Don’t make a fuss. Stop being bossy. Never quit. Don’t be lazy. There’s no such thing as “can’t”… When Stylist started to think about the lessons we were taught as children, a tidal wave of repeated p

MADELEINE could not think when she last went to the theatre. Her father didn’t enjoy plays much, and Madeleine tended to go along with what he liked. They were close; the Gilbert family was just the t

WHEN Kate had decided, at the age of fifty-five, to reduce her working hours and go part-time at her job, she had imagined filling her extra days off with all kinds of exciting adventures. Instead, sh

LETTERS

WHETHER YOU’RE DATING OR DECADES IN, ATTRACTION ISN’T ABOUT LOOKS – IT’S PRESENCE, CHEMISTRY AND HOW YOU MAKE SOMEONE FEEL

The acclaimed American author and literary critic talks to Zoe West