| | | | | | Dear Reader, | 'Women's stories need to be heard. We are the biggest minority,' so said poet and performer Joelle Taylor at An Evening with Bernadine Evaristo last night as part of the Chelsea Arts Festival, which is on until Sunday. Evaristo had gathered a group of authors, performers and musicians whose work has broken down barriers, shone light on minorities and given voice to those who have none. It was a powerful reminder of what's at stake if we don't stand up for ourselves – in the face of AI, aggression and oppression. If that all sounds too heavy, the messaging was lightly threaded with wit, humour and self-deprecation. It was joyful, and oh how we chuckled when Bonnie Garmus shared her story about the male colleagues who'd once stolen her creative ideas and presented them as their own. This prompted her to go back to her desk and write the first chapter of Lessons in Chemistry. When, years later, one of them turned up to get a book signed, she wrote in the flyleaf: karma's a bitch. | | Lucy Cleland Editorial Director | | | Staying In | WATCH: MobLand Season 2 | | Guy Ritchie is a busy man… Mere weeks after The Gentlemen finally returned to Netflix for season 2, the filmmaker’s other gangster TV drama has returned too. Centring on the Harrigan family dynasty, in MobLand, Tom Hardy’s shadowy fixer Harry Da Souza scrambles to keep the empire glued together. Totally star-studded, after a bit of headline-making back and forth about where Hardy stands with co-star Helen Mirren earlier this year, the full cast is back in all of its glory. Think Pierce Brosnan, Paddy Considine, Joanne Froggatt, Laura Pulver and Jasmine Jobson, with Johnny Flynn joining for season 2, which we are told is even grittier and more thrilling than season 1. First two episodes streaming now, with new episodes landing weekly on Paramount+. | | MAKE: Midnight Margaritas Inspired By Practical Magic |
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| With Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman returning in Practical Magic 2, in cinemas now, we’re revisiting the original film’s midnight margaritas scene, set to Harry Nilsson’s ‘Coconut’. This classic recipe takes its cue from the Owens sisters’ witchy woo woo gathering, combining tequila, fresh lime and orange liqueur. Dancing in the kitchen is encouraged, but there's no need to wait until midnight. |
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| | Serves 2 | Ingredients: | 100ml blanco tequila 50ml Cointreau or triple sec 50ml freshly squeezed lime juice Ice Fine sea salt, for the rims 2 lime wedges, to garnish 10ml agave syrup, optional
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| Method: | Run a lime wedge around half the rim of each glass, then dip into a shallow plate of salt. Fill the glasses with fresh ice. Pour the tequila, orange liqueur and lime juice into a cocktail shaker. Add the agave syrup if you prefer a sweeter drink, along with plenty of ice. Shake for 10-15 seconds, until thoroughly chilled. Strain into the prepared glasses and garnish with lime.
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| | DELVE INTO: The Agatha Christie Canon | | This week was Agatha Christie’s 136th birthday, so there’s no better time to tune into one of her many crime classic screen adaptations. Perhaps the most famous is ITV’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot starring David Suchet in the title role – soon to be rebooted for the BBC, with Edward Bluemel taking on the baton. There’s also Towards Zero, a three-parter which aired in 2025 and features names like Matthew Rhys and Mimi Keene (BBC), and Murder Is Easy, a two-part adaptation of Christie’s 1939 mystery which reimagines English police officer Luke Fitzwilliam as a Nigerian attaché, played by David Jonsson. Find lots more picks here (plus, have a peek inside Christie’s former Chelsea home, now on the market). | | Going Out | SEE: These Shows At Chelsea Arts Festival | | Chelsea Arts Festival is in full swing, and there’s plenty to do and see over the weekend. If you didn’t manage to secure tickets for tonight’s sold out punk night at Saatchi Gallery, fear not: there’s still availability for Cadogan Hall’s poetry night, A Poem For Every Night Of The Year: 10 Year Celebration, starring Asa Butterfield, Indira Varma and Tamsin Greig. On Saturday, highlights include a dance performance from Rambert (11.30am) and an afternoon with bestselling author Katherine Rundell (2.30pm). And on Sunday, catch an exclusive talk on the Bayeux Tapestry (11.45am) as it makes its mark on London, and see names like Celia Imrie CBE and actor-poet Lucas Jones at the Diaries of Note event (3.30pm). Find the full line-up here. | EXPLORE: Somerset House’s Reviving Craft Exhibition | | There's been a renewed interest in craft in recent years – think crochet, knitting, ceramics, glassblowing. But it's a tradition that can be traced back not just centuries, but millennia. This is felt most keenly in China, where craft is not a preserved artifact but an ongoing evolution drawing on both traditional and contemporary design, and where physical works of art and design are considered mirrors of the true mind. This is the subject of Somerset House's landmark exhibition, open now, where 60 contemporary artists, spanning stoneware, ceramics, glass, jewelry, textiles, and furniture, are drawn together, with digital and immersive elements woven throughout. Open until 27 September 2026, somersethouse.org.uk | BOOK: When Women Are The Land Retreat | | One to book for October: Advaya’s upcoming When Women Were the Land retreat: a four-night immersion into the fairytales and myths of pre-patriarchal Old Europe. Held at the mystical Broughton Hall in Yorkshire and led by award-winning writer Sylvia V. Linsteadt, participants will have the chance to discover their connection to ancestral foremothers, hear ancient tales, take part in creative writing exercises and gather round the fire for evening meals, songs and dreaming prompts. Alongside this, there will be plenty of time for relaxing in the Avalon Spa and woodland saunas, and swimming in the lakes. Interested? C&TH readers can claim a special 10 percent discount using the code CTH10. 18 – 22 October 2026, advaya.life | | Share This Newsletter With A Friend | | | | Here’s Why Grenada Is The Must-Visit Caribbean Destination | C&TH Partnership | | Ask most people to picture the Caribbean and they will describe Grenada without knowing it. White sand meeting warm, turquoise shallows, rum generously poured in the sun-soaked afternoon… What they will not picture is the part that makes Grenada different: a spice trade older than most of its neighbours’ tourism industries, a rainforest interior that swallows you whole, a population that treats hospitality with genuine warmth. | We’ve teamed up with Pure Grenada and Turquoise Holidays, who have built up years of first-hand knowledge here through dedicated trips and specialist training, to sum it up simply: this is the Caribbean as it should be. From its incredible food scene to hotels packed with personality, plus an eclectic range of experiences including rainforest hikes, underwater sculpture parks and rum distilleries, here’s why you should book a trip. | | Staying in Forever… | Property Of The Week | C&TH Partnership | | 36 & 37 Hertford Street Residences is a rare collection of 16 one and two-bedroom homes set within two distinguished Georgian townhouses in the heart of Mayfair. Designed by renowned studio Albion Nord, each residence combines heritage architecture with contemporary craftsmanship. Residents benefit from dedicated concierge and security services, alongside access to the neighbouring Shepherd Mayfair Hotel, including Maxie’s Café and Teddy’s Cocktail Bar. Situated on the doorstep of the world-famous Shepherd Market, with its acclaimed restaurants, boutiques and private members’ clubs, these completed residences offer a discreet home in one of London’s most prestigious neighbourhoods. | From £1,300,000, hertfordstreetresidences.com | | Competition Time | | | | Psssst… | Speaking candidly with her long-time friend Bella Freud at the Chelsea Arts Festival on Wednesday evening, Susie Cave teased the return of her label The Vampire’s Wife – which ran for a decade before closing in 2024. When talking about her new venture ‘Susie Cave Weddings and Funerals’, the designer was asked whether there was any going back on the decision to close. ‘The Vampire’s Wife has been sleeping, but watch this space,’ she said. | | | | Sign up for 12 print issues and instant access to every digital edition for only £39 |
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