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10 things we love • Don your best Union Jack colours for a Coronation street party to remember
Ask Avrıl • Our fashion director Avril Mair answers your style conundrums and solves your sartorial headaches
ACCESSORIES
Crowning glory • Sparkling jewels for a modern-day princess
HEADLINE ACT • As the Coronation approaches, the demand for diadems is skyrocketing – and there’s a tiara for all seasons, finds Marie-Claire Chappet
A spring in your step • Ascend to new heights in your working life when you find the courage to put your health and happiness first
WORTH BEFORE WORK • The bestselling author and podcaster Emma Gannon believes in measuring success in terms of wellbeing, rather than the conventional high-status trappings. She tells Marie-Claire Chappet why overachieving is overrated
Body and soul • An inspiring rehang at Tate Britain brings marginalised artists to the fore. Plus, Sharon Horgan on why women’s experiences are the lifeblood of her work; and Anne Frank’s story seen through an intriguing new lens
THE FULL PICTURE • As Tate Britain reveals its long-awaited rehang, artists and curators explain why public galleries should showcase a broader spread of historic and contemporary works – with female artists firmly in the frame.
TRUE TO FORM • Known for her witty takes on womanhood, Sharon Horgan is a force in front of and behind the camera and. She talks to Marie-Claire Chappet about love, laughter and finding light in dark times
A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
DARK HORSE • Inspired by old-fashioned Western films and Seventies pop culture, the model Kara Rose Marshall has turned her hand to painting – with great success. She depicts horses and dancers, which can be either bought as framed artworks or translated onto hand-tufted rugs to add flamboyance to any floor. www.tuftluckstudio.com
SACRED MONSTERS • From Picasso to Polanski, the big beasts of our canon are all too often flawed. Claire Dederer reflects on the difficulty of separating the art from the artist
GLASS ACT • Good news for art aficionados and discerning drinkers: an extended array of sherbet-hued mouth-blown vessels and cocktail coupes by the Danish craftswoman and Central Saint Martins graduate Helle Mardahl is now available at Matchesfashion. www.matchesfashion.com
OUT OF THE SHADOWS • A poignant drama celebrates the heroic woman who took Anne Frank’s family into hiding.
FEAST FOR THE EYES • If you go down to the Waddesdon woods this summer, you’ll find an iridescent, 12-metre-high wedding cake. This sensational sculptural pavilion is the creation of the Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, who describes her most ambitious project to date as ‘a temple to love’.
PERENNIAL APPEAL • Immerse yourself in the flora- and foliage-filled world of Emma Tennant, a leading botanical artist and the daughter of the youngest Mitford sister, Debo Devonshire, as she celebrates 75 years of gardening and painting with a beautiful new London show, ‘Plants for Connoisseurs’.
A TALE OF TWO STORIES • Classic literature receives a comedic makeover
Sounds of the summer • Country-house opera at Glyndebourne, disco on the Cornish coast and the happy hubbub of a garden party – our guide to making the most of warm days and balmy nights
In the wings • Behind the scenes at...