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When McEnroe served up a tantrum

Wimbledon - which starts tomorrow - has delivered plenty of smash hits on Court Number One since it opened 100 years ago

YOU loves: Elizabeth Arden

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Everyone’s talking about: sharks

My nightmare dilemma: should I give mouth-to-mouth to the unconscious crack addict I found outside my house?

Whoever wins this week’s election will have one major priority: addressing our crisis-hit NHS. Sachin Kureishi wonders why so little has been fixed since a chilling incident on his doorstep in 2019

Let them eat unlimited lobster!

Trolleys of treats, nine varieties of ham, 111 cheeses: just a little of what’s on offer at the world’s poshest all-you-can-eat buffet. And at £50 a head, Tom Parker Bowles is in gastronomic heaven

Topline wellness: great teeth

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Your stars for this week by Sally Brompton

Kanika Banwait

Aldi is offering to pay for the wedding wine of three couples

From Legoland to La La land and beyond

Last year she was playing a toy brick when she was picked to portray Kate Middleton in The Crown. Now she’s on stage, signed to an A-list agent and pondering her next move. MEG BELLAMY, 21, tells Maddy Fletcher what she’s learnt from such a dazzling debut role

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Everyone’s talking about: nudists

Beware the battle of wills

Should David Aaronovitch outlive his beloved spouse, there’ll be no blowing his inheritance on Ferraris and frisky lovers on the French Riviera. Not now his wife wants to redraw their final wishes…

Tiles of the unexpected

There’s a new, easier version of Scrabble in town. As traditionalists decry it for being woke, Maddy Fletcher asks Brett Smitheram, Britain’s best player, for his word on the matter

Absolutely Franks and fabulous

PR supremo LYNNE FRANKS - famous for being lampooned as Edina Monsoon in Ab Fab - has made it her life’s mission to bring us the Next Big Thing. And at 76, she’s just getting started, as Tanya Gold discovers

Topline fitness: padel

Food & Drink

Scarlett Dargan

Aldi's £20 Our Place-inspired pan is coming back to stores

Mark Diacono

Cauliflower with chickpeas, pomegranate & tahini yogurt

Bring this impressive delight to the table, wisps of steam rising from the dome, the scent of spice filling the air, and you’ll have a room full of anticipation.

Mark Diacono

Sprouting broccoli & leek gratin

This simple, delicious delight is welcome on all but the hottest days of high summer. It’s also highly adaptable – a real family favourite that’s quick, nutritious and satisfying. While you can cook this in a deeper dish, a wide, shallow dish gives just the right mix of creaminess to crunch ratio. Serve with a high pile of leaves dressed just with olive oil.

Mark Diacono

Pissaladière

This is one of Provence’s finest gifts to the world. Traditionally made with anchovies, I’ve used red miso to provide the crucial savouriness, and very nicely it works too. Please don’t rush the onions: once cooked, they should be barely able to hold together.

Mark Diacono

Summer pasta salad

When the sun shines hard and you fancy pasta but nothing hot, this is the recipe to turn to. With the combination of dried fruit, pine nuts, capers and olives, and the gentle sense of sweet and sour, the dish leans towards Sicily. It’s good as a side for a couple of roast chickens when you have a tableful of guests, and will make a midweek main with a leafy side. It is adaptable, but one thing I’d keep constant is a short twisted pasta.

Mark Diacono

Aubergine kedgeree

Classically made with smoked fish, kedgeree is also wonderful with aubergines, the smokiness from their cooking entering into the holiest of alliances with the spices and the egg.

Mark Diacono

Panzanella

This central Italian delight works beautifully for those tomatoes that have taken ripeness a little too seriously and are considering collapsing into the two dimensional; their juiciness is perfect for the bread they accompany. There is no cooking to transform, no magic to conjure: this is all about the excellence of the vegetables. The bread is best a day old – perhaps two or three – to add resistance to the juices that soak into it.

Mark Diacono

Summer frittata

I am very happy eating this at any hour of the day. It works as a lazy leftover breakfast, easy lunch or substantial supper. As marvellous as this is – and do make it as is, to make a friend of it – take it as a template for what each season has to offer; it even comes up trumps when you have a bowlful of leftover roast vegetables in the fridge looking for a delicious home.

Mark Diacono

Potato & egg salad

Who doesn’t love a potato salad? And who doesn’t love one with egg and cornichons even more? This may be the finest I’ve ever eaten. Watercress as an accompaniment is all but essential here, ringing the bell of the mustard’s nasal punch with a louder clang. I sometimes make this with the watercress chopped and stirred through.

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‘I try not to look at the price of a bottle of wine’

The interior designer, 79, who received an OBE in the King’s birthday honours, tells Samuel Fishwick about postwar orange juice and tipples with Dame Edna

Eleanor Maidment

Cucumber, melon and serrano ham salad

A vibrant, colourful dish that makes a wonderful alfresco lunch

Tom Parker Bowles

Eating out: Es Còdol Foradat, Formentera

Tom raves over the faultless fish and seafood at a chic shack on Spain’s tiniest Balearic island

Drinks: Charlotte’s summer reds

Charlotte Vossen

You don’t need a machine for Jamie Oliver’s strawberry swirl ice cream recipe