Helen Coffey

The actor has expressed a preference for ‘Emily’ rather than the acting moniker she was forced to adopt early in her career. Helen Coffey looks at why names are so important – and how they can fundamentally shape our identity

In the year of our Lord 2024, the idea of a threesome shouldn’t, by rights, be considered particularly taboo. But if the response to the new film Challengers – released this week and starring woman-of-the-moment Zendaya – is anything to go by, a ménage à trois still has the power to cause a stir.

After several years in which travel was severely restricted, 2023 was the year that holidays were back in full force – and is set to be even more jetset.

Social media has sparked a viral trend for dishes designed to produce ‘content’ rather than be delicious. Helen Coffey laments the prioritisation of style over substance

Secret surveillance devices have been discovered at a number of holiday apartments

Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling; Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis; Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Countless famous couples have fallen in love and started relationships while working together on-set.

From ‘Mr and Mrs Smith’ to ‘Cleopatra’, Helen Coffey rounds up the movies that saw their stars get caught-up in illicit romances on and off screen

Buying a house is up there as one of life’s most stressful experiences – and most of us are out there flying blind. As ‘Location, Location, Location’ returns, Helen Coffey asks why we can’t all have a crack team helping us make the right property decisions