hair
My hairdresser cured my depression
I walked to the salon in fiery sunshine. Gorgeous, zaftig Elody was wearing a short satin dressing gown of silver…
For the love of gin
I’d missed the train, and the next was due in 45 minutes, so I popped into the nearby salon for…
Low life
‘Have you ever thought of having some colour put in, love?’ said Julian as he shaved my neck with a…
The tangled story of dreadlocks, from Milton to YouTube
‘Why are you filming this?’ ‘For everyone’s safety.’ Those are the last words in a 46-second video that was watched…
Why does no one in the cabinet admit to being a Europhile?
One of the oddest features of the cabinet majority for staying in the EU is that almost no one in…
Whose hair are you buying?
British people buy £43 million worth of human hair a year. So who’s selling?
Exciting new ways of not writing a novel
Procrastination is easier in the age of Google – but less honest
A quietly stunning quest for Bonnie Prince Charlie
What if Bonnie Prince Charlie, as he swept down from Scotland towards London to lay claim to the throne, hadn’t…