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March 06, 2021 - 16:01 GMT Kate Thomas The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton joined husband Prince William for BBC One programme A Celebration for Commonwealth Day alongside The Queen Kate Middleton will make a stunning appearance alongside Prince William during the special A Celebration for Commonwealth Day programme honouring The Queen , set to air on BBC One on Sunday evening. The 39-year-old royal looked lovely in navy, recycling her gorgeous Eponine London dress for the virtual call from Kensington Palace . The Duchess of Cambridge was seen flashing a beaming smile in a sneak peek image from the programme, completing her look with dainty hoop earrings. DISCOVER: Kate Middleton rewears bargain £5 earrings for stunning new appearance Loading the player... VIDEO: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge speak about frontline workers in the Commonwealth Celebration Kate first wore her elegant blue dress in November 2019 when she attended the launch of the National Emergencies Trust (NET), an independent charity providing an emergency response to UK disasters. READ MORE: Prince William and Kate Middleton's home has a secret optical illusion – can you spot it? For her Commonwealth Day appearance, the royal opted for natural makeup, and wore her long locks down loose in a sleek style. If you're wondering how Kate achieves her glossy, frizz-free hair, her £30 hair secret was previously revealed as Kiehl's Crème with Silk Groom . Her hairdresser Amanda Cook Tucker previously shared a picture of Kate's beauty bag ahead of the royal tour to Sweden and Norway, sparking a mass sell-out. The Duchess of Cambridge is seen in a preview for Sunday's Commonwealth Day celebrations As part of the special broadcast, Kate and William spoke to medical, charity and voluntary staff from across the Commonwealth to hear more about the work they have been carrying out to … [Read more...] about Smiling Kate Middleton wows in navy for new appearance with Prince William

Last modified on Feb 02, 2021 14:53 GMT Francesca Shillcock Love a podcast? Need recommendations? We've got the perfect list for you… We all need things that will give us a bit of a mood boost right now. Books and TV are great, but if you're looking for something that will keep you entertained on your daily walk, or while you make your tenth banana bread, then podcasts are a wonderful solution. MORE: 29 amazing films based on true stories It can often feel like every man and his dog has a podcast out, and while it's true that there is a wealth of choice out there, knowing a few good gems to pick out from the pile is the best place to start. Look below for our round-up of some of the best podcasts to add to your 'subscribe' list. Happy listening... Archewell Audio Yes, that's right. Harry and Meghan have launched their very own podcast. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced last month that there were releasing Archewell Audio to highlight diverse perspectives and voices. Loading the player... WATCH: Archie makes surprise appearance on Harry and Meghan's podcast Meghan said of their new project: "One of the things my husband and I have always talked about is our passion for meeting people and hearing their stories. And no matter what the story, they usually offer you an understanding of where someone else is coming from and at the same time remind you in some way of a story about yourself." The first episode of their podcast is a holiday special and available on Spotify. MORE: 5 times royals have been surprise guests on podcasts Dissect Love music? Think you know Beyoncé 's Lemonade in and out? Think again. Dissect takes your favourite tracks and albums and, well, dissects them, revealing cool trivia and little-known facts about the artist's inspiration and writing process to create the songs you know and love. There's six seasons to devour looking at the … [Read more...] about 11 great podcasts to listen to in 2021 – see our guide here

Last modified on Feb 18, 2021 18:07 GMT Bridie Wilkins A full list of the best fitness apps to download in 2021. Whether you're looking for free exercise apps for home workouts, or an app that will help you take charge of your workouts, we've got just the thing. Choose from Peloton, Strava, FIIT, MyFitnessPal, Apple Fitness+ and more. You've got the fun workout gear , the home gym equipment , the fitness tracker and the motivation to smash your goals. Now it's time to update the fitness apps on your phone. Be it a desire to gain strength, lose weight or improve flexibility (the list goes on), fitness apps can be the difference between succeeding and struggling. Where motivation once came from enthusiastic gym instructors and/or the friends we trained with, the coronavirus pandemic has left lots of us at a loose end, but technology could be the solution. Here are the best fitness apps to download now. SEE: 14 wellness and fitness trends to try in 2021 that will help manage your anxiety 1. Results Wellness Lifestyle Price: £19.99 per month, or free for a 30-day trial in January Lucy Mecklenburgh's fitness app Results Wellness Lifestyle prides itself on the ability to house all your health apps in one place with 1000+ workouts, 600+ recipes, four mindset courses, 11 structured programmes and weekly live workout classes. Since launching in 2012, it has garnered itself a loyal following with 341k Instagram fans and counting. DOWNLOAD RWL APP View this post on Instagram A post shared by Results Wellness Lifestyle (@rwl) MORE: 23 best home exercise classes to kickstart 2021 RELATED: This new fitness watch can tell whether you're stressed or sick 2. Apple Fitness+ Price: £9.99 per month Apple's Fitness+ app works best when integrated with an Apple Watch. From there, users can sync metrics recorded from each workout … [Read more...] about 12 best exercise & fitness apps 2021: From Apple Fitness+ to Peloton, Strava, FIIT & more

October 07, 2013 - 12:32 BST hellomagazine.com At 24, Cressida had reportedly expressed reservations about settling down. But now she seems ready to embrace marriage With two dates out on the town last week, Prince Harry 's relationship with his girlfriend Cressida Bonas has clearly moved up a gear. So much so that she is said to be giving serious consideration to his desire for marriage and a family. VIEW GALLERY Prince Harry seems to have persuaded his girlfriend to consider marriage A source told HELLO! magazine that the couple are "very compatible" and "share the same sense of fun and adventure". "No one would be surprised at all if they married," added the insider. Harry has been smitten ever since he was introduced to the young beauty by his cousin Princess Eugenie 18 months ago. When the helicopter pilot Prince was posted to Afghanistan last year, he kept in constant touch by phone. During that tour of duty, he spoke about how difficult it would be to find a girl willing to take on his position and lifestyle – which was reportedly one of the problems with his former love Chelsy Davy. VIEW GALLERY Cressida is close to the Prince's cousin Eugenie and shares his sense of fun Cressida, who is the daughter of Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon and her ex-husband Jeffrey Bonas, has long been on the fringes of royal circles. Last year her half-sister Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe married Richard Branson's son in a beautiful wedding at the businessman's private game reserve in the South African bush. Along with his sister Holly, Sam Branson is close to the young royals. Her half brother Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe is a polo player said to count Prince William among his friends. For more inside information on what makes the pair perfect for one another see this week's HELLO! magazine, issue 1298 . … [Read more...] about Prince Harry’s girlfriend Cressida Bonas ready to marry

Paul F. Tompkins and Ayo Edebiri. Photo-Illustration: Vulture, Getty Images and Netflix The comedy-podcast universe is ever expanding, not unlike the universe universe. We’re here to make it a bit smaller, a bit more manageable. There are a lot of great shows, and each one has a lot of great episodes, so we want to highlight the exceptional and the noteworthy. Each week, our crack team of podcast enthusiasts and specialists and especially enthusiastic people will pick their favorites. We hope to have your ears permanently plugged with the best in aural comedy. Hollywood Handbook — The Podcaster’s Promise Sessions: Volume One with Paul F. Tompkins and Ayo Edebiri March is special in the Hollywood Handbook schedule, marketed as the one month a year where hosts Hayes Davenport and Sean Clements put effort into the recordings and producer Kevin Bartelt lands them actually famous guests to whom they can put in effort. Arguably, though, the boys made bigger waves this year when they doubled down on their own Flagrant Ones Patreon and leapt from the Earwolf ship in a group including Off Book — and longtime shared presence Dana Wickens, who has since been outspoken about the exodus. And while Paul F. Tompkins and Ayo Edebiri are both “Try Month” veterans, it makes sense that Chef Kevin might struggle in the early days of this independent period to secure the dream guests like Nathan Fielder, Tim Robinson, or Bob Odenkirk that he admits to reaching out to. Instead, Hayes and Sean are reimagining “Tri [ sic ] Month,” beginning with an early draft of their prestige narrative program The Podcaster’s Promise , set in the year 3010 under President Crooked Media (and Dax Shepard is alive). Mix the goofy premise with Earwolf insiders like PFT and Ayo, who are willing to cryptically dish on the fracturing business of comedy podcasting, and this month is off to another great start. — Noah Jacobs Listen: Spotify | … [Read more...] about This Week in Comedy Podcasts: The Podcaster’s Promise

Art by Will Eisner. Photo: Abrams Books Graphic novels — that is, long-form narratives done in the style of comic books — have rocked the literary world in recent decades. Works like Maus , Persepolis , and Fun Home have garnered Pulitzers, given birth to film and theater adaptations, topped best-seller lists, and elevated comics art from a disdained medium into an acclaimed one. But who, exactly, invented the graphic novel? Debates over its origins have raged ever since the term graphic novel first came into vogue in the late 1970s. But new research is bringing us closer to an answer. The origin of the graphic novel is a bit of a detective story, and a principal suspect is the man profiled in the upcoming book Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel , written by longtime comics writer, editor, historian, and former president of DC Comics Paul Levitz. Eisner, who died in 2005 at the age of 87, was nothing short of a titan in the world of comics. He was a writer and artist whose influence has been felt since his earliest successes in the early 1940s. Eisner’s unique career included a pioneering newspaper comic strip (“The Spirit”) , helping win a few wars by showing GIs how to take care of their equipment in official military artwork, heading a company, teaching, and even doing the first comic strip to appear in New York magazine, back when it was the Sunday magazine of the New York Herald. We’re proud to present this exclusive chapter from Levitz’s book, a chapter about Eisner and the origins of the graphic novel. *** It’s common to hear Will Eisner called “the father of the graphic novel” for his near-universally acclaimed 1978 work A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories . However, it’s a phrase that is loaded with inaccuracy, emotion, and controversy, even among those with deep respect for Eisner and his work. Taking it step by step, first consider the term “graphic novel.” Eisner himself, in the first … [Read more...] about Will Eisner and the Secret History of the Graphic Novel