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With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away , roots star Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke ’n’ honey battle cry.

IN AN AGE OF COMPARISON CULTURE AND GLOSSY SOCIAL-MEDIA LIVES, IT’S HARD NOT TO QUESTION YOUR OWN PROGRESS. BUT THERE’S NO RIGHT PATH TO LIFE AS THESE WOMEN, WHO ARE TURNING CONVENTION ON ITS HEAD AND SHARING WISDOM AS THEY GO, DEMONSTRATE…

MEET THE CREATIVE VISIONARIES, EACH WITH THEIR OWN DISTINCT STYLE, WHO HAVE BECOME IMITABLE ICONS OF THE INTERIOR DESIGN WORLD

Cosy comfort can co-exist with colour and energy, says the founder of shopping platform Collagerie and former fashion director of Vogue . Here, she shares her joyous approach to decorating her home

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers