I've found the perfect shorts for grown ups
Forget the clock change or the equinox, the first tights-free day or beer garden evening, I always know when British Summer Time really hits because people start asking me the same question: if I buy one thing what should it be?
My answer this year is the same as last — and I can see from the little black book in which I record such things that many of you were rather sceptical. Does it help to hear that the pair of denim boardshorts I bought then were not only my most worn item of last summer but already look set to be the same this year too?
I come from a long line of women who refuse to wear shorts, so I understand the
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