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

    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

  • 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
  • (FILES) This file photo taken on March 18, 2011 shows a woman, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, walking in a corridor in a retirement house in Angervilliers, eastern France. For decades now, soaring population growth and ageing rates have been forecast to ignite a global explosion of Alzheimer's, the memory- and freedom-robbing disease afflicting mainly 65-plussers. But an unexpected, and hopeful, trend may be emerging. / AFP PHOTO / Sébastien BOZONSEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images

    ‘The grief and loss is hard to bear’: the cruelty of Alzheimer’s disease

    Letter: Readers respond to Michael Aylwin’s article about his wife’s dementia
  • A border collie

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

  • 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
  • Alone-01

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

  • 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'

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

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Well Actually

  • A bride and groom touch hands while the bride holds a bouquet of white lilies.

    Post-wedding anxiety is ‘really common’. Here’s how to cope

  • Woman kissing a man on cheek in night club

    Gen Z yearns for the pre-digital dating era – but don’t ask them out in person

    With a dating recession and app fatigue, gen Z envies face-to-face pickups – but may be ‘weirded out’ by direct gestures
  • Small plastic parts and microplastics of varying colors in the sand of a beach surrounded by rocks

    Curb ‘stupid plastics’ and stop industry BS: urgent actions to prevent a plastic crisis

    The worst of microplastics is yet to come. Here’s what we need to do now to begin mitigating the wide-ranging harms
  • Illustration of a person lying on their back with a ball between their knees

    First my left knee, then my right: my middle-aged body’s betrayal

  • A pen lies beside a notepad on which is written: 'Don't date a bartender'

    The memo: could one missed message have saved me a lifetime of regret?

  • Experts agree that the microbiome is important to human health. But many are skeptical about how useful these kits are.'

    Are at-home gut microbiome testing kits a scam?

  • A white woman with long brown hair and a button-up blue shirt with no pants sits on the edge of a bed, while a white man wearing jeans with no shirt lies with his back to her.

    Feel sad, anxious or ‘homesick’ after sex? You might have post-coital dysphoria

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Columns

  • A graphic illustration in sepia tones of a light-skinned woman with long, dark hair, kneeling in a sexually suggestive manner wearing a bathing suit.

    Ask Ugly
    The state of the bush – how should I be styling my pubic hair?

  • Graphic illustration of naked woman with one pant leg on, in shades of red, peach, light blue and olive.

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    No sex drive and a ‘tanking libido’: how I redefined intimacy in midlife

  • illustration of a woman holding a tablet with posts in the air around her saying things like 'ur cancelled'

    Why am I like this?
    Everyone’s so intolerant online. Am I right to stay silent?

  • ‘Take a fraction of what you’d spend on Le Labo Rose 31 and buy yourself a bouquet; meditate on your own impermanence as it wilts.’

    Ask Ugly
    Signature scents are deeply appealing – but how else can I express ‘the self’?

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The toolkit

  • A sunscreen’s SPF, or sun protection factor, indicates how much protection a product offers.

    Sun season
    What is SPF and how much sunscreen do you really need? Experts answer

  • a person smokes cannabis

    California sober
    What does it mean and is it good for you?

  • Colourful flat lay view of different types of sliced fruits and vegetables on a pink background.

    The 30-plant challenge
    Experts say we need to eat 30 plants a week. This is how I fared

  • Black cup of coffee on the black and brown table among spilled roasted coffee beans.

    Coffee
    How much coffee is OK for me to drink in a day? I asked the experts

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Fashion

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

    Dressing for a wedding? The rules have changed

    Wearing a hat, avoiding white and dialling down the sexiness are no longer mandatory. Instead take inspiration from the bridal couple’s style cues
  • Sali Hughes greenhouse fragrance column

    Vegetal scents make for the perfect summer fragrance, whatever the weather

  • Jeremy Allen White as Carmy in The Bear.

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

  • Immersive Vogue show lifts curtain on catwalks past and present

  • Bermuda moods: summer’s chicest shorts are knee length

  • The key to making your old faithful summer dress work in 2024? It’s all about accessories

  • From super-sized sunnies to beach-ready bags: 51 accessories to make your summer sizzle

  • Biker style: motocross jackets revving up summer this year

  • Goodbye Savile-Row Sunak: Keir and Victoria Starmer bring more relaxed fashion to No 10

Hometown tour

  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • Two men on either side of a bar.

    A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects inventory in a display unit in a furniture store.

    A local’s travel guide to Washington DC: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • The art deco district in Miami Beach, Florida.

    A local’s guide to Miami: What to eat, see and do in three days

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Food & drink

  • Albert's Schloss' apple strudel.

    Cocktail of the week: Albert’s Schloss’ apple strudel – recipe

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

    Ravneet Gill’s recipe for pistachio and raspberry mini cakes

  • Ravinder Bhogal's sticky five-spice sausages with cherries. 225

    Sticky sausages, soft cheese and crumble cake: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for summer cherries

  • Georgina Hayden's crispy chicken, plums and star anise.

    Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for crispy chicken, plums and star anise

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Technology

  • Cancer experts have warned that AI’s value and potential in healthcare has been overstated to a dangerous degree.

    TechScape: Can AI really help fix a healthcare system in crisis?

  • Professor Dali Kaafar, Professor and Executive Director of the Cyber Security Hub, School of Computing Future Communications Research Centre; Macquarie University. Photograph by Mike Bowers. Wednesday 3rd July 2024.

    Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers

    New scambaiting AI technology Apate aims to keep scammers on the line while collecting data that could help disrupt their business model
  • From left, Mark Graham, Callum Cant and James Muldoon

    James Muldoon, Mark Graham and Callum Cant: ‘AI feeds off the work of human beings’

    The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the repetitive labour, often in terrible conditions, that big tech is using to create artificial intelligence

    Advice

    • 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

      Marina Hyde advises the US president: ‘Walk to podium, smile, wave goodbye’; ‘I’m a failure, in debt and my partner is pregnant’ – Philippa Perry helps one man open up; Superman, Frodo and Star Wars: the stunning life and career of Kiran Shah; actor Katy Wix confronts a painful memory when she gets a message out of the blue
    • Private Lives illo 7 Sept 2020

      Private lives
      My teenage son shows no interest in school

      I’ve tried being as encouraging as possible, but nothing seems to work. And now I’m worried his younger siblings will follow in his footsteps

    The big picture

    • Model standing on an cooler holding a cooler above head

      The edit: 20 of the best swim shorts – in pictures

      Upgrade your beachwear and head for the shore in a stylish new pair
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