Keeping it real

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…

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.

PHOTOGRAPH: LOUIE BANKS. STYLING: BILLY LOBOS THE BEGINNING ...

THE EMMY-WINNING ACTOR TELLS Shannon Mahanty ABOUT PLAYING THE OUTSIDER, HER FIGHT FOR WORKING-CLASS REPRESENTATION AND WHY SHE’S STILL LEARNING TO SIT STILL – EVEN WHEN THE SEAT’S WARM...

THE FASHION DESIGNER WHO HAS RUN HER OWN BRAND FOR OVER THREE DECADES HAS FOUND A NEW WAY TO EXPRESS HERSELF THROUGH A THERAPIST-STYLE CULT PODCAST SERIES. SHE TELLS HANNAH NATHANSON WHY IT’S ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS SHE’S EVER DONE

My only commandment is ‘Thou shalt not bore’