Table of contents for Issue 638 in Grazia

Should women turn off the BBC? It’s a provocative question, but did you think it, even for a second, when the gender pay gap at the national broadcaster became apparent last week, after the corporation revealed the salaries of their top 96 earners? While the top earning men were on salaries around the £2 million mark, the highest earning (and most primetime) woman, Claudia Winkleman, was on just a quarter of that. The list was two-thirds male. Other women on the list (Mishal Husain, for example) earned far less than their male counterparts, for doing exactly the same job. And then there were those big female names #notonthelist. Sarah Montague, Emily Maitlis, Jane Garvey, Louise Minchin, Jenni Murray. Women who feature large in our media, but far less in the…

The neat collar and buttoned cuffs add tailored precision that makes this dress safe for work. The 9-to-5 looks brighter already… Shirtwaister The button-through dress is all about easy-breezy versatility. Fastened to the top = prim. With a couple undone = a hint of sass. Or, wear it over jeans and a tee. Crisp cotton It’s the kind of cotton that retains its charming shape (even when your commute is anything but). There’s nothing worse than limp fabric in the summer heat. Red We want it to be next season NOW! That’s right, red’s t he colour for autumn/winter. Silhouette That nipped-in waist! The bracelet-length sleeves! The midi hem! Modesty is having a moment and, oh boy, it’s seriously flattering. Bra issues A summer dress that doesn’t require complicated underpinning.…

Photos: Marco Vittur, Getty Images. Artis, Lancôme: Harrods. Creed: creedfragrances.co.uk WE’RE ALL FOR LUXURY purchases every now and again. A £500 handbag here. A £200 pair of shoes there. A £40 lipstick. Absolutely. But could you justify £1,000 for skincare? Yep, that is no tt a typo. The RRP for this Lancer Youth Legacy Face Cream may cost as much as your rent or mortgage payments. What could possibly justify the price? Well, for starters, it’s made by the A-list’s favourite dermatologist – Dr Lancer, a man who regularly tends to clients such as Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria and Kim Kardashian. He describes the cream as ‘the culmination of my life’s work’, having been inspired to formulate it by the treatments he carries out at his Beverly Hills clinic. As…

WHEN BEYONCE took to Instagram to introduce twins Rumi and Sir Carter to the world last week, the surprise twist in the big reveal wasn’t that she broke the internet (of course). It wasn’t the unusual names (already trademarked), nor that the mother of two one-month-old babies looked so beatifically beautiful (standard). No, the big surprise was that Queen Bey’s lilac dress – an extravagant cascade of romantic floral organza ruffles – was by exciting emerging designer Palomo Spain and actually menswear. Palomo Spain is Alejandro Gómez Palomo, a young Spanish designer who finds the term androgynous ‘old-fashioned’ and is creating a buzz with his exuberant, stereotype-subverting collections. Marabou-trimmed capes, lace dresses, ornate brocades and lashings of pink all feature in Palomo’s collections and herald the arrival of a new…

REALISATION PAR’S STEVIE TOP IN SUNFLOWER In my basket as I type, one finger poised over the PayPal link button… LONG-TRENCH-WITH-SHORT-SKIRT Killer combo for late July. M&S’s Autograph trench will do nicely in this mix. RAE FEATHER X A PIEDI’S POM-POM SLIDE A f ine f lat. FURRY POOL S SLIDES Top sweaty in th he sun. Store them tilll the weather turns. MONKEY SEL LFIES David Slater, who owns the camera this monkey selfie’d on, says he’s been bankrupted by the legal case on whether he, or the monkey, owns the copyright. ANY RAY-BAN AVIATORS THAT AREN’T THIS FREA AKIN’ PERFECT As sho ow pony’d by Kevin Garvey on The Leftovers.…

Photos courtesy of Matt Vickers. Additional photos: Rex  MY WIFE AND I were together for 12 years, and married for nine of those. Before Lecretia was diagnosed with cancer, I was like you probably are – I hadn’t thought much about assisted dying. Until you, or someone you love, faces a cruel death, it is unlikely you will think much about it, either. It might not be something you support – and in my case, even though I supported Lecretia’s decision to battle for her right to die in court, I tried to discourage her. I could not understand why she would want to spend her final days that way when she could be with us. But Lecretia felt she had to make life better for others; it was her…

Photograph: Marco Vittur HOW TO BE IN FASHION NOW SLINKY WRAPPERS…

1 QUICK FIX X Benefit’s new Hoola Quick Qu ie Contour Stick, £23.50 , , is is just j the thing for serial sculptor ptors. Small and supremely portable able, whip it out to quickly and easil easily y carve enviable cheekbones and super shadows with its whisper-soft cream-to-powder bronze. benefitcosmetics.com 2 HAIR SHARE This is cheap – and genuinely good. If you’ve gone overboard on the sun and styling, Pantene’s 3 Minute Miracle Repair & Protect Conditioner, £2.99, will strengthen and de-frizz. Sold. boots.com 3 GOOD LOOKING Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide Capsules have long been a best-seller – and personal favourite. Now available in an all-new formula for the delicate eye area, Advanced Ceramide Capsules Daily Youth Restoring Eye Serum, £52 for 60, promise to firm and brighten. And do.…

LEMON ZEST CHICKEN Zingy, slightly spicy and a refreshing change to the usual barbecue fare... Serves 4 Prep time: 4 hours (mainly for marinating time) Cooking time: 12 minutes 4 chicken breast fillets, approximately 200g each 4 pinches sea salt A salad of finely sliced tomato, cucumber and onion, to serve The marinade: Juice and zest of 2 unwaxed lemons 4 tsp honey 30ml olive oil 6 tsp korma curry powder 1 Use a fork to mix the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Put to one side. 2 The chicken fillets need to be flattened out a bit. Here’s how: on a chopping board, lay a sheet of clingfilm that is about twice the size of a fillet. Lay a fillet on top of the clingfilm. Place another layer of…

Photos: Backgrid, Capital Pictures, Charlie Gray MARIA O’CONNOR Grazia’s chief sub editor When Jake marries rock-chick-turned-lawyer Alice, he thinks his dreams have come come true true, , but but then then they they get get involved in ‘The Pact’ via a legendary musician who’s a last-minute guest at their wedding. The mysterious cult starts to control their lives, rather than bringing them marital bliss, as they were led to believe. At times too unbelievable, it’s nevertheless a page-turner – but probably not one for your honeymoon! LISA HOWARD Grazia’s production director Can an apparently worthy end ever justify despicable means (when those means include torture, imprisonment, degradation…)? This concept is explored as we veer from pontifications on the subject of marriage to all manner of out-of-the-blue horrors.. Never has the…

Of al all all t th he t ttop o brass film-makers that have made ade the shift to TV in the last decade de, , Jane J Campion’s is the name that t you y ca an whisper in the same breath as Da David id L Lynch. Like Lynch’s, her appet ppe ite for strangeness in the most pedestrian facets of the human experience moves with a devil’s eye for detail. For season one of Top Of The Lake, she began unearthing a broad, rangy and detailed expedition through dark cults, the New Zealand police force and paedophilia. For season two, subtitled China Girl, we move to Bondi Beach, Sydney. Poetic coverage of a body in a suitcase, travelling like an unanchored ferry through the ocean, forms the…

LETTER OF THE WEEK GIVE VICTIMS A VOICE I felt compelled to write in after reading ‘Why I published the most disturbing book I have ever read’ (17 July) about The Incest Diaries. Alexis struck a chord when she said, ‘It will make others feel awakened, witnessed, less alone.’ It will if people can rise above their indignation. This anonymous survivor’s story will give a voice to other victims of this unimaginable horror. I suffered four years of sexual abuse at the hands of my first ever boyfriend, with the collusion of my mother. Survival takes many forms, including pleasure. For me, survival was withholding orgasm and getting an education. I have a PhD and a great job, which epitomises success, but inwardly I am alone with my profound sadness.…

If you love her on podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno, you might be surprised to know Alice Levine’s sartorial tastes are a little more modest. Joining forces with Finery again, Alice has created a prim pink blouse complete with pussy bow. There’s an innuendo in there somewhere… £59, finerylondon.com MADONNA HAS stopped an auction of her private possessions, including knickers and a hairbrush, over concerns that her DNA could be extracted. ‘Fear of cloning’ is henceforth our preferred excuse for never lending anyone any of our stuff. Thanks, Madge! HAS KATY PERRY downloaded a mindfulness app? Speaking about her long-running rival Taylor Swift last week, she announced, ‘I love her, I always have. We’ve had our differences but I just continue to say, “God bless her on her journey.”’…

‘I ASKED DAVID BECKHAM FOR A SELFIE, THEN SOMEONE ASKED ME TO LEAVE’ GRACE CHATTO, 31 We e ask the Clean Bandit member to take a selfie – and reveal all Photos: Rex, Avalon Who is your hero? The cellist Jacqueline du Pré. I used to watch videos of her quite obsessively when I was little. Her passion for music was infectious. What are you most proud of? The video that I directed for Rockabye, which has had more than a billion views. It’s about a stripper who’s a mother and is doing anything she can to give her child a good life. It’s quite topical at the moment. What’s your biggest regret? Not releasing music earlier. We started the band 10 years ago and we were obsessed with playing…

Photos: Getty Images, Rex Features IT’S NOT OFTEN THAT MODELS successfully transition into acting (Hi, Claudia Schiffer!), or singing (Hey there, Naomi Campbell!) – but could Cara Delevingne be about to break the mould? Last week, the super won rave reviews for her role in Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. Despite the film’s mixed critical reception, trade bible Variety’s chief critic Peter Debruge described Cara as a ‘revelation’, adding that the 24-year-old is ‘sassy, sarcastic and spontaneous’. Cara stars as Laureline, a time-travelling agent who battles to protect the city of Alpha, with him concluding that, ‘She doesn’t just save Alpha – she saves the movie as well.’ Last year, Cara’s performance in superhero saga Suicide Suicide Squad Squad was less rapturously received, with her later commenting,…

Wha W t it is? Creed White A Amber, £675 for 250ml. They T say: Contains pricey p golden amber, whi w le the bottle has 10 carat gold detailing. We say: The ultimate gif g t-to-self. What is it? Lancôme Le Te T int Particulier Custom Made Foundation, £85. They say: 78% of us wear the wrong base shade. Lancôme scans skin at the counter to detect the exact pigments in your skin. You select the coverage, the numbers are crunched and, voilà!, your perfect match is created. We say: It’s not cheap but, oof, it’s good! What it is? Artis Elite Gold Brush Set, £486. They say: The ultimate 10-brush set with the silkiest synthetic bristles and gold-plated handles. We say: We’d invest in Artis’s non-gold-plated Elite set…

Photos: Getty AS THEY POSED for photos alongside Allison Williams and Diane Von Furstenberg on holiday in Tahiti earlier this month, many assumed Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk were celebrating the birth of their four-month-old daughter Lea. But there is another reason for their smiles: they are officially engaged. ‘There was a very intimate proposal at home,’ a source told Grazia. ‘Brad made her an amazing dinner before getting down on one knee and popping the question with an antique ring she’d been eyeing up for months. ‘She was shocked as she’d been thrown off the scent: Brad’s mum Gloria told her he’d sworn off marriage forever after having his heart broken in the past.’ The pair first started dating two years ago after Irina, 31, broke up with Cristiano…

ILLUSTRATION CIARA PHELAN ON 28 JULY 1967, one day after the Sexual Offences Act had been passed, decriminalising homosexuality in England and Wales, Lord Arran offered his thoughts to The Times . ‘I ask those homosexuals to show their thanks by comporting themselves quietly. Any public form of flaunting would be utterly distasteful.’ This week, to mark the 50th anniversary of the ground-breaking legislation, the LGBT community will mercifully be doing anything but. Three years ago, I began writing a book, Good As You, the title nicked from the old G.A.Y. protest acronym about the slow march to British gay acceptance. Today, Britain is a very gay place indeed. Model of her generation, Queen Delevingne, is one of us. The haircut of the season, as sported by everyone from Cara’s…

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Additional phototos: Mike Poloway/UNP WHO’S FOR CAVIAR? Caviar is back as a cool indulgent treat. Spoon the salty sturgeon eggs carefully onto lightly toasted bread or blinis, or eat it directly with a plastic (not metal) spoon. Avoid eating it with egg, pickles and lemon juice, but do team it with vodka, brut champagne or a very dry white wine. My go-to is Eggxiting, £35, petrossian.co.uk. Burratina, tomato and olives Sunshine on a plate. @Ber nardisLondon Lobster and crayfish mac ’n’ cheese Sublime . @WeeRascal Chocolate, cherry and vanilla cream cake Stuff of dreams. @pollypantr ies…

1 EVERYTHING NOW, BY ARCADE FIRE The Canadian mega-group return for their fifth album, featuring panpipe-filled lead single Everything Now. Out Friday 2 HOUNDS OF LOVE The latest Aussie horror (think Snowtown and The Babadook) to be branded ‘the scariest film this year’ tells the tale of married ’80s serial killers. Out Friday 3 CAT ON A HO OT TIN ROOF An all-star cast including Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell takes on the Tennesssee Williams classic. Until 7 October; youngvicwestend.co om 4 KR RUG FESTIVAL At 18th-century heritage site The Grange in Hampshire, sample fired-up dishes from Argentinian culinary master Fra ancis Mallmann (above), paiired with champagne from Krug’s portfolio. The music is curated by Mahogany Sessions. Saturday; krugfestival.com…

WAR AND PEACE Written by novelist Patrick Gale and spanning 60 years, Man In An Orange Shirt is the cherry on the cake of the BBC’s Gay Britannia season. A moving portrayal of the gay experience across the great divide of decriminalisation, the drama moves effortlessly in directions you never quite expect. Mon, 9pm, BBC Two CRIMES OF LOVE Another riveting historical drama in the same season, Against The Law sees British screen giant Daniel Mays stepping into the role of Peter Wildeblood, the gay journalist charged under the Sexual Offences Act for inappropriate activity in 1954. We really were a horrible country when it came to gays not that long ago, weren’t we? Wed, 9pm, BBC Two SCANDI SITCOM Last but by no means least, in a strong week…

1. NEW IN E THAN Lead character in Netflix’s Friends From College, geeky author trying to navigate middle age while having a long-term adulterous affair. Shouldn’t be sexy. Totally is. 2. NEW IN MENA MASSOUD Relative unknown, just cast as A laddin in the forthcoming Disney live version of the film. We don’t think there’s anything wrong with fancying a Disney p prriinnccee, sso o tthheerree. 3. NEW IN NAOMI WATTS AND BILLY CRUDUP Rumoured RL couple, who met while pretending to be married on TV show Gy psy. No clue if they really are together, we just love it when co-stars hook up, because that’s what we’d do if we were actors, not arbiters of lust. 4. NON-MOVER LINDSAY DUNCAN Stupendously cheekboned woman, currently doing fine and disturbing work,…

IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN A PHOT TO of yourself that is, to put it kindly, lesss than flattering, then spare a thought for f Cherie Blair. On the morning of 2 Maay 1997, the day after her husband Tony swept to power on the wave of New Labour’s landslide election victory, Chherie was photographed answering the doorr to their Islington townhouse dazed annd bedraggled in a cotton Next nightie. Even in the world of 24-hour news ,, it’s hard to imagine that happening to today’s most photographed First Ladies and royyals. Rather, for the members of an elite First Wives’ Club, the 1% of the 1%, the dress d code is airbrushed and flashbulb-readyy at all times. Buffed, bronzed and blow w-dried to perfection, their looks are as impeccably managed…

Photos: Barcroft Media, LMK, Instagram.com/reesewitherspoon IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS ago that Nicole Kidman said of her Big Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon, ‘We’re very, very close friends. We’re able to talk about everything.’ But according to insiders, that’s not strictly true. Apparently, an intense rivalry has erupted between the pair after they were both nominated for a Lead Actress Emmy for their hit TV drama, which won 16 nominations in total for the September ceremony. ‘Reese and Nicole will both be campaigning hard to win that Emmy,’ said a source. ‘Reese has always been ruthlessly competitive and ambitious in her career and she hasn’t lost that. But Nicole is enjoying a second coming in hers. At the moment, all eyes are on her and the awards she has…

Photos: Photoshot, Splash News, Rex Features Are What W sApp group chats the closest technolo echnologyy has got to replicating PMS? I I ask ask , , thou t ugh I already know. Yes, they are. How my hackles rise, my teeth bare, and a menacing growl reverberates in my throat, eveery time I get a notification (G ***** G ***** has added you to a WhatsApp group!). How H sneering I grow, on realising they’ve tried for a funny/cutesy/punny name again (G ***** G **** has added you to POST-PILATES-PISS-UP-POSSE group!). How rage--filled, on seeing notifications from from other other WhatsAppees roll in like stomach cramps of accumulating ferocity. D: I CAN COME NOW YAAAASSSSSS! B: Soz guys, I thought I could come but now I can’t because my…

CAR A DELEVINGNE GEMMA SAYS: Taking her acting extremely seriously, Cara is morphing into her latest big screen role IRL with this weirdly wonderful metal sci-fi gown. Cosmic! ★★★★✩ RHIANNON SAYS: Veeery slinky Cara – and I don’t mean the adjective, I mean the noun. As in, the low-fi springy toy you could spend hours watching ‘walk’ down the stairs. And now all I can think about is Cara bouncing down the stairs, step by step. So, if nothing else, the outfit has entertained me, I guess? ★★★✩✩ YOU SAY : This DOES NOT look comfortable but Cara sure is looking fearless. ★★★★✩ @BEN__NEALE ALEX A CHUNG GEMMA SAYS: Alexa doesn’t do fashion mistakes, and you have to agree she looks dead cool in this mannish suit. But…

Photos: Nick Harvey , Rex Features WE HAD A CHAMPION TIME AT THE TENNIS! GAME ON WHAT Wimbledon Men’s Final WHERE Ralph Lauren VIP suite WHO Alexa Chung, Ruth Negga, Uma Thurman Where better to celebrate Roger Feederer winning Wimbledon for the eighth e time than at the All England Club’s Ralph Lauren VIP suite? That’s where we were as he went head-to o--heead with Marin Cilic last week. Ouur com mpany? Sienna Miller, who was takking time out from performing Cat On A H Hot Tin T Roof in the West End, with herr co--star Brian Gleeson. Later, Brian and hiss brother Domhnall caught up with Ruth Negga over afternoon tea. Photos: Dave e Benett, Nick Harvey THE A-LIST TRIED OUT FAST CARS AND LUXE JEWELS WHAT A GEM!…

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NORTHERN DELIGHTS It’s now a Unesco World Heritage Site famous for its views, but the Lake District is a must-visit for food lovers too, with Michelin-star restaurants and chefs who skilfully make the most of Cumbria’s gorgeous produce. Few do it better than James Cross, the chef-proprietor at Lake Road Kitchen in Ambleside, a short stroll from Lake Windermere. He and his brigade fish the waters, scour nearby shores and forage local woods and forests, and what they t find, they cook with panache p . In the Nordic-style dining d room, the menu is ‘‘hyper-seasonal’, and dishes this summer include wild Cumbrian salmon. The five-course tasting menu is £65 per person. There are only nine tables so book lakeroadkitchen.co.uk KITCHEN BIBLE OK, Mrs Beeton's Household Managementt is ancient (no…

Photo: Alexis Armanet/Mondadori Photo LE O 24 Jul – 23 Aug Circumstances will force you to show your hand regarding an intensely personal matter on which others have strong views. Although you must think and act exactly as you wish, it’s still very important that you respect whatever’s being said and suggested to you. On no account let a tie-up between your ruler the Sun and Mars, in your own sign, bring out a streak in you that others sometimes perceive as overbearing. VIRGO 24 Aug – 23 Sep Quite why you’re expected to rearrange your plans to suit others will be difficult to understand. Even so, you’ll realise that it’s easier on all concerned if you’re compliant and accommodating – at least this time. But make it clear that…