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Turning the tables with Topjaw's Jesse Burgess The presenter has made a career from restaurant recommendations, and now it's his turn to share his standout starters and Michelin stars. Read the full interview at our link bit.ly/4hoBbdH
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Robust, rustic and cheap: the reds made for autumn The warming family of red wines based on grenache, syrah and others offer bottles rich in autumnal flavours and excellent value for money - even as low as £5 ✍️ @Daveydaibach bit.ly/4dDdcXb

Robust, rustic and cheap: the reds made for autumn

The warming family of red wines based on grenache, syrah and others offer bottles rich in autumnal flavours and excellent value for money - even as low as £5

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Pastis times: new ways with the classic aperitif @han67787 finds anise-flavoured liqueurs, from pastis to arak, are adding potent life to cocktails – including one with coconut milk (don’t knock it till you try it…) bit.ly/4iOoUSh

Pastis times: new ways with the classic aperitif

Anise-flavoured liqueurs, from pastis to arak, are adding potent life to cocktails – including one with coconut milk (don’t knock it till you try it…)

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‘I have to keep doing better in order to keep doing this. The moment I get complacent is the moment I start falling off’ From his first Topjaw video in 2015, Jesse Burgess has turned food criticism into content - and won over the industry bit.ly/4hoBbdH

Jesse Burgess might be the hardest-working man in food

The influencer and Topjaw presenter has spent a decade trying to shape the way we consume food media. His critics have something to say about it

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‘I’ve always been a woman of science. So why am I doing reiki?’ Hannah Crosbie trials energy healing in this weekend's magazine bit.ly/47g5cYA

Hannah Crosbie’s life choices: ‘I’ve always been a woman ...

They say that as you get older you become more conservative in your views, and I think the opposite might be happening to me. I’ve always been a woman of science — very anti-woo — but this week I had...

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‘Convents were the Premier Inns of the ancient world. They were safe places, places of meeting’ @MarineSaint02 joins the sisterhood at a convent in Whitby and discovers why a new generation has taken to "nunmania" bit.ly/4hmeCGN

Get thee to a nunnery: how convents became an escape for ...

A fascination with convents, fuelled by social media (#NunTok) and pop culture (‘nunmania’), is drawing a new generation to these safe havens. Now, for £50 a night, you can experience the calm...

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Nigel Slater’s recipe for braised pork steak, onions, apples and sherry The first apple of the season signals the start of autumn and a return to comforting bakes, stews, and puddings bit.ly/3VPP3qc

Nigel Slater’s recipe for braised pork steak, onions, app...

The first apple of the season signals the start of autumn and a return to comforting bakes, stews, and puddings

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Leaning into the ‘ladylike’ Ladylike dressing is back, with skirt suits from Chanel and Dior leading the charge. Here’s how to wear the trend – with modern twists ✍️ @helenseamons bit.ly/4hds2pN

Leaning into the ‘ladylike’ | The Observer

Ladylike dressing is back, with skirt suits from Chanel and Dior leading the charge. Here’s how to wear the trend – with modern twists

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‘No one wants to be tyrannised by a hake’: Mor, Cornwall Tom Sellers’s new restaurant in Carbis Bay treads a remarkable line between the well-gilded perfectionism and exquisite savagery of very good food ✍️ @TanyaGold1 bit.ly/4dVWsKO

‘No one wants to be tyrannised by a hake’: Mor, Cornwall

Tom Sellers’s new restaurant in Carbis Bay treads a remarkable line between the well-gilded perfectionism and exquisite savagery of very good food

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Born in London, Saskia Reeves has worked extensively across stage and screen. She reprises her role as Catherine Standish in the sixth series of the award-winning spy show Slow Horses, streaming on Apple TV now ✍️ @kathryn42 bit.ly/4zgBBKP

Saskia Reeves: ‘I’d love to go back to 16th-century Londo...

Born in London, the actor has worked extensively across stage and screen. She reprises her role as Catherine Standish in the sixth series of the award-winning spy show Slow Horses, streaming on Apple...

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Get thee to a nunnery: how convents became an escape for a new generation Now, for £50 a night, you can experience the calm contemplation of a silent retreat. No prayer required ✍️ Marine Saint bit.ly/4hmeCGN

Get thee to a nunnery: how convents became an escape for ...

A fascination with convents, fuelled by social media (#NunTok) and pop culture (‘nunmania’), is drawing a new generation to these safe havens. Now, for £50 a night, you can experience the calm...

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Hannah Crosbie’s life choices: ‘I’ve always been a woman of science. So why am I doing reiki?’ ✍️ Hannah Crosbie bit.ly/47g5cYA

Hannah Crosbie’s life choices: ‘I’ve always been a woman ...

They say that as you get older you become more conservative in your views, and I think the opposite might be happening to me. I’ve always been a woman of science — very anti-woo — but this week I had...

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Young talent meets M&S at mix-and-match London Fashion Week Marks & Spencer may have paraded at LFW for the first time, but the likes of Talia Lipkin-Connor and Paolo Carzana provided the real buzz ✍️ @missVmoss bit.ly/4yM42je

Young talent meets M&S at mix-and-match London Fashion Week

Marks & Spencer may have paraded at LFW for the first time, but the likes of Talia Lipkin-Connor and Paolo Carzana provided the real buzz

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London Fashion Week: five of the best shows From the immersive world of Tolu Coker to Geordie Campbell’s realistic bathrooms, there was much to inspire and admire off the runway ✍️ Freya Goodchild-Bridge bit.ly/4hHjrf1

London Fashion Week: five of the best shows | The Observer

From the immersive world of Tolu Coker to Geordie Campbell’s realistic bathrooms, there was much to inspire and admire off the runway

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A fin-de-siècle home with an eye on the future Architect Alison Brooks turned a stripped-out rental into Oculus House, a home of shadows, light and wonder ✍️ @RowanMoore bit.ly/3V3LLQ3

A fin-de-siècle home with an eye on the future

Architect Alison Brooks turned a stripped-out rental into Oculus House, a home of shadows, light and wonder

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Gallerist Rosa Park at large in Los Angeles Rosa Park shares her favourite spots in Los Angeles, from art museums and botanical gardens to architectural gems and vibrant galleries ✍️ @aimee_farrell bit.ly/4AivdDU

Gallerist Rosa Park at large in Los Angeles | The Observer

Rosa Park shares her favourite spots in Los Angeles, from art museums and botanical gardens to architectural gems and vibrant galleries

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‘Embrace the grotesque!’: Lily McMenamy reveals all The model reveals how performance art took her from fashion spotlight to the darker corners of her psyche ✍️ @HannahKeegan bit.ly/4hHjkjB

‘Embrace the grotesque!’: Lily McMenamy reveals all

The model reveals how performance art took her from fashion spotlight to the darker corners of her psyche

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‘I always told Hockney the truth’: the loves and life of Celia Birtwell ✍️ Eva Wiseman bit.ly/4hyRrKv

‘I always told Hockney the truth’: the loves and life of ...

Celia Birtwell is one of Britain’s most influential fashion and textile designers. She was also a muse to David Hockney, sitting for the artist hundreds of times. For the first time since his death,...

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‘Grief has been the truth of our lives’: Susie Cave on finding her way out of darkness The many worlds of Susie Cave are captured in a hauntingly poignant new book of photographs ✍️ Sean O'Hagan bit.ly/4hgfXyC

‘Grief has been the truth of our lives’: Susie Cave on fi...

The many worlds of Susie Cave – model, designer, wife, mother – are captured in a hauntingly poignant new book of photographs by her longtime friend and creative collaborator Dominique Issermann

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Saving women from prison is a blueprint for a more compassionate society The debate around the future of women’s prisons is intensifying. Calls for alternatives focus on support and rehabilitation rather than incarceration ✍️ Eva Wiseman bit.ly/4ygvdmG

Saving women from prison is a blueprint for a more compas...

The debate around the future of women’s prisons is intensifying. Calls for alternatives focus on support and rehabilitation rather than incarceration

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