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‘It ended how I wanted it to end,” says Edward Enninful firmly, speaking a few days after his final issue as editor-in-chief of British Vogue hit the shelves. The parting cover is a paean to Enninful’s past, and his achievements at the magazine, featuring 40 iconic women he has worked with over the years, from Victoria Beckham to Oprah Winfrey, Dua Lipa and Anok Yai. But now his eyes are fixed on the future. His next venture is an unexpected move away from fashion and London – his take on Robert Mapplethorpe, in a show at Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in Paris.Enninful declines to discuss a rumoured rift with Vogue supremo Anna Wintour – “I don’t comment on gossip, I never have” – but in his six and half years at the magazine, he set a string of precedents, including British Vogue’s first tra...

The problem with writing a play about absence: How to fill the void? When a performance artist known as Miriam (Cynthia Nixon) vanishes in “The Seven Year Disappear,” a two-hander by Jordan Seavey that opened Monday at the Signature Center, we know only that she is a narcissist who steals the air from any room she enters.“The Whitney is mine,” she exclaims in the opening scene, after her adult son and manager, Naphtali (Taylor Trensch), informs her that the museum has made some sort of offer to Marina Abramovic. After seven years off the map, when Miriam returns, she has the gall to ask Naphtali whether he will help turn his abandonment into her next piece.Scenes following Miriam’s reappearance, which occurs on the heels of the 2016 election, are intercut with a reverse chronology of Na...

Starter episode: “Jon Kung’s Recipe for Spaghetti and Lion’s Head Meatballs”‘Lecker’Recorded primarily in home kitchens, this convivial podcast has an intimate feel that sets it apart from most interview shows. Lucy Dearlove, a radio producer, hosts conversations with chefs, cookbook authors and other foodies, incorporating the sounds of their cookery — paper bags rustling, ingredients being chopped, oil sizzling in a hot pan — to create an immersive experience. In addition to food and our rituals surrounding it, Dearlove turns a lens on the physical spaces where we cook, exploring the design of modern kitchens while incorporating history, architecture and personal narratives. No matter the subject, “Lecker” is a comforting, lovingly made treat that leaves you feeling warm inside, the w...

Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletterStay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter A few weeks ago, a friend told me he sometimes thought about quitting his job. I told him I also sometimes thought about quitting my job. So together we bonded over our mutual loathing of workplace drudgery, the day-to-day miseries of leaving the house, and our shared dreams of self-inflicted unemployment. Then we acknowledged that, actually, we both liked our jobs. So we changed the subject.Feeling apathetic about work, and the back and forth between embracing it wholeheartedly and telling it that it’s terrible and that you want it to die, is a modern constant. Everyone seems to be at it – whether you wo...

There’s a change underway in fashion. The safe, swaddling allure of quiet luxury, the sort of luxury that was as much of a local specialty as risotto alla Milanese, seems less and less consequential — a sort of relaxed, neutral approach to self-expression that no longer jibes with the increasing urgency of the world. That seems less like a panacea than a surrender.It started in January, back in couture, when John Galliano’s Maison Margiela show with its extreme theatrics and heightened emotions acted like a wake-up call after seasons of being stultified by camel. Continued in New York, at Willy Chavarria, who set a family-size table of sartorial intention. And in Milan, was picked up by Francesco Risso at Marni, who boiled fashion down to its essence so it could begin again.Papering in ...

Once synonymous with the school gates and the boardroom, neckties are experiencing a rebrand as they pivot from forced formality to high fashion.At this year’s Bafta awards, Saltburn star Barry Keoghan added a smart twist to a Burberry jacket with a squat, cream-coloured tie. He’s the latest celebrity to sport officewear on the red carpet, and the great tie revival spans all genders and age groups.At the Critics Choice awards, 20-year-old The Last of Us actor Bella Ramsey accessorised their Thom Browne toile printed suit with a hexagonal striped tie, while Cillian Murphy’s loose and sloppy knotted tie looked liked he’d just strolled out of the exam hall. At the Grammy awards, everyone from Boygenius to Billie Eilish wore silky black neckties. At fashion month, both the front row and the...

In the aftermath of the recent confirmation of their divorce, former Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has resurfaced in an old interview with host Kamiya Jani, offering candid insights into her cross-border marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. The interview, conducted in October 2022, sheds light on Sania’s experiences visiting Pakistan and the cultural dynamics that come with marrying across borders. In response to a query on having visited Pakistan ever after marrying Shoaib, Sania shared, “I have. We go there actually once a year because Shoaib's family still lives there and obviously Izhan goes to meet them, and you know we do meet them every year, once a year, and they come here once a year.” Delving into the differences and similarities between India and Pakistan, Sani...