What's got my attention this week

Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

Mary Quant, the fashion designer behind the mini skirt, died this week, aged 93

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• This week we lost another history-making fashion designer, Mary Quant (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
• Jennifer Coolidge's brilliant year continues apace, this time with the cover of the Time100 issue (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre). She told Mia Farrow (yep, you read that right) why this sudden success at 61 leaves her completely baffled (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
• Love this piece about the significance of the local bench (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
• No7 has launched another miracle skincare product that's got waiting lists up the wazoo. But does it do even a fraction of what it claims? (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) £
• Older women in the nude (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre): the opposite of invisibility? (These images give me life.)
• Why you should ditch the bucket list (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
• What nobody tells you about what menopause can (NOT WILL) do to your sex life. (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)
• How Everything But The Girl got their groove back (S'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre). And a new album.