Today was one of those quintessentially gloomy English autumn days that remind you that winter is on its way. Being forever in love with summertime, it can be difficult with the cold and dark, and so, to look on the bright side, we’re drawing inspiration from the palette of overcast days.

THERE ARE ONLY two days left until the General Election and for the past two weeks, flyers have been dropped through our mail slot and canvassers have been ringing the door bell.

Romantic love – seeking it, glorifying it, dishing it – is a human obsession. My English barmaid mother called it a ‘funny five minutes’ never to be trusted and basically dangerous for women. The feminist author Marilyn Yalom saw a mysterious but ‘intoxicating mixture of sex and sentiment’.

THERE ARE late summer whites and early autumn whites, but perhaps our most favourite are the Winter Whites. Here is a beautifully curated moodboard of a few things we love this holiday season—coats and cable knits and cosy cardigans; table settings and turtlenecks and tufted headboards; boiserie and leather totes and so much more…

For our fifth Holiday Gift Guide this year, we’ve picked out a few really lovely things for the children in your life, since we recently had a niece and a nephew born into our family. Among the very charming and whimsical things we’ve found is a wicker Strolley that converts from a pram to a shopping trolley…

As we already know from his Twitter presence, Bad Bunny is an icon, regardless of what the Latin Grammys think. The video for his new single “Vete” (Spanish for “go away”) tracks flexes on flexes from the reggaeton star.