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Paris is basking in an Olympics induced glow-up. With the Games en ville – that’s in town, for any non-French speakers – the authorities have injected some serious funds into their capital. Most visible has been cleaning up the river Seine – so that now, unlike the murky Thames, it’s now safe to swim in. (Well, nearly – the triathlon did have to be slightly delayed.)But that’s not all that’s new in Paris. £35bn has also been spent on the Grand Paris Express, connecting 120 miles of new Métro lines between the suburbs. They’ve also upgraded the Grand Palais on the Champs-Élysées, built a new arena and aquatic centre, and created an Olympic village in the northern quarter of Saint-Denis – 30% of which will join the region’s public housing stock when all the medals have been handed out.For so...

I suspected the long journey would be worth it. Viani, after all, is perfectly situated for divers looking to access Fiji’sfamed Rainbow Reef, first mapped by Jacques Cousteau and one of the world’s prime examples of the soft-coral ecosystem. In normal times, the reef would be teeming not just with fish, but with visitors from around the globe. But in the early days of Fiji’s tentative post-pandemic reopening, we virtually had this bucket-list dive site to ourselves. The resort I was visiting in Viani Bay, a small, three-bungalow operation called Dive Academy Fiji, is the brainchild of Marina Walser and Jone Waitaiti, business partners who met on Germany’s frigid (and, in my mind, utterly inexplicable) scuba-diving circuit. Marina, tired of a long career in the corporate world, had wanted ...

The Rocky Mountaineer ‘Rockies To The Red Rocks’ route (running from April to October, priced from £1,454 pp) also runs in the reverse direction west from Denver to Moab. The optional SilverLeaf Plus Service experienced by Beverley includes exclusive access to the newly-renovated lounge bar car with craft cocktails and outside viewing platform. Freshly-prepared chef’s meals are paired with local wines. Plan your journey at rockymountaineer.comDiscover more about Denver at denver.org Source link

They were interesting times when - in the late 80s - Toyota introduced its ‘posh’ division; Lexus. The extra quality, the refinement - the aspirations – all shone through. But only if you wanted the big (slightly blandly-styled), LS400 with its top-spec electronics and swish ride.How things change. The strategy worked and today the range has expanded into all corners of the market, from the brand’s big, luxury LM MPV, through the latest (much sleeker) LS, the mid-range RX and RZ SUVs, and the smaller NX and UX.The LBX is the brand’s smallest ever offering and - just like the LS400 in those far-off days - it oozes class. It’s very refined, beautifully built, crammed with equipment, plush and good to drive. It looks stylish too.We drove the £39,255 Takumi Design model (the LBX range starts a...

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So, how does it work? After getting results back from SHL’s laboratory, users can upload them to Zults and share them with others through a web link, QR code, or via Bluetooth. The information is then held on slick digital Zults card, visually akin to a credit card, displaying your name, when you were tested, and for what infections. di Matto hopes it will eliminate the need for awkward — and unverifiable — screenshots. Source link

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This chocolate powder by Elle Macpherson’s well-respected brand is the closest thing to my beloved Benco — but much healthier thanks to the additions of, wait for it: magnesium citrate, cacoa, acerola cherry, MCT, chamomile, lemon balm, pomegranate, shiitake mushrooms, and passionflower. The net result: better sleep, yes, but a host of other benefits over time from more glowing skin to a more resilient nervous system. Source link

He’s the BFF of our future king who’s been there through all his big life milestones: the childhood friend Prince William used to go shooting with on the Sandringham Estate; the confidante he selected to be Prince George’s godfather; and the man by his side when he stood as an usher at the Duke of Westminster’s wedding last month, pictured smiling next to each other in their suits outside Chester Cathedral. Perhaps it’s little surprise, then, that William van Cutsem, 45, is the man the trusted by the Duke of Wales, 42, to become his colleague at the Duchy estate. The father-of-two will take on the role of adviser to the council at the 130,000-acre estate the duke inherited last year — a nod to his background as a chartered surveyor, and his unique position as the prince’s most loyal friend...

My apologies, but I am going to open this article with the C word; it is impossible to frame the abundance of wellness products that have flooded the market without talking about what happened during Covid. I will whizz you through the timeline because I know it’s tedious. Coronavirus happened, we had to barricade ourselves indoors, many of us realised that feeling good was valuable, and then a great many of us decided to up our wellness efforts from our homes because, well, we were stuck in them. The wellbeing industry of course responded robustly, issuing products designed to encourage sleep, improve circulation and relaxation, mimic sunlight, and all sorts of other things. As a beauty and wellness journalist, I was sent new products daily, many of which made me roll my eyes, but some of...