HOROSCOPES: Think and don't shout this week, Leo

Leo 24 JULY-23 AUG A relationship problem will come to a head this week but that could be good, especially if one or both of you has been pretending nothing is wrong. The most important thing is that you start thinking about it – and that means thinking, not shouting. …...Read More

A slice of Sunshine

Food writer Skye McAlpine’s London home is a feast of ice-cream shades and vintage treasures – with the light, bright kitchen at its hear Skye feels most content pottering in her bright, sunny kitchen – cooking or listening to a podcast Neapolitan ice cream may not seem an obvious decoration …...Read More

Fashion: Here's to a stylish staycation

Tamzin Outhwaite and AJ Pritchard are the latest stars rumoured to be heading into the jungle for I'm A Celeb 2020... which is said to be 'a blow' to the BBC...Read More

Fashion: Yes YOU Can...

...wear clashing colours - Joanne Toolan shows you how There was a time when fashion had so many rules, especially when it came to colour. You can’t mix gold and silver, pastels are just for spring, you should only wear one bold shade at a time… Well, thankfully, those days …...Read More

DEBORAH ROSS: Goodness gracious me: why the Peter Sellers accents?

A Suitable Boy Sunday, BBC1 Rating: Prodigal Son Tuesday, Sky One Rating: A Suitable Boy is the BBC’s much-anticipated adaptation of Vikram Seth’s 1,349-page, 592,552-word novel, which is one of those big books I always said I’d read but never have. (I have, as it happens, quite a long list …...Read More

Ali Smith, Frances Cha, Vaseem Khan and Elin Hilderbrand: This week's brand new fiction

Summer Ali Smith Hamish Hamilton £16.99 The final instalment of Smith’s seasonal quartet dovetails the bang up-to-date story of a brother and sister during the Covid-19 lockdown with that of siblings interned as enemy aliens at the start of the Second World War. As always with Smith, there are tangents …...Read More

Memorial Drive review: Natasha Trethewey has crafted an indelible memorial to her mother

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Natasha Trethewey Bloomsbury £16.99 Rating: In 1985, when Natasha Trethewey was 19, her former stepfather shot and killed her mother at point-blank range at their home in Atlanta. Afterwards, Trethewey locked the door on her past, going on to become a two-time poet laureate of …...Read More

Bihar Police capable of investigating Sushant Singh Rajput's death case: Bihar DGP on CBI probe demands

Responding to consistent demands for a CBI probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput 's death, Bihar's Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey on Saturday said that the police are "fully capable" of conducting the investigation in the matter."If Sushant Singh's father wants, he can demand an investigation by the …...Read More

Drunk woman avoids jail after urinating in street before spitting in officer's face

A drunk woman threw up, urinated in the street and verbally berated the police officer trying to help her, before spitting in their face. Police officers found Ayesha Mervyn, 21, on the ground outside McDonald's in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, when they were patrolling around 9pm on March 2. They spotted …...Read More

PM Modi addresses Smart India Hackathon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the grand finale of Smart India Hackathon on Saturday via video conferencing this evening, and also interact with students on the occasion. Stay with TOI for all updates....Read More