Alexandra Shulman

London

Columnist at The Mail on Sunday

Journalist and commentator. Editor-in-Chief British Vogue 1992-2017. Represented @krugercowne

Articles

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: What if I lose my son to a total wife-mare?

4 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

As a mother of one son, occasionally in the small hours I fret about what will happen when he marries and I’m shunted into second place by his new wife. What if he falls in love with a South American and starts a family in Sao Paolo? What if he marries someone who views his old life as something to be scrubbed out as soon as possible? Then I think I’m being irrational and try to go back to sleep. But maybe my fears aren’t so wide of the mark.
If you're sick, modesty is a luxury you cannot afford, writes ALEXANDRA SHULMAN

1 week ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

It's hard to believe mammograms are currently undertaken only by female health workers, rather than simply by anyone – man or woman – with the right qualifications. Thankfully, the Society of Radiographers is calling for a change in policy. This shouldn't be driven by the growing backlog of these vital checks, but by common sense. Anyone who objects to a man giving them a mammogram clearly hasn't had breast cancer. Or indeed any serious illness.
Class Action Alert: “Conflict of Interest” Policies Are the Newest Trend for Class Action Lawsuits Against Employers in Washington State | JD Supra

1 week ago | jdsupra.com | Leah Lively |Alexandra Shulman

Following a recent Washington Supreme Court decision, plaintiffs’ attorneys in Washington are targeting a new type of class action claim against employers: alleged violations of Washington’s noncompetition statute based on “conflict of interest” policies that seek to prevent employees from simultaneously working for the employer’s competitors.
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: Manolas were part of her identity for years, but here the former editor of Vogue laments... Who am I now that I can't wear HEELS?

2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

Certain things in life make us the person we are. And, for many years, wearing high heels has been one of those for me. So a recent realisation that I no longer enjoy wearing those heels feels almost like an assault on my identity. Who am I if I don’t wear high heels? OK, that’s a little dramatic, but heels have been an important part of my personality for more than 40 years.
Every cancer patient needs a Kathleen to guide them, writes ALEXANDRA SHULMAN

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

The number of men I know who have prostate cancer is quite terrifying. Which is why the Mail’s campaign for a national screening programme is vital. Unlike mammograms to detect breast cancer and smear tests for cervical cancer, there is no routine check for prostate cancer on the NHS. But dealing with cancer doesn’t end with screening – it’s just the start.
Lying in his hospital bed after cancer surgery, my beloved David asked me to marry him... this is why it took me only a heartbeat to answer 'No', says ALEXANDRA SHULMAN | Daily Mail Online

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

David, my boyfriend, as I still like to describe him despite his being 77 and me 67, was lying in the recovery ward of the Royal Marsden Hospital when he proposed to me. It was only a couple of hours after his major surgery for liver cancer and he was, amazingly, sitting up in bed with a cup of tea, wired up to fentanyl, dripping pain-free elation. I was thrilled to see him in such good condition. ‘Will you marry me?’, he asked in a slightly slurred voice. It took me only a heartbeat to answer ‘no’.
Alexandra Shulman's Notebook: They're not the Beatles but the new boys look fab

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

The actors cast in the upcoming Beatles biopics being directed by Sam Mendes are a brilliant illustration of how ideas of physical attraction change over time. The new Fab Four – Paul Mescal as Paul, Harris Dickinson as John, Barry Keoghan as quirky Ringo and Joseph Quinn as George – are some of the most fashionable and desirable young actors around. But they look nothing like the original Beatles, who, pictured in their prime with their moptop hairdos, appear faintly ridiculous to the modern eye.
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: Why boys are losing in a new battle of the sexes

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

This week’s buzz topic has been masculinity. Adolescence, the extraordinary four-part drama on Netflix, is a frighteningly believable story of a teenage boy driven to extreme violence. Meanwhile, Sir Gareth Southgate focused on the worrying lack of positive male role models for boys in this year’s Richard Dimbleby Lecture. If you want to be a man, Sir Gareth said, get into the gym instead of listening to toxic influencers.
The Clinique La Prairie is a Different Kind of Health Clinic

1 month ago | airmail.news | Alexandra Shulman

When I announced to David, my long-suffering boyfriend, that I was staying at the Montreux Clinique La Prairie for a few days, he asked if I was going mad. As a woman who hates being told what to do, dislikes most spa treatments, and definitely resents being put on a no-alcohol, healthy-eating regime, why would I want to expose myself to this? Fair question.
ALEXANDRA SHULMAN'S NOTEBOOK: It seems my good taste in decor is worth... zero

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Alexandra Shulman

Our local high street is stuffed with estate agents again, just like it was in the 1980s. Like so many, I often check the properties in their windows. Prices have rocketed in the 30 years I've owned a home in the neighbourhood, so browsing the listings is more of a cheering pastime than anything transactional. Can it be that a four-bedroom terraced house on a scuzzy piece of ground near the railway track now costs £2.5million? Or that a two-bedroom basement flat is close to £1million?