Checks & balances
Oxford check shirt £65, parker straight jean £69, leather belt £29, Crew Clothing
Stretch Oxford short-sleeve shirt £22, jeans £25, trainers £48, all Next
Getting married this summer? Have we got the perfect pants for you. Luxury menswear brand Hamilton and Hare has just launched a pair of wedding boxer shorts.
The white shorts feature a mother of pearl button fly and Hamilton and Hare offer complimentary monogramming with either the bride’s initials or the wedding date and they come beautifully packaged in a gift box. Priced £45, they are available to buy now at hamiltonandhare.com
As seen on the feet of Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev during his first round at the 2021 Miami Open, Lacoste’s new AG-LT21 Ultra marks the return of the crocodile to the courts and renews the brand’s commitment to top-level athletes. Says Daniil: “The look is new, different from what we are used to seeing on the courts. Just like any tennis player, I expect comfort as well as performance from my footwear, and I was seduced by the ease with which I was able to change direction while remaining very stable on the court.” The AG-LT21 Ultra is available in a selection of colours at Lacoste. com, priced £140.
High street favourite
H&M has teamed up with British shoe brand
Good News , to launch a unisex collection of retro-inspired sneakers that leave a reduced environmental footprint by using recycled materials and materials made from bio-waste. They include imitation leather sneakers, terry detail slides, canvas sneakers and hi-tops, priced
from £24.99 to £79.99.
French Connection FC classic holdall £24.99, mandmdirect.com
Barbour leather travel explorer bag, was £319, now £235, houseofraser.com
Futuur foldaway holdall £65, Ted Baker
Lyme check shirt £42, straight jeans £59, trainers £69, Fat Face
Textured check shirt £29.99, white T-shirt £11.99, slim straight jeans £49.99, high-top trainers £34.99, Zara
Blue check shirt £24.99, M&Co
After a while in testing, Twitter is now rolling out the ability to start Spaces to all users with more than 600 followers.
Spaces are audio chat rooms in which users can host their own audio events and curate the participation of other users who join the Space.
Says Twitter: “Spaces encourages and unlocks real, open conversations on Twitter with the authenticity and nuance, depth and power only the human voice can bring.
“Spaces are for small and intimate conversations with just a few others, or for big discussions about what’s unfolding right now with thousands of listeners.”
Eventually the service will roll out to everyone, and Twitter is still working on tweaking it based on user feedback.
Features promised, but still to come, include ticketed Space, which allows users to charge for access, co-hosting, and the ability to schedule Spaces and set reminders.
THERE’S a ‘day’ for everything these days, isn’t there?
You’ll be sad to know, for example, that you’ve just missed World Penguin Day (April 25). Happily, you’ve still got time to prepare for International Hummus Day (May 13).
One ‘day’ you should certainly stick on your calendar occurs each year on the first Thursday in May – World Password Day.
It should be a day to have a little think about how you log in to sites and services across the internet and on your devices… and whether you are doing it safely.
Last year password manager service LastPass did a little survey across the UK into online security, and the results were, perhaps unsurprisingly, alarming.
The survey found that even though 91% of people know using the same password for all their logins is a security risk, 66% of people still do it.
And they do it, it seems, because they’re afraid they’ll forget their passwords and they don’t think the data secured by their passwords is of any value to anyone else.
Your data is valuable to hackers whether you think it is or not – even if they sell your data for just a few pounds, the massive amount of data they can collect adds up to a very lucrative use of their time.
Luckily, there is help at hand – using a password manager service allows you to use a different strong password for all your log-ins without having to remember them.
Here are three of the best you might like to try – there’s not much to choose between them, but free trials mean you can try them all to see which fits your needs the best.
All are multi-platform and hide all your passwords behind a single master password that is stored nowhere but in your brain.
Dashlane is more than just a password manager. It fills all your passwords, payments, and personal details wherever you need them, across the web, on any device.
There are more than 14 million users of Dashlane across the globe, and satisfied customers means the service must be good. Dashlane also offers access to VPN connections to help secure your data when using public WiFi.
From £1.99/month for Essentials including sync across two devices.
Sign in to websites and apps with just a few taps, and use the password generator to change your passwords and make them stronger.
1Password is a longstanding service which distinguishes itself from the others with design aesthetics that make it as nice to look at as it is to use. It also offers a great value family subscription which is only available via the 1Password website, not the app – charged in US dollars that currently works out at around £43/ year for five linked accounts.
£3.49/month – introductory offer £1.79/month for six months.
1Password offers a family subscription to deal with multiple devices
As you visit apps and sites, Last
Pass autofills your login credentials. All you have to do is remember your LastPass master password.
LastPass’s premium service offers sync across all devices and some enhanced security features and encryption of data, but their free tier is perhaps one of the best on offer.
£33.99/year.