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  • Alone-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My former friends are ignoring me when I try to reconnect. Why does it hurt so much?

    It’s great you tried to reach out to your old colleagues and housemates, but maybe they (like you) have moved on. Here’s how to try to accept that
    Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a relationship problem sent in by a reader
  • The Counter restaurant – Interior shot with chefs and guests.

    Grace Dent on restaurants
    The Counter, Tunbridge Wells, Kent: ‘It treats my inner Veruca Salt with pure imagination’ – restaurant review

    I’m a sucker for any tasting menu that bombards the guest with sweetness at the end
  • 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
  • woman putting on suncream

    Slather it on
    Seven things dermatologists want you to know about sunscreen

    Keep your cool when it’s hot out there by picking the ideal sunscreen. Use loads more than you think you need – and follow a tennis star’s two-hour rule
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    • 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
    • Ravneet Gill's pistachio and raspberry mini cakes. 258

      The sweet spot
      Ravneet Gill’s recipe for pistachio and raspberry mini cakes

    • Santa Margarida volcano, near Barcelona

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

    • Epihyllum 'beavertail' in white and terracotta pot

      Houseplant of the week
      Epiphyllum ‘Beavertail’

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Fashion

  • Detailed view of the shoes of Gareth Southgate, manager of England men's senior team, as he inspects the pitch ahead of a press conference at Football Stadium Dortmund. The trainers are embossed with '100' and below 'anything is possible'

    Best foot forward
    Southgate lets his feet do the talking with ‘anything is possible’ message

    England manager wore customised Nike trainers to mark 100th game in charge, embroidered with what fans hope is a statement of intent
  • Rihanna wearing a lace outfit during pregnancy

    Baring the bump
    How celebrities are leading a shift in maternity fashion

  • Model in yellow dress and sunglasses with a gold bag and sandals

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Dressing for a wedding? The rules have changed

  • Sali Hughes greenhouse fragrance column

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Vegetal scents make for the perfect summer fragrance, whatever the weather

  • Jeremy Allen White as Carmy in The Bear.

    Fashion Statement newsletter
    Rules out for summer: the unstoppable rise of ‘non-negotiables’

  • People standing in a room with a large image of a model in a white dress on the wall

    Vogue
    Immersive show lifts curtain on catwalks past and present

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Food

  • Meera Sodha's spelt with tomatoes. 111

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

    Nutty, tasty, chewy comfort food … just spoon it in
  • Yotam Ottolenghi's warm tomato salad with burrata. 055

    Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
    Warm tomato salad and crab on toast: Ottolenghi's recipes for summer

  • The Counter restaurant – Interior shot with chefs and guests.

    Grace Dent on restaurants
    The Counter, Tunbridge Wells, Kent: ‘It treats my inner Veruca Salt with pure imagination’

  • Tom Hunt's lacto-fermented vegetables

    Waste not
    How to turn surplus summer veg into an easy ferment – recipe

  • Albert's Schloss' apple strudel.

    Cocktail of the week
    Albert’s Schloss’ apple strudel

  • Ravneet Gill's pistachio and raspberry mini cakes. 258

    The sweet spot
    Ravneet Gill’s recipe for pistachio and raspberry mini cakes

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Health & wellbeing

  • 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?

    • 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?

    • Phil Daoust, holding an ice-cream cone, reclines in a deckchair in the park in the sunshine

      Do be a quitter! How I broke my exercise streak – and smashed my fitness goals

    • Emma Beddington

      I am sober curious – but a little alcohol is still valuable to me

      Emma Beddington
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  • Mother helping son packing to move out from parent's home

    From study prep to packing crockery
    An expert checklist for starting university

  • Shot of an female university student reading a textbook in her room

    ‘Homesickness can hit any time’
    How to cope with loneliness at university

  • Sausage meatballs and spaghetti.

    Full for a fiver
    Three easy-to-cook recipes on a student budget

  • A young man reading the product description while shopping for groceries in his local supermarket.

    Be frugal, have fun, stay focused
    How to make ends meet as a student

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Relationships

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

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

  • US vice-president Kamala Harris speaks with President Joe Biden on a White House balcony

    Ask Philippa
    Marina Hyde’s career advice for Joe Biden, the world’s smallest stuntman, Philippa Perry on ‘failure’, and could you forgive your childhood bully? – podcast

  • Composite of an older woman resting her head on an older man’s bare chest

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

  • Alone-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My former friends are ignoring me when I try to reconnect. Why does it hurt so much?

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Every Saturday, Weekend will bring you the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, including celebrity interviews, lifestyle features and opinion.

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Travel

  • A large concrete air raid shelter with trees planted on its roof and upper floors

    Germany
    Hamburg’s wartime bunker is reinvented as an unlikely green oasis

    An iconic air raid shelter in the St Pauli district has been given a new lease of life with the addition of a hotel and rooftop urban park
  • Santa Margarida volcano, near Barcelona

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

  • Aerial panoramic view of Wroclaw Market Square. Wroclaw, Poland, Europe

    London to Vilnius
    My rail odyssey to the Baltics

  • Aerial view of the ruins of Grosmont Castle.

    Wales
    Three castles, three days, three writers in border country

  • Writer Ailsa in the cold bath

    Wellbeing
    From a sauna to an ice bath in Scotland: my full immersion in hot and cold therapy

  • Calanoa Amazonas Birding Mocagua Lagoon

    Amazon
    ‘There are forms of life here that I never knew existed’

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Money

  • Dart charge 'do not ignore' penalty notice.

    Consumer champions
    Dartford Crossing charge firm told me not to pay, but still fined me £2,230

    Despite being told there was ‘no crossing to be paid’, a driver received 23 penalty notices
  • 100 dollar bill frozen in ice cube

    Cryonics
    You can take it with you! The billionaires freezing themselves for another chance at life – and riches

  • Spectators wait to watch a Wimbledon match.

    Consumer champions
    Wimbledon’s service was at fault over ticket name change

  • Money
    I’ve been denied carer’s allowance for eight months after I owned up to a job

  • Consumer rights
    Vrbo’s luxury property bore no relation to the listing

  • Money
    Our car was no longer driveable after valet parking at Gatwick

  • Consumer champions
    Sparks fly as M&S says no to a plastic loyalty card

  • Life and style
    ‘I must have saved at least £100!’ Three writers try the no-spend challenge

  • Your problems, with Anna Tims
    A stranger seems to have taken over our address

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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
      Sudoku 6,549 expert

    • 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

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    If King Charles is fist bumping all over the place, should we be doing it too?

    The gesture has become racially complicated over the years, sending white progressives into flurries of awkwardness
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    Experience: We found a family of bears in our pool

    The cubs stood nervously on the edge, too scared to get in
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The big picture

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    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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