NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2020/10/17: Breonna Taylor’s mother Tamika Palmer speaks during the National State of Emergency Get Out the Vote Rally organized by UntilFreedom in New York City. About 200 people attended the rally among them the Families of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake who encourage New Yorkers […]
It’s funny how the itch to go blonde (or blonder) can sneak up at the most inopportune times, like during a global pandemic when many of us are stretching the weeks between salon visits. Still, here we are, sitting at home and mentally preparing for the long winter ahead, craving […]
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a dressing-up box. As a child with a penchant for playing dress-up, it was a pretty standard affair: a white wooden box filled with striped T-shirts for piratical purposes, and twinkly black nylon and pointed hats for witchy occasions. More princess-style […]
The galactic core area of the Milky Way over Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta with the pairing of giant planets from summer 2020. Jupiter is the bright object at centre, with Saturn dimmer to the left (east) of Jupiter. In 2020 the two planets were close together in the summer […]
With romance the last thing on anyone’s mind, fielding pitying questions from smug marrieds is not what we need ever – let alone in the middle of a global pandemic. Luckily, author Lucy Vine has a wealth of witty comebacks to help you navigate Zoom party season as a singleton… […]
We grill our favourite people on the books that changed their lives… As part of our new Shelf Life interview series, we’re speaking to some of our favourite names to find out which books they truly treasure – the ones that have shaped them into the people they are. Our […]
If you’re 30 going on 13 come Christmas Day, fear not: it’s officially a thing. Here, writer and self-confessed ‘kidult’ Rosie Mullender reveals her own regressive behaviour over the holidays – and delves into the psychology of festive adolescence At 9pm on Christmas Eve last year, Mum handed me a […]
We grill our favourite people on the books that changed their life… Photo by Bartek Szmigulski As part of our new Shelf Life interview series, we’re speaking to some of our favourite names to find out which books they treasure – the ones that have shaped them into the people […]
This Christmas, Marie Claire has joined forces with Centrepoint to bring to light the homelessness crisis among young women. Credit: Centrepoint Words by Emma Mason Centrepoint’s most recent figures state that 23,000 16-24 year olds could be left without a home this festive season – with these numbers expected to […]
Harmful gender stereotypes are “significantly limiting” the potential of British children, a new report has found. The report by the Commission on Gender Stereotypes in Early Childhood found that these stereotypes can lead to problems such as lower self-esteem and poor body-image issues in girls, violence against girls and women, […]
