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  • An assortment of condiments in jars and bottles against an orange background

    Food
    Ten Australian chefs on their favourite condiments: ‘My wife carries a bottle in her bag’

    From a blended Japanese sauce that’s ‘good on everything’ to a transportive mustard, chefs and cooks share their secret sauces
  • Takeru Kobayashi after winning the Nathan’s hotdog contest in 2006

    Food
    The godfather of competitive eating: ‘I am always close to danger or death’

  • a woman performs with a hula hoop

    Well actually
    Olympians are super fit. That doesn’t mean we’re healthy

  • (L-R) A Kazbrella reverse folding umbrella and a Peppermint Classic by Blunt.

    Closet clinic
    Got you covered: how to buy an umbrella that withstands wind and rain

  • Grace Dent with loads of cheese

    Food
    ‘It’s the best job! But it will kill you’: four restaurant critics on the battle to stay healthy

  • Composite of Australian athletes with a bowl of green curry, a glass of berry smoothie and a pile of hot chips.

    Toast, Thai curry and hot chips
    What Australian Olympic athletes eat before they compete – and how they feast after

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Food

  • A composite picture of Meera Sodha wearing a long-sleeved black top and holding her arms out while appearing to be sinking into a can of tomato soup

    I was a bestselling recipe writer - then burnout killed my appetite for food, and life. This is how I found my way back

    Meera Sodha
    Cooking and eating was everything to the author and Guardian columnist. But when she found herself at breaking point, she had to go back to basics
  • Broccolini was born in a greenhouse at the Japanese seed company Sakata Inc and has since become the UK’s 25th most popular vegetable.

    Food
    Broccolini: how ‘fun time’ between vegetables spawned a side-dish star

  • No strings attached: the type of mandoline you want for slicing your veg.

    Ask Ottolenghi
    How to keep a mandoline sharp

  • You've got this
    On the pulse: Alice Zaslavsky’s spicy pumpkin, sweet potato and coconut dal recipe

  • The new vegan
    Meera Sodha’s recipe for bibim guksu, or Korean-style cold noodle salad

  • Quick and easy
    Georgina Hayden’s roast sweet potato, peanut and chilli salad – recipe

  • Felicity Cloake’s masterclass
    How to make the perfect pan bagnat – recipe

  • A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with zucchini, basil and cheese

  • Food
    Do these kitchen hacks cut it? Five new (and possibly improved) ways to peel, slice and juice your fruit

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Relationships

  • Sexual healing illustration composite showing an image of a young man (a model) sitting up in bed

    I have anxiety and body image issues. How can I stop being so frightened of sex?

  • A baby girl laughing with joy.

    My two-year-old daughter has a great sense of humour

    Séamas O’Reilly
    True, she only has one joke, but it’s an absolute banger
  • Couple walking holding hands at sunset

    I’m in my 50s, deeply in love for the first time – and terrified

    Observe your feelings rather than get lost in them, keep yourself focused on the here and now, and begin to see yourself as a person who deserves great love

  • This is how we do it: ‘After our child was born we didn’t have satisfying sex for seven years’

  • Is this the Brat girl summer? Marina Hyde predicts a sticky end for Trump-Vance, how to be a Norwegian parent, and Ask Philippa on sibling rivalry – podcast

  • It’s not just Norway where the kids are all right

  • You be the judge: my boyfriend funds my lifestyle – should I work for him to pay him back?

  • Tell us: do you earn significantly more – or less – than your partner?

  • Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy

  • Ruth Westheimer obituary

  • There’s nothing like a big cake and local park for a stress-free child’s birthday party

    Séamas O’Reilly
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Fashion

  • Zandra Rhodes in 2024, with pink and blue hair and a pink and blue dress

    Zandra Rhodes looks back
    Freddie Mercury was wonderful, but dressing Zsa Zsa Gabor was awful

    The fashion designer on early creativity, her celebrity clients and moving on after cancer
  • a very rich man in a sweaty t-shirt arrives for a conference

    What is ‘mogul style’?
    Why billionaire bland has had its day

  • A person darning socks

    Closet clinic
    Darn it! How to mend holey socks at home

  • Cillian Murphy in long-sleeved polo shirt with hands behind his back

    Fashion
    Authenticity in awkwardness? Why fashion is striking an uneasy pose

  • Model wearing matching suit and shorts from French Connection

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Got a fear of shorts? It’s all about choosing the right shirt

  • Rihanna wearing a lace outfit during pregnancy

    Maternity wear
    Baring the bump: how celebrities are leading a shift in maternity fashion

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Health & fitness

  • Nell Frizzell

    I am a sweaty woman – and I am not ashamed

    Nell Frizzell
  • Emma Beddington

    DIY smear tests are on their way? I’ll be first in the queue

    Emma Beddington
  • Illustration of someone doing a one-handed handstand, blindfolded, while juggling two balls.

    The power of proprioception: how to improve your ‘sixth sense’ – and become healthier and happier

    It is our physical sense of where we are in space and is essential to our quality of life as we age. Here are simple, everyday ways to test and train it
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Travel

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    Scandinavia holidays
    10 of the best beaches and islands in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland

    With miles of dune-backed beaches and charming seaside towns, Scandinavia and Finland make great destinations for a beach holiday. Here’s our pick
  • Aerial view of abbey with village in distance

    Readers' travel tips
    From Normandy to Provence via Alsace: readers’ favourite unsung places in France

  • The Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France

    France
    Nice and easy: a leisurely cycle, with dog, along the final stage of the Tour de France

  • Baltic beauty
    Exploring Estonia’s northern coast

  • UK
    Where tourists seldom tread, part 10: four more towns with hidden histories

  • Italy
    The renaissance of Venice’s favourite retreat

  • Local's guide to Australia
    A local’s guide to Victoria’s Surf Coast: follow the Great Ocean Road

  • Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland

  • Estonia holidays
    How I found bliss cycling along the coast of Estonia

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    Making study more human: how online education is creating powerful spaces for learning

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    Watch: Wellness retreats in Montana

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    Yes, you need to take care of your eyes in winter – here’s how

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  • A bowl of Sarah Pound's sticky chicken with Broccolini and green beans sits on a table to the left of the same meal in a wok to the right.

    ‘My girls love it’: busy mum Sarah Pound shares her deliciously easy Broccolini recipe

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Puzzles

  • Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chat

    Crossword blog
    Crossword roundup: the origins of presidential names

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,444

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,917

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,651 hard

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,440

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Twilight with Misery and Frankenstein? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Can you outwit the wizards of Oz?

The big picture

  • A model wearing a pink and yellow floral blouse from Sézane.

    Flower power: 12 of the best floral tops – in pictures

    Light and elegant, these pretty blouses are ideal for summer
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