Catching my breath in Paris
The trip ended with oysters, scallops and steak tartare at Le Stella, a cozy neighborhood bistro, and a peaceful train ride home
Lara Prendergast
Lara Prendergast is executive editor of The Spectator. She hosts two Spectator podcasts, The Edition and Table Talk, and edits The Spectator’s food and drink coverage.
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Monday
A honeymoon in Berlin
Younger Berliners seem to want their lives to look as austere as possible
Tuesday
Breakfast is the dullest meal of the day
In Britain and America, there is rarely any joy in breakfast food and that is deliberate
Thursday
Beauty tips for the people, by AOC*
As told to Lara Prendergast
Thursday
Why are modern men obsessed with self-improvement?
My friend recently met a man on a dating app and went out for dinner with him. When he arrived, the man announced that he didn’t drink. Nothing unusual about that: plenty of young men are abstemious these days. His next declaration was more surprising: he didn’t eat. Instead, he lived off something called ‘Huel’.
Thursday
The vlogging fantasy that bewitches children
My friend’s ten-year-old daughter has a new hobby. Like many of her school pals, she hopes to become a video blogger — a ‘vlogger’. She has started to record clips of herself for others to watch, share and ‘like’. She showed me a few, then gave me a list of famous vloggers to watch: JoJo
