Graziaの Issue 732 の目次

IN THE DAYS BEFORE Donald Trump’s state visit, there was more talk about what his wife Melania would be doing/wearing/saying than the President himself. Equally, as the campaign for a new Tory leader and PM gets into full swing, it was the female partners of the contenders who were dominating the headlines. So what is the role of a political spouse in 2019? Ayesha Hazarika, former advisor to Ed Miliband (who recently expressed his regret over the stress he caused his wife, Justine, by parading her on the political stage), shares what the next leader needs to know. Let us know your thoughts... @hattie_brett / feedback@graziamagazine.co.uk…

“We need to prioritise mental health spending The Royal College of Psychiatrists warned last week that some patients coming off antidepressants can experience ‘severe’ side effects, which can last months. In what was seen as a significant shift in approach, the professional body urged that patients are made aware of potential problems before they start taking the pills. While antidepressants are a vital lifeline for many – the number of people prescribed them doubled between 2007 and 2017 – it’s a reminder that we’re crying out for better access to mental health facilities. It’s great society is becoming more open about mental health, but without properly funded services, people aren’t going to get the help they need.”…

1. Up JESSIE BUCKLEY While Chernobyl (Sky TV) cannot be described as a super-breezy LOL, it is très très gritty BAFTA-good, and Jessie Buckley is brilliant within it. 2. Down ALL BRITISH MEN According to Rob Lowe, they ‘set a low bar’ on physical attraction. Lowe, who apparently fancies himself (NB with some reason), dissed UK men with specific reference to hair loss. 3. Up M A R K RONSON Recently confirmed his split from girlfriend of seven months, Rebecca Schwartz, which means he’s available. We technically aren’t – but could make the necessary arrangements if MR’s interested. 4. New in RIHANNA’S MUM MONICA Or rather, Rihanna’s ‘mom’ Monica. (Rihanna’s Mom-ica?). Recruited last week to promote new offerings from Fenty, and we liked it/her very much. 5. New in M…

PHOTOS: GETTY IF YOU’RE NOT on first-name terms with your dry-cleaner and don’t have a drawer of flesh-coloured underwear, then bad news. Both are pretty much mandatory when it comes to the latest celebrity-approved trend. Put a lid on that matcha latte and start obsessively checking your weather app – this summer, head-to-toe white is the new black. Leading the pack is Rihanna, who chose an optic-white blazer dress for the launch of her LVMH-backed label, Fenty, in Paris. The singer took the ‘head-to-toe’ memo quite literally – even her toenails were white. Supermodel Bella Hadid packed an all-white wardrobe for her stay on a yacht in Monaco for Tag Heuer’s three-day event. Outfit number one was a ruched miniskirt, cropped jacket and matching mules, all in blindingly-bright white. Outfit…

PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, MEGA, GOFFPHOTOS.COM,instagram/sussexroyal, serenawilliams YES, IT REAllY IS already a month since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle presented baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor to the world at Windsor Castle – ending months of feverish anticipation from an eager public, desperate to lay eyes on the new royal baby. Since then, bar a tasteful Instagram post which showed only Archie’s feet, Prince Harry and Meghan have made sure that their firstborn’s first weeks have been resolutely private while they adapt to parenthood. Given their obvious joy on that day, 8 May, two days after his birth, when Meghan told the waiting press that Archie was ‘magic’, it’s no surprise the following weeks have been equally special – and Harry and Meghan have been determined to do things without any outside help,…

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES, NIRMAL PURJA MBE: PROJECT POSSIBLE – 14/7/FACEBOOK/AFP THIS PHOTO, SHOWING overcrowding in one of the world’s least likely places – the top of Mount Everest – went viral last week. The ‘traffic jam’ on the globe’s highest peak sparked debate about whether too many people were attempting to climb it, as this year’s season became the fourth deadliest ever recorded. Eleven people have died already, with some of the deaths being blamed on overcrowding, as teams are being forced to wait in the ‘death zone’ – where temperatures are dangerously cold and the air perilously thin. Other deaths have been blamed on the number of inexperienced climbers lining up to take on the challenge. Ameesha Chauhan, 29, scaled the summit on 23 May, the day after the…

PHOTO: STOCKSY AS A NATION, according to Linda Geddes, there are two different ‘chronotypes’ we fit into: larks, who peak in energy and mood in the mornings, and owls, who perform best later in the day. Making larks slog on past dinner time and owls drag themselves out of bed at 7am isn’t getting the best out of anyone, she told last week’s Hay Festival. ‘Research suggests if your manager is a lark and you’re a night owl, they’re going to judge your performance more poorly,’ she said. ‘Lark managers tend to perceive more owlish workers who start later or don’t get going until 10am as less competent. And if you’re an owl forced to start work early, you’re going to curb your sleep.’ Curbed sleep, she says, can even…

MACKENZIE BEZOS, the ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has promised to give half of her £29bn fortune to charity, just months after the couple’s divorce was finalised. Here’s what you need to know… MacKenzie, a novelist, and Jeff – the world’s richest man – announced their split in January. Despite tabloid rumours that Jeff had an affair, the couple, who set up Amazon from their Seattle garage in 1994, have vowed to keep things amicable. Last week, MacKenzie made a statement about her decision to give away half of her wealth, explaining: ‘In addition to whatever assets life has nurtured in me, I have a disproportionate amount of money to share.’ MacKenzie, who was with Jeff for 25 years, announced she had signed the Giving Pledge, a foundation intended…

You might recognise her as Ladybird’s BFF or Jonah Hill’s little sister, but Beanie Feldstein is about to become a Millennial household name. Not just because of Booksmart, but because of her perfect promo tour-drobe. With a head-spinning schedule of premieres, intimate screenings, talk-show appearances and photocalls, fashion fatigue can inevitably set in. But Beanie and her stylist Erin Walsh have concocted a red-carpet persona that’s the polar opposite of the ‘anonymous princess’ look championed by some rising stars. Take the Billboard Music Awards last month. She could have chosen to wear thigh-skimming body-con or a complicated maze of cut-outs. Instead, she wore a balloon- sleeved, flower-print frock by one of the coolest London labels, Shrimps. ‘I loved seeing Beanie in the Titania dress,’ says founder Hannah Weiland. ‘She’s such…

YOU KNOW ENGLAND is on the cusp of something special when Baddiel and Skinner’s classic ’96 anthem, Three Lions, is rewritten for our team heading to the Women’s World Cup this week. With the tournament starting on Friday in Paris, expectation levels for England are at an all-time high. The Lionesses – the nickname given to Phil Neville’s side – are among the favourites to win the competition, putting all eyes on their opening game against their oldest rivals, Scotland, in Nice on Sunday. This is the first time that Scotland Women have qualified for the World Cup, something the men have failed to do since 1998. After taking on Scotland, England will play Argentina and then Japan. I travelled to meet midfielder Jill Scott, forward Beth Mead and goalkeeper…

PHOTOGRAPH DAVID YEO HAIR AND MAKE-UP: JULIE COOPER AT TERRI MANDUCA USING MAC COSMETICS SOMETIMES, WHEN A SHOP assistant is charging my credit card, I hold my breath, waiting. I’m a productive writer, an American citizen with diplomas and an income – I have no reason to be afraid of a card machine – but I’m also a refugee. My imagination feeds my panic. What if there’s a revolution? What if they take my money, put my flat in the name of my closest male relative? What if I can’t feed my daughter? I was eight years old when my mother was arrested in Iran. The revolution of 1979 had brought massive change to our country, veiling women, limiting their rights. My mother was a medical student when people took…

TRY TONAL WE SAY… Choose one colour, then mix-and-match different gradations. BE BOLD WE SAY… Don’t be afraid to clash a checked blazer with a jazzy shirt. SAY SUMMER PHOTOS: JASON LLOYD EVANS, GETTY WE SAY… Ground a happy Hawaiian print with a plaid button-down at your next BBQ. GO GEOMETRIC WE SAY… Play up the contrasts. Graphic designs look great with romantic prints.…

PHOTOS: GIANANDREA TRAINA. LA ROCHE-POSAY: LAROCHE-POSAY.CO.UK. NEALOS YARD: NEALSYARDREMEDIES.COM. ORIGINS: ORIGINS.CO.UK. SLIP: SPACENK.COM. VICHY: VICHY.CO.UK. VOTARY: VOTARY.CO.UK Joely Walker, health & beauty director I love travelling. I HATE planes. Aside from a fear of flying, it’s the inevitability I’ll disembark looking notably more haggard than when I hopped on. Blame the recycled air, communal germs and salty snacks I inhale from take off to touch down. Luckily though, I’ve got these lot on standby – they make sure I land looking infinitely sprightlier than I would otherwise. Before, during, after – use La Roche-Posay Thermal Spring Water Face Mist, £3.50 for 50ml, whenever your skin needs light refreshment. The perfect hydration hit for sensitive skin. Slip Pure Silk Sleep Masks are the best in the biz. Ridiculously soft, comfortable and…

PHIZZY BUSINESS I currently have a packet of Phizz rattling at the bottom of my handbag. They support a busy, active life, with added hydration, vitamins and minerals. £4.99, phizz.co GREASE-FREE SUNSCREEN Ren’s Clean Screen Mineral SPF 30 is a mattifying, reef-friendly, non-toxic sunscreen, so you can exercise outside and go straight into a meeting. From £30, renskincare.com SOCKS THAT ROCK A sock is a sock right? Wrong. The Sweaty Betty Technical Running Socks actually feel supportive. They also have an anti-blister panel. £15, sweatybetty.com…

‘For me, a summer party playlist is all about choosing a mix of songs that puts everyone in a fab mood,’ says Zoe, host of Radio 2’s Breakfast Show. ‘My list is inspired by Glastonbury – by far my favourite weekend of the year. It’s a chance to be truly wild and free, laugh, sing and dance all night with old friends, make new ones and become a tad feral in the magical fields of dreams. The perfect inspo for a fabulous summer playlist!’ Two Door Cinema Club – Talk : I’ve been playing this loads on the breakfast show and whole team leap in the air and have a three minute freak-out. Genius pop. Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend (feat. Dâm-Funk):…

All IS NOT wEll in the blissful, picturesque Californian nook of Monterey. Glossy school-run frenemies Madeline, Jane, Celeste, Bonnie and Renata may look like they have it all. They are women whose permanently fixed blow-dries defy the coastal breeze. Their kale salad dressings are stockpiled in double-door fridges. Each considered, power-chic wardrobe choice and quippy one-liner screams of the unattainable perfection Gwyneth Paltrow’s web dreams on Goop have placed tantalisingly within sight, but just an inch out of reach. Layer by layer, season one of the epic, chilling domestic abuse thriller Big Little Lies peeled away the trappings of these enviable examples of modern motherhood. We enter the highly anticipated second season with them dubbed ‘The Monterey Five’. A serious crime – the murder of Celeste’s despicable husband Perry pushed…

ASK THE EXPERT How to make friends as a grown-up Jessica Pan, author of Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come Generally in early adulthood we have plenty of friends – but then our lives start to diverge, and studies suggest that we drop friends from our twenties onwards. Often, we also want to find people who have more in common with our adult selves. Soon after I turned 30, I became a freelancer and started working from home. Several of my friends were moving away, and suddenly, I was lonely – so I challenged myself to fix that. As I write in my book, I tried lots of things: I met my neighbours, went to networking events, and turned to Bumble BFF, the friend-making app. As with romantic…

AS TOLD TO HATTIE CRISELL. PHOTO: camera press/leigh kelly Our show is very emotionally charged, so depending on what scene we’re filming that day, when I get home I’m usually very happy but also exhausted. I can’t hold a proper conversation. After filming we’ve a car that takes us home. I’d love to sound professional and say I spend that time replying to emails, but I’m usually on Instagram checking out everyone’s stories, and once I’ve exhausted Instagram, I go over to Twitter, and once I’ve exhausted Twitter, I resort to Facebook. Weekday evenings are usually spent with my husband, but three or four nights a week, we’ll have dinner with friends. I have a really solid crew of friends who I’ve known for a decade. There are about 10…

STROKE OF GENIUS Susannah Taylor’s column Why everyone should relearn front crawl (20 May) resonated with me. As a breaststroker, I was happy in my comfort zone, having never learned front crawl. Coming across Alexandra Heminsley’s memoir Leap In, about her swimming journey, sowed the seed. Spotting a drop-in lesson at my local pool, I thought, why not? A few months later I was swimming a full length of front crawl and, after building up technique and stamina, I’m continuing to improve and using previously unused muscles! Anne AN EDUCATION Polly Vernon’s column, The secret to my success…(27 May) hit the nail on the head. Society needs to stop feeding the obsession that Oxbridge is the only route to success. I had a comprehensive education, chose a business studies degree,…

WHAT WILL YOU be doing, with the hour you would have spent watching the new series of Love Island , if that recent collective awakening of our minds, hearts and hashtags to the desert island[1] dating show’s inherent problematicalness hadn’t happened? How will you be using it – that precious, potent 9 to 10pm weeknight slot – to atone for past reality-TV-related sins? Will you spend it sitting in silent contemplation at the pity of a society that values empty, mindless fame above all else? Which worships rootless, pointless public profile; disposable, corrupt and corrupting, unanchored by intellect, or discernible talent, or a greater creative urgency (unless you count the ability to pull off under-boob and side-boob simultaneously as talent, but I’m not sure you can)? Will you be self-flagellating…

LOVE ISLAND IS BACK and already causing controversy. When the first set of Islanders was revealed last week, social media went into uproar. The fact that all of the women conform to traditional beauty standards brought out the rage on Twitter: why wouldn’t the producers feature average or plus-sized women? According to a statement released by the production team, they ‘want to be as representative as possible, but we also want them to be attracted to one another’. I don’t want to believe they mean that no one could be attracted to an overweight person – but it does rather sound like that. Shows like First Dates and Naked Attraction feature people whose bodies don’t fit the standard beauty trope of thin, white and able-bodied, so shouldn’t Love Island be…

Given the A-list guests at their wedding last year, it is little wonder that speculation is rife as to what famous names could be in the running to be Archie’s godparents – it’s tradition for royal babies to have between five and eight. Stylist Jessica Mulroney, whose twins John and Brian were page boys at Meghan and Harry’s wedding, is high up on the list of contenders. Jessica is Meghan’s closest friend, and she and her husband reportedly helped keep Harry and Meghan’s relationship a secret in the early days of their romance. Zara Tindall, equestrian and daughter of Princess Anne, is one of Harry’s favourite cousins. She and her husband, rugby player Mike Tindall, live a relatively normal life with their two children, and Zara is considered a solid…

PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK, ©DUSTIN PITTMAN, GETTY IMAGES IF THE INTERNET had been around in the ’70s, then on the night of 2 May 1977, Bianca Jagger would have broken it. It was her birthday, and the vision of her on a white horse in Studio 54 has been crystallised in cultural history as the apex of the decade’s decadence and glamour. What’s surprising is that the man who threw the party, and dressed her in the fluid, off-the-shoulder gown she wore that night, has faded from our consciousness. In fact, you might have never heard of Roy Halston Frowick. Yet the designer, known simply as Halston, is a vital figure in fashion history. Now, however, a new documentary puts him back where he belongs: in the spotlight. Directed by Frédéric Tcheng,…

PHOTOS: COLEMAN-RAYNER ANGELINA JOLIE DOESN’T do things by halves, that much we know. And when it comes to relocating her entire family across the country, it’s certainly no low-key operation. The actor, 43, arrived in Albuquerque, New Mexico last week to begin shooting on her latest project, thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead , alongside Nicholas Hoult. Accompanied by her six children, Maddox, 17, Pax, 15, Zahara, 14, Shiloh, 13, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 10, the family was accompanied by a small army of helpers – including personal assistants and three male security guards who double up as nannies (who, it turns out, are not uneasy on the eye). ‘It’s like a military operation when the family’s on the road,’ an insider says, ‘which can make for quite a…

On sleek First she sasses up a sweet paisley dress with Sacaix Nike’s trainers, then she puts a sleek spin on a toga for Gucci’s Cruise show in Rome. Miss Campbell, our holiday wardrobe pales in comparison… That ’70s show This is about as lo-fi as Miley Cyrus gets, but the vintage waistcoat from Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche and retro aviators still make a statement. Perky in pink What this ? It’s high street. Yes, really. Kendall Jenner debuted Giambattista Valli’s H&M collab at the amFAR Gala in Cannes. Stay tuned for the main drop of tulle in November. Full throttle How do you say notice me while pretending not to? A turbo trackie. The supermodels are going large on logos – Gigi Hadid chose Burberry, while Winnie Harlow…

‘I think more politicians should go on Instagram’ Liz Truss, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, talks Trump’s visit, childcare and in-party politics as her colleagues vie to be the next Prime Minister… “Donald Trump is visiting the UK this week and I don’t think it helps Britain’s relationships around the world when some of our elected politicians make anti-Trump statements. It’ll be really infantile if that giant baby blimp is brought out again. I’m not sure if I’ll be meeting him yet, but if I do, I’ll be civil. I don’t agree with all his policies, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have him over here. I don’t agree with Jeremy Corbyn or John McDonnell but I don’t ignore them. PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK ‘If I meet Trump, I will be…

‘I’m used to the habits I have’ Rachel, 24, is an advertising creative in Belfast I’VE NEVER BEEN in a relationship. I was a late bloomer – I lost my virginity when I was 19. I met the guy on a night out and I only ever got his first name. I felt under pressure to lose my virginity, so I was just relieved to join the non-virgin club. Looking back, I realise it wasn’t the way I’d hoped it would happen, but I don’t regret it. From then on, I’ve had a habit of one-night things and casual encounters. Right now, I’m single – I’m not seeing anyone and I’m not really looking, either. I listen to my friends’ boy troubles, and I think I’m better off on my…

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Of All THE ROOMS in your home, the bedroom is the one dedicated to tranquillity and relaxation, a ‘me time’ space in which to rest at the end of a busy day, as well as set you up for a restorative night’s sleep. So how to make it an oasis of calm? Start with a soothing colour palette, such as soft blues and neutrals, and keep your room as uncluttered as possible. Invest in blackout blinds to keep those early summer sunrises at bay. Bedside lighting should be mellow – bright enough to read, but not enough to stimulate your body clock. Of course, you want your bedroom retreat to have good air quality. It may surprise you to learn that the average home can be up to five times…

Liz. Layering is important, as it makes a table look fuller and more interesting to the eye. ‘Don’t be afraid to use prints – they really bring a look alive and help to set a mood,’ she explains. ‘You don’t have to use expensive tablecloths either – a fabric draped over a table works really well, and coloured glassware adds another point of interest.’ Always use fresh flowers. ‘They bring an element of summer to the table, and even if you’re inside, they make everyone feel as though they are outside, and in summer you have an amazing range of blooms to choose from,’ says Liz. ‘I also mix fresh flowers and potted plants on the table. I like the idea of grabbing something from the garden and repurposing it,…

Catch up on Tales Of The City When they launched in the ’70s, Armistead Maupin’s Dickensian stories about the multi-strand sex lives of passing renters through a San Francisco walk-up were an intoxicating mix of wildly ahead of their time and warmly homespun. Funny, addictive little vignettes that take the temperature of generational sexuality without hammering you over the head. With Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis and Ellen Paige. Score. FRIDAY, NETFLIX Watch live Killing Eve As series two starts, the vengeful, amoral superpower that was Villanelle is still recovering from being stabbed by her nemesis Eve. But it seems she now can’t break window locks in a home counties semi. Pencil in an audience backlash. Starts Saturday. BBC One, 9pm Wallow in Black Mirror The digital age nightmares continue, this…

GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK I enjoyed MP Caroline Lucas’s insider view from Parliament in What’s Up Westminster? (3 June). If I had a pound for every time someone has said to me that a vote for the Greens is ‘a wasted vote’, I’d be a rich woman. The only wasted vote is one that’s not cast. Green issues are very much in the foreground of politics while fossil fuels continue to threaten the very existence of our planet. The Green Party offers the best hope for the future – either by taking power or by forcing the other political parties to represent the interests of ordinary people, not just corporations. Climate change is the biggest challenge facing our generation and NONE of the other parties have taken it seriously.…

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PHOTOS: GETTY, SHUTTERSTOCK I first spent time with Amal Clooney in Cairo in 2015, when she took on the case of a friend, Mohamed Fahmy, who was jailed with two other journalists from the Al Jazeera television network on trumped-up charges. Amal zeroed in on the best legal and political way out: a pardon from the Egyptian president, which would also overturn a wrongful conviction. From there, our paths kept crossing, most recently, as she fought for two Reuters journalists in Myanmar, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo – who finally walked free after more than 500 days in jail. Time and again, Amal has turned to the megaphones of the world’s media to amplify her voice and put the powerful on notice. A fight for justice means shining the…

As I was swotting up on the likes of Curtis, Callum, Sherif, Anton and Joe (not familiar names now, but give it a couple of weeks), something struck me: these men are almost entirely hairless. Nothing on the torso, armpits like roller rinks. If I were going to hazard a guess (which I am), I’d imagine there are epic levels of pubelessness below the equator, too. Understandably, given the social context, the loudest complaints around the show’s return are about lack of female body diversity. But you can’t ignore that there’s a curious male aesthetic coming into focus, too. Historically, men haven’t reacted well to connotations of seeming ‘unmanly’, yet here, a lot of the guys are making no effort to hide that they have been plucking, waxing and shaving…

HOW DO YOU REINVENT the wheel? This was the job faced by costume designer Gabriella Slade when she was brought on-board to design the stage outfits for the long-awaited Spice Girls reunion tour, which is currently in full swing. One of her first tasks? Reimagining and recreating THAT Union Jack dress worn by Geri Halliwell (now Horner) for the BRIT awards in 1997. Gabriella tells Grazia that the brief was to create a grown-up version of the iconic Spice Girls-style of the ’90s. Making a mature version of the crotch-skimming dress, which sparked a thousand fancy-dress costumes and cemented Ginger Spice in British fashion history, was a tall order. The result, worn for the performance of Spice Up Your Life, was a Tudor-esque gown in red, white and blue. ‘We…

PHOTOGRAPHS JOSHUA LAWRENCE FASHION FENELLA WEBB Smock tactics Dial down the sweetness of a pastel smock dress with black flatform sandals Pleasing pleats Lilac pleats + a relaxed silhouette = easy-breezy elegance. Dress up with gold earrings Tonal vision The head-to-toe beige trend is here to stay. Just add a silky bottom half to a button-down shirt Practically perfect A safari-style boilersuit is instantly elevated by a printed scarf Jumpsuit, £149, On-point pencil Welcome back the polo shirt. The fresh way to wear it? With a neat pencil skirt and slides Cool cover-up A longline tunic over split-hem trousers is the chicest way to do summer in the city Floral tributes Wave goodbye to Hawaiian palm-tree prints. Old-school florals are what we want on shirts right now Work it to…

I want a do-it-all trainer with street cred, OK? PHOTOS: ED MILES, GETTY IMAGES I’VE OFTEN WALKED into the trainer section of a sports shop and come out empty-handed with Nike ticks in front of my eyes. I’m baffled by the vast array of trainers on offer – there are cross-training shoes, trainers for weights, some just for running, some for sprinting, there are even some for marathon running. There are ripstop uppers, Propelium technology, Flex grooving, responsive cushioning, motion flexibility, stabilising torsion springs, Stretch Web outsoles and heel lockdowns. Confused? Anyone would think we have a pair of NASA rockets strapped to our feet. My very simple criteria for trainers are: 1. They need to be comfortable, light and mega-springy. 2. I want one pair for all exercises. Some…

Here’s how to keep those pesky insects away from your party... ■ Repel flies, mosquitoes and wasps with scented oils and candles that mask the scents – carbon dioxide and lactic acid in humans, as well as food – that attract them. ■ Citronella is a tried and tested natural repellent - we love Frederick & Mae’s Citronella Incense cone. ■ Cover food with plastic or glass to prevent insects being attracted to the smell. And while mesh covers won’t block aromas, insects should give up eventually. ■ Don’t swat! Dead wasps give off a chemical that is picked up by other wasps. Instead, trap the first wasp you see under a cup and leave it. It is often the scout, so you don’t want it flying back to alert…