What we’re watching, craving and obsessing over this week
Corgis! Street parties! British bunting! Patriotic performances! The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee has been talked about for months and the celebrations are finally coming to a crescendo with a party at the Palace, a pageant and a rumoured 200,000 street parties all taking place on the same day. Whether you’re hosting your own street party or planning to attend one, go armed with your own drinking receptacle.
It’s handy to have a cup, glass or mug to hand when the fizz corks start popping. They also allow you to take along your own perfectly prepared Pimm’s or even a cuppa made just the way you like it. We’re fond of this stainless-steel reusable receptacle by Rixo. It’s engraved with the Queen’s Green Canopy Platinum Jubilee branding and will keep your drink hot or cold for up to 10 hours.
Speaking of pageants, Charlotte Tilbury has been named as the beauty partner of the Commemorative Jubilee Pageant event, which takes place outside Buckingham Palace on 5 June. To mark the event, the brand has released a limited-edition Charlotte Tilbury Platinum Jubilee collection. It contains three jewel-inspired lipsticks, aptly named Runway Royalty, The Queen and Gracefully Pink, plus the iconic Magic Cream Moisturiser which is a staple in our beauty bag all year round.
Netflix’s 1980s-set sci-fi series returns for a fourth season (split into two parts) and it’s brilliant to be back in Hawkins, Indiana. It’s six months since we left the teens and while a lot has changed, the town quickly finds itself in mortal danger yet again. All the familiar faces are back – everyone’s favourite Chief of Police Hopper is trapped in Russia, Eleven has lost her powers and moved to a new high school in California, and Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will are still defying teachers and parents to save the town.
A word of warning, the first episode is a whopping 2.5 hours long and the new rather terrifying baddie Vecna is not dissimilar to the legendary Freddy Kreuger of Nightmare On Elm Street fame, so younger viewers might need company.
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