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How to get started on TikTok — an adult's guide to the viral social app

In lockdown, the grown-ups are taking over the social media playground




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Hay Festival unveils its first-ever digital programme

This year's digital-only festival has dropped nearly 600 events, but it will be completely free




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Simon Calder's expert advice on what coronavirus means for holidays

Lizzie Edmonds speaks to travel expert Simon Calder about whether we should book summer holidays and how travel will be different




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Peanut raises £9.6 million to fund its mission to become the leading social network for women

The app now counts 1.6 million users




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You can rent Normal People's Italian villa on Airbnb

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How to ace a virtual job interview, according to a career coach

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Has Heinz created the most frustrating jigsaw puzzle ever?

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The 10 vintage Chanel pieces to buy now in the FarFetch sale

*Rushes to find purse*




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What is OnlyFans? The NSFW social network shouted out by Beyoncé

OnlyFans recently received a nice bout of publicity thanks to Beyoncé




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Apps for parents: track feeding times and connect with other parents with these smart apps

Log on to lockdown lifelines for parents




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The Queen of the LBD: where to get Adele's birthday black dress look

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Duck or rabbit? How Archie's birthday book is based on an age-old optical illusion

The book appeared in an adorable new video of the Duchess of Sussex reading to baby Archie on his first birthday




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Why you need Vitamin C in your quarantine skincare regime

It's a wonder ingredient – and not just for fending off illness




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Ann Patchett: 'I've been liberated by lockdown'

Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House, tells Katie Law how Kim K, Trump and some nuns inspired her latest novel




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The tie-dye pieces too good not to buy now

Positively tie-dye for pieces




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An expert guide to at-home hair removal

Making fuzz-free fuss-free




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Your ultimate guide to parenting in lockdown by the Scummy Mummies

Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn from Scummy Mummies podcast give us their sage - and realistic - advice...




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Ruby Wax on mindfulness, mantras and virtually connecting in lockdown

'Practising mindfulness is like going to a gym, you have to exercise the muscle and it works with anxiety'




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Superdrug to offer safe spaces for domestic abuse victims

A quarter of all UK pharmacies have joined Hestia's 'UK SAYS NO MORE' campaign




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Stephen Fry teams up with CBeebies as he voices new mental health game for children

CBeebies tapped the mental health campaigner to narrate the new game




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Reach for the stars to support midwives in this star jump challenge

Time to get moving again




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4 flat shoe styles to WFH in now

Ditch the slippers, your feet deserve better




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Warburtons reveals recipe for its iconic crumpets

Long weekend breakfast, sorted




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The rainbow jewellery under £100 guaranteed to brighten your mood

These snazzy steals are guaranteed smile-inducers




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Book review: Humankind by Rutger Bregman​

If only everyone was kinder we would all reap rewards




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Book review: Looking for Eliza by Leaf Arbuthnot

A widow, a millennial and a cup of Lapsang tea




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No breakfast buffet and smartphones as keys: what London hotels will be like after lockdown

Breakfast buffet's out as hotels prepare to make you open doors using phone




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It's time to make do and mend: why now is the time to start sewing

Don't buy new — stitch it. Vicky Frost has a guide to becoming a sewing machine




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Book review: The Consequences of Love by Gavanndra Hodge

On losing a little sister and having a junkie as a dad




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A ray of sunshine: where to get the Duchess of Cambridge's summer-ready look

It's time to embrace yellow




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A definitive guide to the books and literary references in Normal People

In a story about the challenges of communication, the characters in Normal People often find solace in reading




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The best stretches and exercises for back pain, according to a physio

How to look after your body physically while WFH




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How to make your own VE Day bunting at home

Transform your home with these festive decorations




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What's the 100k in May challenge and how do I sign up?

It's not too late to join




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Let's Make-Up: the beauty products to know about this week

The first in a new series where each week we bring you an edit of the new-in skincare, make-up and hair products we're loving




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Best independent online wine delivery in London

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Intermittent fasting: everything you need to know

Think time-restricted eating is just another diet trend? Think again...




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Gyms 'may stay closed until autumn,' as industry body publishes guidelines for fitness studios to open safely

A ban on sweat towels could be introduced under new guidelines from ukactive




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Michelle Obama explains how her fashion has changed since leaving the White House in Netflix's Becoming film

The former First Lady has always been a believer that being highly educated and having an interest in high fashion don't have to be mutually exclusive




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Happity at home: the platform keeping toddlers entertained with live-streamed classes

From learning Spanish to playing music, Happity is helping to keep toddlers occupied at home




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Outstanding Stays: Can Bordoy, Palma

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15 colourised photos from WWII to commemorate VE Day

It's been 75 years since Winston Churchill announced the war in Europe was over




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Women's running hats: should you wear a hat while working out?

Work up a sweat while protecting your locks




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VE Day recipes: 8 classic British party foods to make at home

Why not try these easy, tasty recipes at home?




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Watch this exclusive performance of If The World Was Ending with JP Saxe and hear the love story behind it

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The best high fashion scented candles: From Gucci to Fornasetti and Bella Freud

It's lit




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How to make Anna Barnett's Tempura Tacos

In my opinion, there is nothing that will ever beat a homemade taco filled with anything lightly battered.




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10 cookbooks the ES team has been using religiously during lockdown

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Photographers team up to capture lockdown London on doorsteps to raise for NHS heroes

"All of my work has been cancelled [because of the crisis] and I was just missing shooting people and thought it would be a nice way for the community to come together and have a memory of this time.




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Motsi Mabuse: ‘People didn't expect black people in ballgowns’

Strictly’s newest judge learned to stick up for herself in apartheid-era South Africa. She talks racism, the ‘rift’ with her sister Oti – and learning to dance amid knife fights

Motsi Mabuse is remembering the rough dance halls of apartheid-era South Africa and the shocking sights she would see as she took her first tentative steps across their floors. “When we had competitions,” she says, “we didn’t have security and people would be drunk and starting fights. We were just kids and we’d watch people with knives running through while we were in the middle of a routine. Compared to that, Strictly isn’t so difficult.”

Mabuse, the newest judge on Strictly Come Dancing, first fell for the glitterball world at the age of nine after watching couples waltz, swing and cha-cha-cha while on holiday in Durban. “What I love about my parents is that they didn’t say: ‘Oh, you can’t do that.’ They found a way. But we had a lot of backlash, being the only black kids. People would laugh at us and call us names. We were bullied, but we just kept on coming back – and then we beat them.”

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