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Every month in Red magazine, we ask one of our readers' best-loved tastemakers about their favourite things, from fashion finds and foodie gems, to holiday destinations and everything in between. This month, J.J. Martin – founder of luxury lifestyle brand La DoubleJ – shares the special things that add some joy to her everyday. J.J. loves grabbing a coffee from Leonardo, a chic cafe based in Milan, wearing her Nike Air Jordan high-tops and escaping to Lake Como on the weekend.

If you're hosting friends and family for Sunday lunch this weekend, feeding vegetarian guests can be a conundrum. Indeed, for a meal that's often centred around meat, what do you serve that's just as good as the main event? A suggestion: Pickled beetroot tart with goat’s cheese, which is as delicious as it is lovely to look at on the table – so good in fact, non-vegetarian guests might be tempted to load a slither onto their dinner plate, too.

Being on screen? According to James McAvoy, 46, that’s the easy part. ‘It’s nearly two years of my life that I’ve been directing, and getting back to doing some acting now, f*** me, it’s an absolute doddle,’ he laughs. ‘It’s the first time in my life when I’ve felt like, “People pay me for this? This is so easy!”’ He’s just returned from filming the supernatural drama Faith, alongside Adolescence’s Erin Doherty.

The scales can be frustrating. Mine, in particular, seem to have a very good memory. I can eat well, move more, shift a few pounds, only for the weight to slowly edge back on. Or I’ll get close to the number I’ve had in my head for years, and that last half stone simply won’t budge, no matter how many chicken salads (no dressing) I eat. It’s at this familiar point in the cycle that I normally wonder if I’m missing something obvious – or if my body is perhaps playing by a different set of rules.

Red's resident astrologer, Yasmin Boland, reveals what's in store for your star sign in April 2026, with her free horoscope for all the signs of the zodiac. Find out what's in store for your sign this month... Star of the month: Aries or Aries rising 21 March to 20 April If you've been struggling to focus lately, there's good news on the horizon. From now on, your thinking should shift. You're no longer confined to old mental patterns that may have guided you.

Red's resident astrologer, Yasmin Boland, reveals what's in store for your star sign in March 2026, with her free horoscope for all the signs of the zodiac. Find out what's in store for your sign this month... Star of the month: Pisces or Pisces rising 20 February to 20 March It’s time for you to move into a new chapter when it comes to your most important relationships, be that with your partner, ex, family or even your best friend.

For years, fibre was the nutritional equivalent of beige short-pile carpet. Practical, but a little bit off-putting, it summoned up visions of stewed prunes, boiled cabbage and the F Plan, a 1980s diet that involved eating your body weight in All-Bran. More recently, nutrition has been about sexier things: superfoods, biohacking and supplement stacks, rather than boring old roughage. If you talked about fibre, you were really talking about poo, about going to the loo regularly.

Sometimes when you want a warm snack, only a biscuit or cookie will do. For those moments, let us introduce you to these nutty, gooey cookies made with peanut butter, dark chocolate and dark brown sugar for an extra chewy, fudgey quality. This recipe is in fact vegan, too, and is masterminded by Australian pastry chef, Philip Khoury, who shares the dangerously moreish recipe in his new book, Beyond Baking. "Need I say more?

We all know that feeling of a truly good hair day – that rare moment when you catch your reflection and think, ‘Yes, I’ve got this’. It sounds small, but hair often plays a bigger role in confidence than we realise. In fact, according to recent L’Oréal Paris research, lack of volume is one of the top hair concerns for UK women over 50. Not so suprising when you consider our hair structure changes as we age: fibres become finer, hair density reduces and fullness can be harder to achieve.

For delicious dinners that are as quick as they are moreish, look no further than Torie True's Indian-fusion recipes. This one, Prawn & Courgette Foogath, 'takes minutes to make and yet elevates the humblest of vegetables', she writes in her new book, Seven Kitchens.