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OPINION - Harry and Meghan learn the hard way that grace and favour means just that

Marie Antoinette had the “Petit Trianon” at Versailles as her go-to escape, Tolstoy had Yasnaya Polyana in the Russian countryside and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had the 10-bedroom Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Estate. At least they did have it. The couple, who fled the courtly environment for…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Harry and Meghan have been taught a harsh lesson about grace-and-favour Frogmore Cottage

Marie Antoinette had the “Petit Trianon” at Versailles as her go-to escape, Tolstoy had Yasnaya Polyana in the Russian countryside and the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes had the ten-bedroom rustic haven of Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor estate. At least they did have it. The couple, who fled the…

Evening Standard

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Coquette aesthetic is having a moment

Some girls are made of fairytales, shabby chic in poetic outfits, gorgeous Marie Antoinette home decor, pink tea parties and silk ribbons twisted over laces. Listening to Lana-Del-Rey music and reading Jane Austen over the weekend. Every pink princess cherishes this aesthetic in an unapologetically flirty, feminine and fun way.…

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TV tonight: Prue Leith and her Tory MP son debate assisted dying

The TV cook and her son Danny Kruger explore the legalisation of euthanasia in a thoughtful documentary. Plus: a sexy Swedish count turns up in Marie Antoinette

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Gemma Arterton will charm your socks off in Funny Woman

Arterton’s bottle-blonde Barbara Parker ditches Blackpool for swinging 60s London in this Nick Hornby adaptation. Plus, Grayson Perry boards the soul train to Wigan. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: solving the 1992 murder of Rachel Nickell

Meet the forensic scientist who helped crack the case of the Wimbledon Common killing. Plus: business wannabes try to brand an electric motorbike in The Apprentice. Here’s what to watch tonight

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TV tonight: Grayson Perry’s controversial new exhibition about Englishness

Colourful characters feature as Grayson Perry’s Full English begins. Plus: Lord Sugar and Marie Antoinette (not together). Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Parents 'remove child, 6, from school over mural of famous women's beheadings'

Parents Nicola Peluso and Martin Griffith have removed their six-year-old daughter from Southfield Primary School, in London, over a "very disturbing" mural of famous historical women being beheaded, it is reported

Daily Mirror

TV tonight: the intense finale of psychological thriller The Light in the Hall

Grieving mother Sharon (Joanna Scanlan) finds answers she might regret searching for. Plus, a westie in the Dog House. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Mayflies; Without Sin; Prince Andrew: The Musical; Marie Antoinette

The BBC’s drama of lost youth and male friendship is a bittersweet triumph; Vicky McClure and Johnny Harris are back with a twist; and contrasting tales of two royals

The Guardian - UK

BBC Marie Antoinette full cast, plot, air date and how many episodes

The drama follows one of the biggest names in history

Wales Online

BBC Marie Antoinette: plot, how many episodes, cast, filming locations, start date and time

Marie Antoinette tells the story of the avant-garde young queen

Liverpool Echo

Marie Antoinette on BBC 2 review: a standard traditional period drama weighed down by expectation

The Favourite writer Deborah Davis has reimagined the Dauphine’s early life

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Former railwayman Ignatius Muthu celebrates a century of simple living

A look at the life of centenarian A Ignatius Muthu, who made news recently as Southern Railway’s oldest former employee in Tiruchi Railway Division

The Guardian - UK

Paris mansion’s contents at auction in house clearance par excellence

Hôtel Lambert auction includes a silver tureen given by Catherine the Great and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s sofa

The Independent UK

Thatcher’s energy secretary says Tory leadership contenders’ response to price spike ‘inadequate’

‘Let them eat cake’: Promises of future nuclear, wind and solar power ‘like Marie Antoinette’

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The Independent UK

Fantastic feasts: 15 food scenes in film that made us drool

Kate Ng plates up 15 of the most delicious food scenes ever seen on screen

Daily Mirror

Steelrising Interview: We spoke to Jehanne Rousseau about Steelrising about resurecting ancient Paris and killer robots

We sat down with Jehanne Rousseau CEO of Spiders and lead writer on Steelrising and GreedFall and discussed intricate robots and Paris and a setting in action, RPG Steelrising

Salon

Marie Antoinette: Symbol of female glut

Antoinette's whole persona has also become a meme. "Excessive" men, however, have not received the same treatment

The Independent UK

Why is Marie Antoinette a symbol of female excess?

Comparisons to the French queen abound whenever a female figure is drawn into controversy, writes Madeleine Pelling

The Conversation

Marie Antoinette – extravagant French queen has long been a symbol of female excess

The hashtag #CarrieAntoinette, which compares prime minister Boris Johnson’s wife Carrie Johnson to the French queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), has been criticised as sexist. Commentators feel it relies on gender stereotypes and distracts from unfolding political events.

Newcastle Herald

Erika Sorby show opens at Blackstone

Emerging artist Erika Sorby opens her show, Women and Wine, at Blackstone Gallery this weekend. The exhibit presents a series of original, contemporary oil paintings that encompasses female sensuality, flattering decor and wine. The exhibition launch is from 3 to 6pm on Saturday, April 9. The show features about 50…

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'Woven Air': Bangladesh Revives Elite Forgotten Fabric

With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history. Dhaka muslin was stitched from threads so fine that popular folklore in European parlors held that a change in the light or…

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