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Top of the SHOPS • THE BEST HIGH-STREET BUYS THIS MONTH

Smooth operators • Indulging in the real deal or going faux – let leather add a layer of luxury for spring. From subtle colour to high-shine, just call it the ultimate outfit elevator

Soft focus • Uncover a soft spot for delicate camisoles and billowing bloomers, enticed from the bedroom and into modern day by jeans and leather biker jackets

Style Q&A

Pick up the slack • Popularised by Katharine Hepburn in the 1940s, the slack brought androgynous tailoring to the forefront of women’s wardrobes. This season, the silhouette returns, sharply pleated and reimagined in a spectrum of icy sorbet shades and palette-cleansing neutrals

The FASHION Edit • Red fashion director Oonagh Brennan shares her seasonal wardrobe essentials

DECO HEAVEN • The geometric shapes and rich colours inspired by the architecture, fashion and art of the 1920s are roaring again

Quote of the MONTH

Sex work, undressed • AUTHOR Emma Becker REFLECTS ON HER TWO YEARS WORKING IN A BERLIN BROTHEL, WHERE THE WOMEN SET THE RULES, CHOSE THEIR CLIENTS AND STAYED FIRMLY ON TOP

How to get paid to do nothing (well, almost) • YOU DON’T NEED A SECOND JOB TO EARN MORE, SAYS Hannah Ewens – YOU JUST NEED TO CREATE PASSIVE INCOME TO DO THE WORK FOR YOU

My CAREER lessons • Lawyer-turned-literary agent Catherine Cho shares the joy of championing new novelists and the challenge of building an agency from scratch

For the love of Lisa • HER CURVEBALL WIT AND INIMITABLE CHARACTERS MAKE LISA KUDROW ONE OF OUR MOST ADORED COMIC ACTORS. NOW, SHE’S RETURNING TO OUR SCREENS FOR A THIRD AND FINAL SEASON OF HBO’S THE COMEBACK.

HOW TO SPOT TOXIC TRAITS • IN A NEW BOOK, PSYCHOLOGIST Leanne ten Brinke REVEALS HOW TO RECOGNISE A SNAKE IN THE GRASS – AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET BITTEN

FIVE RULES FOR HANDLING POISONOUS PEOPLE • SOMETIMES, SPENDING TIME WITH POISONOUS PEOPLE IS UNAVOIDABLE; IN THESE CASES, WE MUST DON SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL ARMOUR. THE FOLLOWING RULES WILL HELP PROTECT YOU…

A table for one • FAR FROM BEING DEPRESSING OR LONELY, COOKING AND EATING SOLO DINNERS IS ONE OF LIFE’S GREAT JOYS, SAYS Eli Davies

DO YOU WANT MORE? • HOW DO WE CARVE OUT A LIFE THAT SUITS US – NOT SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS? ON ENTERING HER 40S, Poorna Bell DECIDED TO EXAMINE EVERYTHING SHE’D BEEN CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE AS A WOMAN… AND THEN DO IT DIFFERENTLY

Riding high • BELOVED COMEDIAN Nick Mohammed IS CURRENTLY GALLOPING THROUGH A NATIONWIDE TOUR – ALONGSIDE FILMING AND FATHERHOOD. HE TELLS Natalie Zannikos WHY HE’S GRATEFUL FOR SUCCESS – AND ALL THE HURDLES IN BETWEEN

New AGE • Spotlighting many different experiences and perceptions of ageing, this fascinating exhibition at London’s Wellcome Collection asks how we can all do it better, layering works such as Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Still Life, Sebald Beham’s The Fountain Of Youth and Paula Rego’s Nursing (pictured).

Spotlight on ROSE WYLIE • THIS MONTH SEES ROSE WYLIE: THE PICTURE COMES FIRST ARRIVE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. HERE’S A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT TO EXPECT

For your ENTERTAINMENT • MUSIC, TV AND THEATRE TO CATCH THIS MONTH…

This month’s BEST BOOKS • Sarah Shaffi SHARES HER NEW FAVOURITE READS

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