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SEPT OCT 2024

COLUMNS 22 THE GOOD LIFE Alice B-B finds her perfect sk incare 24 THE RURBANIST Chef Skye McAlpine 26 THE WILDIST Getting into Blue Mind theor y 200 LAST WORD Building mustn’t come at the

Jacket Troy London Gilet Nobody's Child Cardigan Oliver Brown Shorts Relic Vintage Cap Christys' Shoes and socks Longchamp cost of nature, says Michael Hayman STYLE 29 NATUR AL BEAUT Y Fashion fables 30 THE ST Y LIST Rethinking your arm candy 32 THE EDIT Fashion, beaut y and jeweller y news 38 THE MAGPIE Shiny things 42 MOSS SIDE Modern countr y chic 44 MY ST Y LE Jade Holland Cooper 46 WELL GROOMED St yle for men HEALTH & WELLBEING 53 ON THE ROW The benefits of rowing 54 THE SCOOP What are the sleep-obsessed investing in now? 56 SPA TREK Brain-boosting at

Switzerland ’s Clinique La Prairie 58 BODY & SOUL Olympic rower Alex

Gregory on perfecting your technique 60 BODY LANGUAGE The power of the needle is stil l going strong, says Olivia Falcon 62 BEAUT Y DILEMMA Nathalie Eleni has some great advice for combating thread veins CULTURE 73 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Puccini ’s ta le of love and loss comes to the Coliseum 74 CULTUR AL CALENDAR Your must-have guide to what to see, read and do 82 ARTIST’S STUDIO Olivia Cole meets

British legend Harland Miller 85 PERFORMANCE ANXIET Y Give your confidence a boost by tak ing up a new hobby 86 LIT TLE GREEN BOOK Meet Bianca Pitt,

putting women front and centre in the climate fight 87 THE EXHIBITIONIST Van Gogh ’s coming to town and you can’t miss it, says Ed Vaizey 89 GOOD NEWS Yes, we need it 92 THE CONSERVATIONIST Will this change of goverment made any difference to how we tack le our most pressing climate issues, asks James Wallace 94 THE SOLUTIONISTS Three nature-based innovations reviving the Great British countr yside 96 THE GREEN LANE The legendar y G-Wagen

– now batter y powered 98 SCARFES BAR Fashion designer Giles Deacon F E ATU R E S 100 V IVA FOREV ER Make your wardrobe work hard by investing in classics 108 THE MORNING SHOWGIRL Emma Barnett tel ls Lucy Cleland about her latest side hustle 120

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