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  • A border collie

    Dogs
    Pet hates: what’s it like to dislike dogs in a dog-loving country?

    In Australia, there’s a stigma in not sharing in the collective love of canines, say non-dog-lovers. And it affects everything from dating to professional relationships
  • A figure holding a light while another cringes behind prison bars

    Leading questions
    I feel despair about the state of the world. How can I find the courage to not abandon hope?

  • Rick Martinez and Brian Gordon in the swimming pool of their home in LA, with a bear blow-up ring

    Experience
    We found a family of bears in our pool

  • Front view of pink portable audio cassette player, cassette tape and vintage headphones on blue background

    Customer service
    My speakers don’t work properly and Apple won’t provide a refund. What are my entitlements?

  • Though the jury is out on my colleague’s controversial avocado-slicing technique, life abounds with nice, different and unusual techniques to prepare fresh produce.

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

  • cartoon of slippers with plants and butterfly

    You be the judge
    Should my husband stop wearing his slippers outside the house?

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Food

  • Meera Sodha's spelt with tomatoes. 111

    Recipe
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for spelt, tomatoes, pickled onions and tahini

    Nutty, tasty, chewy comfort food … just spoon it in
  • Claude Bosi’s classic French recipes For Bastille Day.

    French food and drink
    Wine-poached eggs, lemony sole and puffed potatoes: Claude Bosi’s classic recipes for Bastille Day

  • Fried silk worms pupas in Thailand. Silk worms are among the species on Singapore’s list of insects approved for human consumption.

    Explainer
    Singapore has approved 16 insects to eat as food: here’s everything you need to know

  • Food
    The best kitchen knives for every job – chosen by chefs

  • Food
    The out-of-print Australian cookbook featured on The Bear: ‘Of course Carmy has a copy!’

  • Recipe
    Green is good: Alice Zaslavsky’s winter pie with brussels sprouts, leeks and cheesy potato

  • Nigel Slater recipes
    Roast chicken with pepper and olives, and marinated strawberries

  • Waste not
    Don’t throw away that tinned fish oil! Use it in this tasty dressing

  • Ask Ottolenghi
    What’s going wrong with my preserved lemons?

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Relationships

  • Man and younger boy folding laundry together

    What I wish you knew about your child’s mental health: how aiming for high self-esteem is a mistake

    Dr Bill Garvey
  • Pip and Steve in Chicago, on the Skydeck, 2022.

    How we met: ‘We wobbled into each other for a hug and kiss. I always say I walk like a drunken camel’

    Pip, 55, and Steve, 53, met through a Facebook dating group for people with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Despite living on opposite sides of the Atlantic, they fell in love
  • A 10-year-old girl hangs from the bars in a playground while her eight-year-old brother sits on the equipment behind her.

    How to be a Norwegian parent: let your kids roam free, stay home alone, have fun – and fail

    In Norway, children walk to school aged six, or even travel across the country – and no one bats an eyelid. Why do these kids have so much independence, while other countries are so risk-averse?

  • I’m struggling to enjoy foreplay – but I want more from sex than just penetration

  • I’m hoping my son, aged five, has the makings of a political commentator

    Séamas O��Reilly

  • Polyamory? Celibacy? Today’s sexual politics reveals much about the way we live

    Eva Wiseman

  • The moment I knew: we could barely make eye contact because of the chemistry radiating between us

  • This is how we do it: ‘The sheep on our farm hinder our sex life more than the kids’

  • For years I was my parents’ reluctant carer. Then I was told I was making things worse

  • Blind date: ‘We both grimaced as we gulped down oysters and pretended to enjoy them’

  • Actor Kevin Bacon on learning selflessness, the secret lives of porn addicts, and what’s it like to be a private tutor for the rich? – podcast

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Fashion

  • Merino thermal wear by Australian label Merino Country (and New Zealand label Icebreaker

    Closet clinic
    What lies beneath: winter wear enthusiasts recommend their favourite thermal brands

    Fashion insiders, outdoor types and an Alone Australia contestant share the importance of good undergarments – and the brands they rely on
  • Iris van Herpen / Netherlands b.1984 / Cosmica dress, from the ‘Shift Souls’ collection 2019 /Organza, tulle / Print collaborator: Kim Keever / Collection: Iris van Herpen / Photograph: Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones / © Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones

    Brisbane
    A water dress, a Dune-inspired gown and haute couture for Beyoncé: the avant-garde world of Iris van Herpen — in pictures

  • Zoe Williams wearing Loop earplugs

    Lifestyle
    Earplugs as fashion items? I gave Loop’s hit accessories a festival test

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    Tennis chic
    Game, set, match: what to wear to Wimbledon

  • Coco Gauff during her match against Anca Todoni on day three of Wimbledon.

    Wimbledon
    Female tennis stars push boundaries with outfits at Wimbledon

  • Composite image of Raquel Boedo with a pink scarf wrapped over her head and Jordan Turner wearing a scarf reaching below his knees

    Closet clinic
    Under wraps: how to style a scarf for winter warmth

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Health & fitness

  • An illustration showing silhouettes of a man smoking, a woman drinking, hands holding a pot of sunscreen, a knife, fork and spoon and a white ribbon

    The experts: oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent cancer

  • Illustration of woman running past people waiting at a bus stop that is in front of big letters saying 5am

    The cult of 5am: is rising at dawn the secret of health and happiness?

    It has been called the morning miracle – getting up before everyone else and winning the day. But does it actually make you more productive and focused?
  • friends in casual summer wear lying in circle on the colourful rug in the park having fun and making a group selfie

    Head lice are everywhere. Are selfies to blame?

    Infestations are on the rise – and it may have something to do with our constant camera use
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Travel

  • Santa Margarida volcano, near Barcelona

    Readers' travel tips
    ‘We hiked green volcanoes near Barcelona’: readers’ favourite day trips from cities

    Our tipsters revel in rural escapes and dips in the sea on their city breaks from Gdańsk to Lisbon
  • Aerial panoramic view of Wroclaw Market Square. Wroclaw, Poland, Europe

    Rail travel
    London to Vilnius: my rail odyssey to the Baltics

  • Victoria’s Surf Coast

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

  • South America
    To the end of the Amazon in Brazil: ‘there are forms of life here that I never knew existed’

  • Europe holidays
    Skip the coast: three of Europe’s loveliest lakes to visit – by travel experts

  • Readers' travel tips
    ‘Stunning lakes and majestic mountains’: readers’ tips from Europe

  • Tunisia
    ‘We constantly think about food’: a chef’s tour of Tunis

  • Turkey holidays
    Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express

  • Scotland
    ‘Walking away from the world in Scotland’: an easier way to plan long Highlands hikes

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    Micro what? New professional education options to give your CV an edge

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    Restoring families, repairing lives: could you be the one to help a child in need?

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    A dose of wisdom in exchange for friendship: why age is no barrier for care volunteers

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  • Robert, played by Cliff Curtis and Elsie, played by Tanzyn Crawford pose with a serious expression, looking down the barrel of the camera in front of a flower market.

    Fast, gritty and heartfelt: a dysfunctional father-daughter duo’s quest to repay $26,000 in 10 days … or else

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Puzzles

  • Yvette Cooper, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner in a supermarket in April

    Crossword blog
    Crossword roundup: which cabinet members will crosswords favour?

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,433

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,907

    • Sudoku
      Killer sudoku 926

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,434

    • Killer sudoku
      Killer sudoku 926

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Ana de Armas with Gloria Estefan? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

The big picture

  • PR images- comp

    Dress for dinner: what to wear for alfresco dining

    With summer (more or less) here, these stylish outfits are perfect for eating outside
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