Chocolate-box philosophy

Those brilliant ideas for stories that mysteriously bubble up from somewhere deep in the subconscious to wake an author in the middle of the night, and get them groping for the notebook or phone they

Coming up for air

From doomscrolling deterrents to visualisations that make you feel like That B*tch, our crack team of life improvers have trusted tactics at the ready

Y ou’ve done the reflecting. You’ve asked the ...

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM

Let’s be honest. By the time you’re reading this, you’ve already done a lot of the hard stuff. You’ve lived through booms, busts and decades of doing things for other people. So, if you find yourself