Why troubadour Tom Walker owes it all to Love Island – and a homeless smoker

Tom Walker is living in a blur. He has gone from struggling musician who couldn’t pay the rent to having a No 1 album, winning a Brit award and travelling the world. ‘I went to New Zealand for just one day to play a gig,’ he says. ‘I mean, who does that?’ Over the past … Read more

Monty Halls on how his family fell in love with Galapagos Islands

The girls didn’t look at me as I tiptoed into their bedroom. Isla and Molly were lying stock-still in their beds, eyes swivelled upwards and covers pulled up under their chins. ‘Morning Daddy,’ said Isla, very quietly indeed, without averting her gaze from the ceiling. Perched directly over their heads like a hairy glove puppet … Read more

One-pot wonders your garden will love

A statement pot will give your garden a focal point. Koroni pot, £1,700, potsandpithoi.com They add drama and are easy to maintain. When it comes to zhooshing up your outdoor space, what’s not to dig about pots, says award-winning garden designer and RHS judge David Dodd  Whether you have a small city balcony or country estate, a well-chosen, perfectly … Read more

A review of La Sivoliere hotel in Courchevel 1850, the resort Kate and Wills love to ski in

As I check into the five-star La Sivolière hotel in Courchevel 1850, I momentarily think that the authorities are raiding the place. There’s a young man looking like a gendarme flicking through some paperwork behind the reception desk. Then I realise his dark-blue top and shield-style arm badge is actually the hotel staff uniform, with … Read more

Fashion: YOU will love… | Daily Mail Online

Fashion: YOU will love… By Stephanie Sofokleous For You Magazine Published: 00:01 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 1 March 2020 …Stephanie Sofokleous’s new-season neutrals  Jumper, £45, Kley, debenhams.com Card, £3, esmehayler-webb.com Boots, £95, office.co.uk Parka, £99, marksandspencer.com Hut from £240 per night, tolcarnebeach.co.uk Bracelet, £115, monicavinader.com Blazer, £120, selected.com Necklace, £135, alexmonroe.com … Read more

Fashion: YOU Will Love  | Daily Mail Online

Fashion: YOU Will Love By Stephanie Sofokleous For You Magazine Published: 00:01 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 8 March 2020 …Stephanie Sofokleous’s pastel pep-ups  …Stephanie Sofokleous’s pastel pep-ups Shorts, £150, lkbennett.com Shower gel, £10, RHS x heathcote-ivory.com Bag, £353, elleme.com Sandals, £85, dunelondon.com Toilet paper, £24 for 24 rolls, whogivesacrap.org Earrings, £45, … Read more

Martini and the recipe for an age-gap friendship: Isabel Vincent’s charming tale of platonic love

MEMOIR  Dinner with Edward  by Isabel Vincent (One £12.99, 240pp)  You’ll be familiar with the magic of the ageless friendship if you’ve ever treasured a close attachment to someone 30 or 40 years older or younger. It’s a magic tinged with poignancy, because you both know that the older one will probably die first, leaving … Read more

Mothers and Daughters: ‘I’d rather sort out my mum’s love life than my own’ 

Sophia and her mum, Lucy in 2018 In the second of our revealing new series exploring the unique relationships between mothers and daughters, novelist and journalist Sophia Money-Coutts and her mother Lucy Deedes discuss divorce, dealing with cancer – and dating in different decades Sophia’s story  Sophia Money-Coutts, 35, is an author and former Tatler journalist  Mum is a … Read more

Love Island’s Hannah Elizabeth celebrates her birthday in style

Love Island’s Hannah Elizabeth celebrates her 30 birthday in style as she steps out in a busty pink sequined minidress… four months after welcoming son By Ellie May Donohoe For Mailonline Published: 00:34 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 00:56 GMT, 16 March 2020 She welcomed a baby son back in November.   And Hannah Elizabeth … Read more

Vanessa Hudgens models ‘I Love Earth Girls’ hoodie and wraps up in raincoat in the LA rains

Vanessa Hudgens wears an ‘I love earth girls’ hoodie as she stocks up on groceries from health food shop By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 06:43 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 19:36 GMT, 15 March 2020 Vanessa Hudgens wrapped up in a black raincoat and an ‘I [Heart] Earth Girls’ hoodie when she was … Read more