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Meet the first female filmmaker in Saudi • Most directors aren’t really ‘brave’. This one just might be

Political reads, reshuffled

Who on earth eats at AMAZÓNICO? • It’s a pitch that might make even an Ed Hardy-clad oligarch get sniffy: dinner in a £10 million Mayfair dining room blinged out like a fever dream of the Amazonian rainforest, surrounded by Instagrammers posting pictures of their sea bass tiraditos. But it’s also packed with celebrities – for good reason. Reserve a table and you’ll find that the vibe is glitzy, capital-F “Fun” and the food even better.

YOU WANNA GET HIGH, MAN? (Like, really, really expensively?) • The world is going to pot: weed products have become a multibillion-dollar industry – and a number of start-ups are making luxury paraphernalia for conspicuous consumers. Call it canna-bling…

The spy who loved…

Like this look? Here’s how to do it • Want to nail the Pitt fit? Barber Joe Mills of London’s Joe & Co is here to help…

How to ROCK the ‘OLD HOLLYWOOD’ SWEEP • Brad Pitt’s doing it. So is Timothée Chalamet. Even Ansel Elgort is getting in on the action. Here’s why you should be wearing your hair long, pulled back and silver-screen ready

Crack the ENERGY code • Enjoy a new lease of life – it’s time to recharge your batteries with Lumity

Man’s best FRIEND? Not for Trump • Of all his changes at the White House, Donald’s lack of canine companions goes against the grain

CABS ARE FOR SAD SACKS… • At least they will be once everyone starts taking air taxis. Which, yes, are now actually a thing

The SECRETS of MY SUCCESS • Sarah Kauss, founder of S’well

KING PINS • Floaty-light silk bowling shirts aren’t just reserved for Swingers and Sopranos, you know?

WAIT, WHO? • Lee Cain vs the political press…

WTF is Hatsune Miku? • Well, a hologram who’s headlining Coachella. Obviously

The Labour leadership ANNOYANCE GUIDE • The race to replace Jeremy Corbyn is entering its final furlong. That means you’ll get to enjoy the candidates’ speechifying across the news cycle! Every. Single. Day. Here are the clichés that will be grinding your gears the most ahead of the result on 4 April…

The summertime HUES • Whether you’ll be spending the new season in the city or the countryside, Barbour’s brilliantly fresh shirt collection has you covered

DON’T CALL THEM FAT PANTS • The workaday cargo trouser has been given a style-forward reinvention. There’s nothing 1990s about them…

2020 VISION • Argentine steak restaurant group Gaucho unveils a complete overhaul for the next decade

THE AM TO PM EDIT

Toast Bond’s (NOT SO SECRET) SERVE • The cars, foes and gadgets might come and go, but 007 has one go-to that’s outlasted all the others

THUNBERG YOUR WARDROBE! • Take the PJ, sure. Just wear this polo while you’re at it

The one doc we can’t stop thinking about this month… • The Australian Dream is a study in sports that’s full of hope and dread

30 seconds with… an intimacy coordinator

Are you man enough to wear square-toe shoes?

Style Shrink

The 1980s called… …they want their bags back • Retro backpacks are blowing up. Better get used to it

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SMILE LIKE YOU MEAN IT • It’s time to level-up your daily dental routine – and with Regenerate Enamel Science™ it is a lot easier than you think

Cars, stars and open bars…

Taste

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