Philip Norman on the 60s: ‘I never took holidays because every day was like one’

As London’s V&A prepares to stage an exhibition assessing the cultural impact of the late 1960s, the Beatles biographer reflects on his experience of the time

• The revolutionary artists of the 60s’ colourful counterculture

Beauty: the best of Victoria Beckham’s Estée Lauder makeup line

My cynical heart steeled for anticlimax. I didn’t expect to be desperate to rave about the collection

Making the perfect limoncello on the shores of Italy’s Lake Garda

‘You need a lot of lemons and they need to be the very best,’ says the owner of one of the few remaining groves on the Italian lakes

Poldark country: the glories of Penzance

Come for the extraordinary locations, stay for the Michelin-starred chefs and historic pubs

Beauty: the best autumn perfumes

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Sonia Rykiel: the pioneering knitwear designer who couldn’t knit

Sonia Rykiel, who died yesterday aged 86, liberated women with her provocative designs, modern approach to colour and sense of humour