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  • Whistles store in Covent Garden, London

    ‘Women designing for women’: the new wave dominating UK high street

  • Diana Ross in a silver sequined dress and white feather hat and cape

    Met Gala 2025 red carpet: pinstripes, capes and pouring rain – in pictures

    Anna Wintour and her co-hosts Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams button up for the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
  • person wearing white hat, suit and pants looks down

    Met Gala 2025 updates: all the stars and red carpet looks from fashion’s biggest night – as it happened

    Guests including Zendaya and Diana Ross are making their grand entrances for this year’s Met Gala, which is themed ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’
  • four mannequins dressed in clothes

    Met exhibition review: show-stopping peacockery and introspective origins

  • An illustration depicting meditation, budgeting, therapy and running.

    How to start … anything: expert tips for trying something new

  • Mother with baby looking out the window

    I’m losing my mum to young-onset dementia. Caring for my baby reminds me who she was

    Alexandra Hansen
  • A police box on the lawn of the museum of Natural History, Oxford, 15 May 2001

    Crossword editor’s desk: whatchamacallits and gubbins

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Well Actually

  • A person's body is covered in a rash, measles.

    Measles outbreak: how contagious is it and what are the symptoms?

  • Graphic illustration of bowl of broccoli

    ‘I was scared to even eat the vegetables in my fridge’: the eating disorder that focuses on food purity

    As health institutions collapse and Maha influencers spread food fears, experts say orthorexia is on the rise
  • A boy wearing glasses holding a tissue to his nose

    Pollen is everywhere. But do I have allergies or a cold?

    The ‘worst allergy season ever’ in the US. A ‘pollen bomb’ in the UK. I asked experts how to tell if a runny nose is the result of allergies or a virus
  • Painting of two older women talking through an open window.

    People who don’t ask me questions drive me crazy. Why are they like that?

  • illustration of people and items in a blue container

    Are microplastics really in everything – even my brain?

  • Young fit woman feeling the pain in shoulder at the gym

    Is muscle soreness after a workout good or bad?

  • empty online shopping cart

    I saved $36,000 by not buying anything new – here are seven reasons you should do the same

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Columns

  • woman

    Why am I like this?
    I’m disagreeable – and it’s backed by science. Can I change my personality?

  • illustration of a woman embracing an older woman

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    I always felt torn growing up between two countries. At 47, I finally feel at peace

  • An illustration showing a pixelated human-like figure on a digital watch slowly running into the world outside of the screen.

    How to start
    ‘Listen to your body’: how to start running

  • an illustration of a cake with a bride and groom and a hand with a brush

    Ask Ugly
    I don’t wear makeup but my wedding is coming up – can I go bare-faced?

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The toolkit

  • ‘People in their 70s often say that they don’t feel old, and the reason for it is that they don’t meet the definition of old we often use.’

    Aging well
    How do I stay healthy in my 70s?

  • Illustration of two hands with thumbs and index fingers forming a circle, a scale and geometric shapes.

    How to start
    ‘The only thing you need is your own mind’: how to start meditating

  • 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

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Fashion

  • Closeup of a man's eye with short eyelashes

    Blinking fools? The men who think shaving off their eyelashes will make them more masculine

    What could possibly go wrong with taking a razor to your lashes? Apart from irritation, infections and ‘eye boogers’, that is
  • A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton, Colman Domingo and Pharrell Williams on Vogue covers

    Met Gala will pose question: can Vogue keep diversity in fashion in Trump’s America?

  • A woman with curly dark hair wearing a pale yellow suit and top, and standing in front of a pink background

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: butter yellow is the colour to be seen in this summer

  • ‘An incredibly political moment’ – why fashion and the Met Gala are celebrating Black dandyism

  • Sali Hughes on beauty: vitamin patches are all the rage, but are the effects more than skin deep?

  • Chanel takes a cruise around Lake Como with glamour fit for a grand hotel

  • ‘Protect the Dolls’ T-shirt becomes a fashion symbol for trans rights

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

  • Rukmini Iyer's crispy chicken with zhoug and jersey royals.

    Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for crispy chicken with zhoug and jersey royals

  • Jean-Georges Vongerichten's pea guacamole.

    Pea guacamole and asparagus quesadillas: Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s spring vegetable recipes

  • Felicity Cloake’s perfect vegan caesar salad.

    How to make the perfect vegan caesar salad – recipe

  • Meera Sodha's asparagus lasagne with pecorino.

    Meera Sodha’s recipe for asparagus lasagne with pecorino

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Technology

  • Illustration of a robot putting human in a waste paper bin

    Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant

  • overhead view of a mining facility by the water

    How Trump’s love for crypto threatens US residents’ peace: ‘I just want quiet’

    Cryptocurrency mining facilities can blanket towns with ‘constant’ noise. They’re likely to get louder under Trump
  • motion-blurred photos of Elon Musk

    Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

    From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role

    Advice

    • ‘You have hurt someone who trusted you and who took a risk to rebuild something with you.’

      Ask Philippa
      Can my marriage recover from my sex addiction?

      Your job now is not to manage your wife’s feelings but to focus on your own behaviour
    • 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

    • 3rdMaytrail

      What to wear for the May bank holiday weekend

      Maybe you are having your first barbecue of the year, or going for a long, lazy lunch. Whatever your bank holiday plans, light layers and accessories with personality are always a good idea
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