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Podcasts Lipa style sticks

- WITH ELIZABETH ARCHER

Spoken word series you should be tuning in to Desert Island Dishes

EACH week, chef Margie Nomura asks a celebrity about their seven desert island dishes, including one that reminds them of their childhood, and the best meal they’ve eaten.

Hear Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain reminisce about her mum’s chicken korma – made with five chickens and 30 eggs, and so large it has to be kept cool in the garage for two days to allow the flavours to mature. Previous guests include Marcus Wareing and Jack Monroe.

The Solo Collective

A YEAR ago, many of us were forced to start working from home, and some are now considerin­g making the move permanent. But it can take a toll on mental health.

Rebecca Seal left a career in newspapers to work as a freelance journalist more than a decade ago. She examines the highs and lows of being a solo worker and interviews finance experts, psychologi­sts and social scientists to find out the secrets to avoiding loneliness and achieving a work/life balance.

LONG Lost Family host Nicky Campbell turns his attention to four-legged family members with a podcast that explores how dogs enrich our lives. Star guests tell about their pooches, including Lorraine Kelly, who admits she talks to her dog Angus on walks and tells him her secrets.

Alastair Campbell explains how the rumoured disappeara­nce of Humphrey the cat, chief mouser at 10 Downing Street when Tony Blair was PM, nearly caused a national scandal.

The Gargle One Of The Family

BORED of everyone banging on about Covid?

This offshoot of satirical news podcast The Bugle covers everything but the top stories of the day, casting an amused eye over celeb gossip stories, weird and wonderful science and tech news, culture and the arts.

The podcast is hosted by Australian comic Alice Fraser and for each episode she is joined by two different comedians for 30 minutes of refreshing­ly non-political satire.

YOU can’t turn on the radio or TV without hearing one of Dua Lipa’s hits.

Since signing her first record deal in 2015, the Grammy Award winner, 25, has topped the charts around the world with songs such as New Rules, Don’t Start Now, One Kiss and Levitating. The former model, from London, is also the darling of the fashion world.

When she performed at the American Music Awards last year, she dazzled on and off stage in custom-made Versace – a label she returns to time and again. She’s also a fan of designers

Marc Jacobs, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Miu Miu and Alexander Wang.

She loves cool labels such as Yung Reaper and Dolls Kill and has been at the forefront of the 90s fashion revival.

Steal her style with these high street looks.

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