Tag: Standard

How to start trading – a guide for beginners

If a long-term “buy and hold” investment strategy isn’t for you, trading can provide a faster (albeit riskier) way of generating returns. Here, Telegraph Money, explains how to get started and the steps you can take to reduce risk. Trading is essentially buying and selling financial instruments with a view to making a profit, and […]

The dos and don’ts of LinkedIn etiquette

The response was brutal. “LinkedIn is a disease,” claimed @RossMcCaff, posting the comment on X (receiving 14,000 likes). “Horrible place. I feel soiled after about 5 minutes there. It’s all I can stand,” agreed another user. When I consult etiquette coach William Hanson, the author of Just Good Manners who runs his own etiquette training […]

How to fight back against Reeves’s bombshell Budget

Andrew Tully, of Nucleus said: ‘This is a massive change to the way people think about pensions and passing on their unused wealth to family. “Many may now wish to take more withdrawals from their pensions within the basic rate income tax band and spend, gift or shelter that income taken.” Business and landowners will […]

How to create a coffee corner in your kitchen

Set the mood Paul Firmin and Niko Dafkos, founders of lifestyle brand Earl of East, are so fanatical about the brown stuff that their trio of London stores features coffee counters; on their website, a dedicated Cafe Core section is stocked with Scandi-cool mugs and containers. In their own home, they have recreated the café ambience with mood […]

How to get the body of a Roman gladiator

You should never underestimate the power of bread and circuses. Hundreds of gladiators have risen to the fight knowing they were mere pawns in a politician’s bid for higher office. The Republic was a bad time for that sort of thing. These days, we perform at the emperor’s command, and on as few as 10 […]

How to wear the ‘soft goth’ trend in midlife

Silk blouse, £620, Irish Twin; Velvet trousers, £160, Aspiga; Leather heeled mule, £150, Jigsaw; Gold plated earrings, £170, Polene It’s not just movie star style that is driving the soft goth trend, there’s also a broader pop cultural context at play. Sarra Manning – a former teenage goth, now novelist and Literary Editor of Red magazine – explains that soft […]

What is it and how to get rid of it?

You might not be aware of the medical term kyphosis, but chances are you will have heard of a ‘dowager’s hump’, or its modern day equivalent: tech neck. Used to describe any sort of rounding of the upper back, this outdated name stemmed from the fact that a pronounced hump in the spine at the […]

How to shop for ‘fine’ wines without breaking the bank

Lambson’s Connect the Dots Blended Syrah 2021, 13.5%, Lay & Wheeler, £21.81 But top of my list these days, when it comes to South Africa, is chenin blanc. I don’t buy it as an alternative to chenin blanc from the Loire, though. I love the glittering thrust and nervosity of acidity of Loire chenin blanc, […]