlisted the help of a ‘stepmom coach’ to help her immerse herself in family life. Apparently, she’s been consulting Allison Task, a transition coach. When contacted, Allison declined to name her clients but explained the process of the ‘stepmom coaching’ sessions that she offers. ‘Firstly, stepmom coaching is about creating a safe environment where you can say the things you’re afraid to say and give voice to the feelings you have that you might be…

PHOTOS: SHOCKSY, CAMERA PRESS, SOPHIEEVANS/OBSERVER/EYEVINE, CAMERA PRESS/VICKI COUCHMAN IN OCTOBER 2010, Luciana Berger, the newly appointed Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, was giving her first address at the despatch box. Outwardly the then 29-year-old appeared calm and collected. What the public couldn’t see was that one of her legs was shaking uncontrollably behind the despatch box. ‘That was a very public moment,’ the Independent Group MP for Liverpool Wavertree tells Grazia . ‘All your colleagues are sitting behind you and you’re desperately trying to make an important contribution that will be recorded forever in Hansard .’ ‘The shaky leg is something I’ve always had,’ she continues. ‘It happens when I’m in important situations, and is often linked to public speaking. As a student speaking at the NUS [National…

Juliet, a lawyer, is 29 and lives in Bristol I’ve only ever had sex with one person. I was 14 when we first met and he was 17 – we were in the same youth group. We got together properly two years later, in 2006, and we’ve been together ever since. He’s the first guy I did anything sexual with, and we lost our virginities to each other. Looking back and thinking about the age gap, I wonder, ‘Ooh, was that OK?’ But it was, we’re still a couple and we’re so happy. After school, we were in a long-distance relationship for almost 10 years. He went off to university for three years, then I went for six, and we were living in different parts of the UK. Initially, when…

GOOD FOR LONG LEGS GOOD FOR APPLE SHAPES BEST FOR BOYISH FIGURES BEST FOR PEAR SHAPES FILING A TAX return, figuring out what’s happening in Game Of Thrones’ murky AF battle scenes, trying to organise a friend’s hen party where the guests span City bankers and yoga instructors… All are tricky. And all pale in comparison to the task of finding your perfect jeans. It’s a feat that requires the patience of a saint, the stamina of a marathon runner and the determination, in the face of repeated failure, of the Maybot. So why is it so difficult? There’s the fact that sizing is as changeable as the British climate. Then there’s the problem of fit. It needs to be just right at the bum, hips, waist and legs, and…

THE SKINNY HOW TO MAKE YOUR SKINNIES COOL AGAIN THE CROP TUCK IN TOPS TO BALANCE WIDE LEGS THE SHORTS ADD A LEG-LENGTHENING SHOE…

thE hUNt fOr thE PErfEct brA is a tricky business. You want one that ticks all the boxes – great shape and support, super-comfortable, looks fabulous under any clothes and on its own, the perfect fit… Well, call off the search, the very appropriately named Incredible from those heavenly people at Victoria’s Secret – specialists in all things bra related – is here to answer your prayers. With its smoothing back and wider band (hello sleek shape!), a cushioned underwire (you won’t feel a thing!) and fully adjustable straps – all in a super-soft fabric, the Incredible is the one you’ve been looking for. In a range of strong colours and two versatile styles, it’s the ultimate everyday bra – and perfect for summer, giving a super-smooth look under a…

COOL GIRL HAIR has graduated from the mussed-up manes and shady roots of old; the new rebel girls approach hair differently, with buzz cuts, quirky chops, micro-fringes and off-kilter colours. ‘Hair makes a statement about who you are,’ says Syd Hayes, Babyliss’s UK ambassador and the pro behind the looks you see here. Referencing the models backstage at the S/S ’19 shows – Molly Goddard, Marc Jacobs and Zandra Rhodes, to name a few – for their unique hairstyles and independent spirit to match, he says, ‘We live in a fast-paced, change-driven society and just as we experiment with our clothes, we’re doing the same with our hair.’ You’ve only got to look at the models who got extra airtime the past few seasons to see proof of the rebel…

WATER BABE The Heidi Klein Racer Back One Piece, £176, looks as good poolside as it feels gliding through water. I have it in two colourways. heidiklein.com GOGGLE IT My absolute favourite goggles are Aquasphere Vista Goggles, £22, which allow 180-degree vision and don’t leave marks on your face. sweatybetty.com POOL-PROOF YOUR HAIR Pool Proof Leave-In Hair Protection Cream from Umberto Giannini, £8, is a vegan, coconut oil formula that minimises the drying effects of chlorine and acts like a mask. boots.com…

WHEN CLEMMIE HOOPER and her husband Simon moved from London to Kent with their four children, they bought a 19th-century former doctor’s surgery with large windows and high ceilings. ‘We moved in autumn and it was so cold,’ says Clemmie, the midwife famous for Insta-account @mothers_of_ daughters. They spent the first few months doing ‘the boring but expensive’ stuff, such as decent insulation. Over the next year, they saved up to renovate the kitchen. From design to completion (with the utility room as a makeshift kitchen) took 10 months. Clemmie reveals how she got the kitchen she loves… MAKING PLANS Clemmie started with a Pinterest board: ‘And everything I pinned was about colour.’ Herringbone Kitchens (herringbonekitchens. com) helped them design the room. OUT WITH THE OLD The property had already…

DIRECTOR SHANE MEADOWS is one of our few remaining kitchen-sink dramatists. The Virtues is his first work for Channel 4 since the brilliant This Is England. It sees him reunited with Combo himself, Stephen Graham, the scorching Scouse actor who’s just captivated us with his scene-stealing performance in Line Of Duty. Together, they have a touch of the British Scorsese and De Niro about them, if only they’d met in a Midlands job centre. Together, they are the most useful reminder that the ordinary folk so often hold the keys to extraordinary tales. Together, they are possessed of hard, truthful magic. Our story begins in Sheffield, where Joseph (Graham), a jaded builder, visits his ex-wife to reconcile himself to her taking their son to Australia for a new life. He…

ASK THE EXPERT How to style flowers for a dinner party Kitten Grayson, floral designer and founder of Kitten Grayson Flowers Styling a table is a chance to be creative – and you can use what’s in season and what you have already to achieve an elegant look on a budget. Lots of little vases, jam jars and bottles work really well and can be improvised with what you have at home. Try using flowers that are naturally blooming outside, so that whatever you’ve got inside echoes the season. At the moment, tulips are quite cheap and always look fabulous. I would recommend putting two or three stems each in small bottles and spreading the bunches down the table, rather than doing one big vase in the centre, which can…

There is no night-time routine when you have a newborn baby. Nope. I am at the mercy of a little person. Luckily he is either sleeping or feeding while we do the podcast, Table Manners. Some weeks we can record three episodes in one week, which means me and my mum [Lennie] are getting quite sick of each other. People feel like they are sitting around the table with our guests. Our favourite so far is guest Alan Carr. I always have eggs in the fridge. My husband Sam has a lot of kimchi or sauerkraut which stinks out the bloody fridge. In the evenings, if I’m in a rush, then dinner will be Marmite on toast with poached eggs. But if I’m going to make something a bit more…