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Mescal wears: cardigan, Gucci; t-shirt, Hanro; corduroy trousers, Bottega Veneta  Credit: Derek Henderson. Styling by Bridie Gilbert There aren’t many 24-year-old men as familiar with Egyptian Magic as Paul Mescal. The ‘multipurpose’ skin cream, beloved of beauty editors, had a very specific purpose on the set of Normal People: to make the actor and his 22-year-old co-star, Daisy Edgar-Jones – who played love-struck teens Connell and Marianne on the hit BBC show – appear as though they were bathed in sweat during their 41 minutes of sex scenes, spread out over 12 episodes. That’s...

Meet the man who plans to live to 180 (and has spent $2million trying) Silicon Valley investor Dave Asprey has spent years – and millions – on biohacking. So is he a madcap messiah? Or is he onto something? Dave Asprey is the author of a new book about the art of fasting Credit: Trevor Brady By conventional wisdom, Dave Asprey is a squarely middle-aged man. He is 48, husband to one long-suffering wife, father to two school-aged children, and proud owner of a dollop of ash-coloured hair. He likes gadgets, gizmos, fine coffee and fitness trends. He has a podcast. Conventional wisdom, howeve...

How Euan Blair dodged the curse of Prime Ministers’ children As the eldest Blair becomes a millionaire entrepreneur, Harry Mount looks at how other Downing Street offspring have fared 20 January 2021 • 7:18pm Sons and daughters: Euan Blair, centre, and left to right, Mark and Carol Thatcher, Randolph Churchill, James Major and model Emma Noble, Meriel Douglas-Home My God! Can Euan Blair really be worth £73 million? That’s even more than his moneybags dad, Tony, who’s got a mere £60 million to his name. Master Blair has made the money out of his apprenticeship company, Multiverse...

The brutal reality of succession: what the Romans can teach us about Trump and Biden Donald Trump and his hardcore supporters have exposed what the Romans knew all too well, that power is in some ways a fight to the end 20 January 2021 • 6:00am The one question that as a classicist I have been asked most these past four years is which Roman emperor Donald Trump is like. And, with the recent US presidential election and Wednesday’s inauguration of Joe Biden, I am now getting the same request about him. What I always reply is that we can learn about ourselves from thinking about Ancient Rom...