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

    How to start
    Expert tips for trying something new

    From therapy to running and conversing with strangers, we asked experts what the basics are of starting anything new
  • E.A. Hanks with her mother Susan Dillingham, at Disneyland circa 1997

    The G2 interview
    A child on thin ice: EA Hanks on life with her abusive mother – and world-famous father

    One half of the author’s early life was spent with a mother who struggled with addiction, her mental health and caring responsibilities. The other was with her father Tom on film sets and in a house full of love and structure. She discusses her road trip back into her complicated past
  • Emily Bratt pictured last month doing a plank outside on the grass.

    The one change that worked
    I could never get fit – until I tried a 40-second plank every day

    All my attempts at exercise had ended in failure, so I decided to lower the bar. Five years of planking later and I’m a stronger and healthier person – sorry ‘athlete’
  • Mother with baby looking out the window

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

    Alexandra Hansen
    Now that I am a mother, I think of her often. Sometimes, when I need advice, I try to imagine what hers might have been
    • The illustration highlights four boys sitting on a school fence looking away. Original image from Alamy.

      Kindness of strangers
      I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

    • Daoust tests his V02 max on the exercise bike

      Fit for ever
      The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?

    • Crawick Multiverse in Dumfries and Galloway - an aerial view of rolling hills, with large mounds in the foreground, with stone circles on top of them

      Travel
      Beam me up, Scotland: a journey into outer space in Dumfries and Galloway

    • Closeup of a man's eye with short eyelashes

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

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The Filter

  • Testing the Panda Hybrid bamboo mattress

    The best mattresses: sleep better with our six rigorously tested picks

  • Girl cuts or trims the bush (rose) with a pair of scissors in the garden

    From the perfect gardening tools to £8 mascara, what you loved most this month

  • Mezzanine bed over kitchen in tiny open plan living space

    Mirrors, caddies and skinny shelves: 12 space-saving tricks to make small rooms feel bigger

  • The Filter, Kimchi main shot. Seven different packets of kimchi.

    ‘Hits that sweet spot between funk and freshness’: the best kimchi, tasted and rated

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Fashion

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

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

    Met Gala exhibition
    Show-stopping peacockery and introspective origins

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Join Grace Dent and celebrity guests for a new season of Comfort Eating, as she throws the cupboard doors open and chats life through food.

Food

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

    Quick and easy
    Crispy chicken with zhoug and jersey royals, from Rukmini Iyer

    Fried, breadcrumbed chicken with new potatoes, all brought to life by a garlicky Yemeni sauce of chilli, preserved lemons, herbs and spices
  • Jean-Georges Vongerichten's pea guacamole.

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

  • Felicity Cloake’s perfect vegan caesar salad.

    How to cook the perfect ...
    ... vegan caesar salad – recipe

  • Shabby-chic: One Club Row, Interior shot.

    Grace Dent on restaurants
    One Club Row, London E1: ‘Battered stuff, things in buns, strong drinks: a thrilling, retro ride’ – restaurant review

  • Meera Sodha's asparagus lasagne with pecorino.

    Meera Sodha recipes
    Asparagus lasagne with pecorino

  • The Filter, Kimchi main shot. Seven different packets of kimchi.

    The food filter
    ‘Hits that sweet spot between funk and freshness’: the best kimchi, tasted and rated

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Dishes you’ll come back to again and again and again

The Guardian’s Feast app has arrived. Think of it as a giant cookbook with over 5,000 recipes from our world-class cooks – only it fits in your pocket (handy for grabbing ingredients on the way home) and has loads of great features to take the stress (and boredom) out of cooking.

Start cooking for £2.99 per month and enjoy features such as cook mode, search by ingredient and save for later.

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Health & wellbeing

  • G2: How to build a better life - If people-pleasing leaves you feeling empty, you may be hiding from yourself

    Are you a people pleaser? It’s time to find out what you really want

  • Emma Beddington

    Do we ever stop feeling anxious, angry or sad about relationships? Not if my older friends are any guide

    Emma Beddington
    • An image with coloured geometric shapes in the background, showing a person standing on balance cushion and a brain composed of crumpled-up paper with writing on it

      The experts: neurologists on 17 simple ways to look after your brain

    • Ashley King.

      I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with methanol

    • woman on beach wearing straw sunhat with words 'out of office' on it

      Vacation hoarding: why you should never forfeit your annual leave

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    From zero-proof mixology to Balinese dance lessons
    Welcome to the new era of kids’ clubs on holiday

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    Seaplanes and coral planting
    The most enchanting romantic stays in Southeast Asia

  • Cute big pig standing in front of the sea and looking for food on the sand beach at Madsum island, Thailand.

    From saltmaking to visiting Pig Island
    Six memorable experiences of food and fabulous sights in Southeast Asia

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    A night or two to chill
    Why the flexiscape travel trend is a perfect fit for Southeast Asia

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Relationships

  • Brandon and Christine.

    How we met
    How we met: ‘We’re like two pieces of a puzzle clicking together’

  • A young man wearing a vest sitting sideways in bed, looking behind him with a worried expression

    Sexual healing
    My husband is more attractive than I am – and it makes me feel like an inadequate lover

  • An illustration of a bearded man in a green jumper, seen from behind, against a blue background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Dating apps left me suicidal. How can I find love before it’s too late?

  • 3May25 Blind Date for web

    Blind date
    Blind date: ‘Good table manners? Do Americans have them?’

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Travel

  • Crawick Multiverse in Dumfries and Galloway - an aerial view of rolling hills, with large mounds in the foreground, with stone circles on top of them

    Scotland
    Beam me up, Scotland: a journey into outer space in Dumfries and Galloway

    Ten years ago, the late land artist Charles Jencks created Crawick Multiverse out of an ugly open-cast mine in southern Scotland. Today, it is an inspiring exploration of the universe
  • The Formal Garden, seen from above, at Mount Stewart, County Down.

    Readers tips
    Share a tip on your favourite ‘hidden’ garden in the UK

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    France
    From the mountains to the Med: a self-guided walk in Provence, France

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    France
    From cassoulet in Carcassonne to patisseries in Paris – a tour of France in 10 classic dishes

  • An overhead shot of a table with a platter of seafood

    Readers' tips
    ‘Delicious seafood served with charm and ice-cold white wine’: your favourite restaurants in France

  • FARO de CUDILLERO, Cudillero, Spain

    Spain
    A luxury lighthouse stay in northern Spain: ‘Windows look east and west to sunrise and sunset’

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Money

  • British Gas logo

    Energy bills
    British Gas has billed my account for Glasgow address that is not mine

    Reader from London worries ‘cuckoo’ will potentially trash credit score and hitch a ride when switching supplier
  • An older man laughs as he uses a phone and laptop while sitting at a table in an alleyway in Barcelona

    EE
    I thought the advert ‘roaming is getting better with EE’ was misleading

  • The front of a house with a wooden front door painted pale blue-grey and a sash window with net curtains

    Co-operative Group
    My renewal quote for Co-op home insurance has almost tripled to £1,353

  • Consumer affairs
    I’ve just been housed. Now I’m paying someone else’s debt on my prepay meter

  • Consumer affairs
    The death of customer service: why has it become so, so bad?

  • Consumer champions
    Direct Line chasing me over dead uncle’s cancelled car insurance

  • Consumer affairs
    EE was unapologetic after I tried to stop a sim swap fraud

  • Property
    An expelled fire safety engineer has made my flat unsaleable

  • Homes
    The squabbling, the vomiting, the freeloading and the noisy sex: my 10 worst house-share moments

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Puzzles

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

    Crossword blog
    Crossword editor’s desk: whatchamacallits and gubbins

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,687

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 17,160

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,885 easy

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      Prize crossword No 29,685

    • Killer sudoku
      Killer sudoku 968

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Esperanza Spalding and Kim Deal? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? How to have fun with straws

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    Is that a cat in the Cheetos? New York comedian spotlights the city’s famous bodega felines

    Corner shop felines are already beloved by New Yorkers – and thanks to Michelladonna’s TikTok ‘interviews’, they’re going global
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    ‘The beauty of this angle is the distortion’: Sanket Khuntale’s best phone photo

    The Indian photographer was delighted with the image he captured during a stroll in Pritisangam Gardens with friends
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The big picture

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    What to wear for running

    Whether you’re starting a Couch to 5K programme or gearing up for a marathon, here are three looks that will put some pep in your step
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