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This yr, I even have undergone various experimental treatments and therapies in a bid to ward off ageing. Under the ministrations of Dr Costas Papageorgiou on the Harrods Wellness Clinic, I’ve had electrodes strapped to my cheeks in an effort to define my cheekbones, and thermal heat zapped onto my neck to eradicate its sagging. On the diagnostic centre on the Galen Clinic, an easy oral swab has revealed a number of genetic predispositions. On the doctor’s advice I even have doubled my intake of omega-3 oils, vitamins B and D, and now take turmeric for inflammation and magnesium for sleeping. I never imagined I can be so seduced by the complement industry – but at once I’m squirting lion’s mane elixir into some water since it’s said to sharpen your focus. I’m clearly a complete sucker.
As yet, I haven’t tried NAD, the wellness hacker’s favourite longevity complement. Scientifically generally known as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, NAD is a molecule produced naturally within the body that is claimed to delay ageing. So when author Jessica Salter suggested she trial a recent self-injectable version, I used to be keen to follow her journey. The one trouble being that the NAD complement works at a deep cellular level, and its advantages are largely undetectable on superficial things similar to saggy chins and wrinkles. It might be some many years before we will confirm the extent to which it helped Jessica. For now, you may examine her experience, but be warned: it accommodates a variety of needles.
Are you among the many 30 million individuals who have joined the cult of padel? The racket game has soared in popularity and inspired a swathe of merchandise – just call it tiny tennis. Igor Ramírez García-Peralta goes searching for padel’s origins via the pristine blue court of the Marbella Club Hotel, and a game with Hubertus von Hohenlohe, whose father, Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, is commonly credited, within the early ’70s, with bringing the sport to Europe.
In recent times, Scandi style has change into a byword for a certain form of understated elegance, widely applied to all the things from restaurant menus to homeware, furniture and fashion. And it is totally lovely, if a teensy bit generic. How refreshing, then, to go to the home of Tina Seidenfaden Busck, the gallerist behind the cult Copenhagen design store The Apartment, and find her tastes embracing a completely maximalist aesthetic. Prints, linens, patterns, craft – Seidenfaden Busck’s home is a riot of vibrant exuberance, as author Sara Semic discovers. I’m especially charmed by her delicious linen cupboard.
Lastly, one other outlier: recent restaurant The Yellow Bittern. Co-founded by an Irish chef, Hugh Corcoran, a magazine publisher, Frances Armstrong Jones, and bookseller Oisín Davies, it operates through a set of comically abstruse guidelines. Patrons book by post, pay by money and may only be accommodated during lunch hours between Monday and Friday. In a world of social media-driven hospitality, The Yellow Bittern is proudly, and stubbornly, anti-TikTok. I personally can’t wait to try its minute menu and its neatly curated wine list. I just need to seek out a pencil, a stamp and a postcard…
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