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THIS MONTH: 10 things • Your guide to everything worth watching, wearing and wanting this month

MOOD BOARD: flower bomb • Sweet, innocent florals? Not this season

THE PIECE: you tubes • The new power pairing? Long socks with anything

UP CLOSE: swish swish • Swingy, playful, flippy fringing is the short cut to a good time. Get ready to twirl, girl

IN FOCUS: status update • A new season can bring with it the urge for a sartorial start-over. But sometimes all it takes is one key piece to make everything feel new again. Here are the homegrown names to know and the steals to covet

TRY THIS: cool cat • Leopard print finds its groove

INSIDER: french dressing • Add Sabina Socol to the list of reasons you’ll never tire of Parisian style. The Romanian-born, French-raised journalist and street-style star is everything you’d expect an It-girl to be: classic, cool and totally natural. Here, she gives us a glimpse of her enviable collection of vintage handbags, high-waisted denim and perfectly mismatched furniture

INTEL: SENSE & SUSTAINABILITY • IT’S THE BUZZWORD OF OUR TIMES, BUT MORE AND MORE LABELS ARE PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTHS ARE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUTURE OF›FASHION

MUSIC: she sounds • Beyoncé, SZA, Cardi B and Haim are just some of the women leading the charge at this month’s Coachella. But here are four female acts from lower down the bill that are just as worthy of checking out

FILM: A RELUCTANT STAR • Olivia Cooke won (and broke) hearts in Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, and now she’s building on her leading-lady potential with a role in Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi thriller – and slowly coming to terms with fame

CHOC-TOPS AT THE READY • THREE FEEL-GOOD FILMS NOT TO MISS THIS MONTH

STREAMING: to be determined • TESSA THOMPSON IS A TRULY MODERN STAR, WITH ENERGY – AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS – IN SPADES

SELF: WANT TO BE A BETTER FRIEND? • Then be prepared to work at it. In her new book The Friendship Cure, Kate Leaver says while most of us are preprogrammed for friendship, few of us realise it’s a honeable skill

WILL YOU BE MY... • LEAVER’S TOP TIP FOR MAKING NEW FRIENDS: USE YOUR PHONE

MAN: get in! • He’s the Skins and Black Mirror alumnus who starred in last year’s surprise horror hit Get Out and features opposite Lupita Nyong’o in the Marvel blockbuster Black Panther – 2018 is set to be the year of Daniel Kaluuya

DRINK: viking spirit • Meet the ancient libation that’s making a sweet return

LIFE: SAVE IT FOR LATER • Some of the seemingly most important details of our daily lives exist in screenshots accumulated and stored for when we’ll one day need them (we swear). But what are we actually doing with them? And what are they doing to our ability to remember what’s in them in the first place?

BOOKS: instagram is the new book club • Colour-coded shelfies and celeb endorsements have transformed books into hot social-media property

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

DRIVE: THE SUV GETS SEXY • Forget every stereotype you’ve heard – the new high-riding passenger vehicles are getting a very luxe makeover

“As perfectionists we strive for perfection, but perfection doesn’t exist in any area of life” • Swimmer Cate Campbell says she...