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  • Matthew (left) and David in Hisarönü, Turkey, 2015

    How we met
    ‘He moved into my spare room and ended up staying for five years’

    Matthew, 43, and David, 39, met in Manchester in 2006. Now best friends, they’ve seen each other through mental health crises, relationship disasters and an MTV-style dance class
  • A man and a woman sitting talking at a restaurant table in front of a blue wall

    Dining across the divide
    ‘I kept telling him he was far more leftwing than he thought he was’

    They disagreed about how trans people are treated – were they more aligned on private schools or Brexit?
  • A painting of dying flowers and a melted candle

    Leading questions
    My family have all but ignored the anniversary of my partner’s death. Am I wrong to feel so hurt?

    Your loss deserves to be acknowledged, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. If your family are not providing you with this, find ways to mark it without them
  • France, Sarthe, Loir valley, Le Lude, Chateau du Lude gardens, castle facade and maze of the Jardin de l'Eperon

    In pictures
    Nine unmissable attractions of the Atlantic Loire valley

    As well as imposing chateaux, there’s period charm aplenty in the towns and villages of this region of France
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    • woman resting laying on hammock at camping site summer vacation green forest

      Travel
      The reluctant camper: 15 easy tips to make you love life beneath the stars

    • LibDem MP Victoria Collins outside her local Gail’s in Berkhamsted.

      Gail’s
      ‘Does it have a Gail’s?’ How a bakery became middle-class England’s most powerful political bellwether

    • A scoop of coarse salt

      Thursday quiz
      Pricey spices, morse code and a really salty rapper

    • Joost Stokhof on allotments changing lives

      Getting an allotment totally changed my summer – and radically altered my relationship with food

      Diyora Shadijanova
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Fashion

  • Kylie Jenner at 2022 Met Gala.

    Incognito mode
    How dressing under the radar became the ultimate humblebrag

    When it comes to getting dressed, A-listers like Kylie Jenner and Naomi Campbell are masters of disguise – but in the digital age, is this now a look for everyone?
  • Kamala Harris and her tan suit.

    Kamala Harris wore a tan suit to day one of the DNC
    What does it mean?

  • Illuminated frontage of Ted Baker store at London Bridge in London, April 2024; it is dark and a passerby is looking in the window, where there are female mannequins in dresses and male mannequins in white T-shirts and casual trousers

    Analysis
    Ted Baker’s closure was foreseeable from a fashion perspective

  • A young woman in a yellow sweater lies in a field of daisies, top view.

    Closet clinic
    Can you safely home compost clothing? Yes, with a few big caveats

  • Olivia Dean performs at the Glastonbury festival this year wearing a bubble skirt

    ‘It’s very silly and it feels like fun’
    Bubble skirts are making a comeback

  • Hair bleach

    The beauty Q&A
    Can you dye dark hair a bright colour without bleach?

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Food

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Health & wellbeing

  • A group of friends paddleboarding.

    How paddleboarding conquered Britain: the delights and dangers of the nation’s fastest-growing sport

  • Emma Beddington

    An American came to stay – and completely changed my attitude to water

    Emma Beddington
    • TG Menopause and cycle color b MM (1) G2

      The end of menopause: would women be healthier and happier if they menstruated for ever?

    • Arwa Mahdawi

      Forget plasma infusions – the secrets of longevity are much more simple and fun

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • John Balson in Japan in 2021

      The life and tragic death of John Balson: how a true crime producer documented his own rising horror

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Relationships

  • Matthew (left) and David in Hisarönü, Turkey, 2015

    How we met
    How we met: ‘He moved into my spare room and ended up staying for five years’

  • Back view of woman teacher, with hands on hips, a blurred view of desks and students in the background

    Ask Philippa
    Jobs make me feel trapped so I never stay. Am I just lazy?

  • A man and woman in bed

    Sexual healing
    My partner and I only have sex three times a year – and I am frustrated

  • Alone-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My ex boss bullied me and stole my ideas. How do I cope with my rage?

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Travel

  • The Wild Atlantic Way at Slieve League, County Donegal.

    Ireland
    Driving the Wild Atlantic Way

    Running 1,600 miles from County Cork up to County Donegal, this route, launched 10 years ago, takes in the west coast’s spectacular scenery
  • woman resting laying on hammock at camping site summer vacation green forest

    Camping
    15 easy tips to make you love life beneath the stars

  • Paddling on a blow-up craft down a French river with alfresco diners on the shore

    France
    A bikerafting adventure on the wild Rhône

  • A dinky train on the seafront on a sunny day.

    UK
    Five British seaside towns with hidden histories

  • The Eurostar check in area at London's St Pancras station

    EU
    UK citizens travelling to EU to pay €7 visa-waiver charge

  • Warm light at Wadden Sea dyke

    Netherlands
    Walking the new long-distance Salt Path

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Money

  • Using the JustPark app to find a parking space in Edinburgh.

    Consumer champions
    I received a £100 parking charge even though we’d used the JustPark app

    The space owner in Edinburgh told us to use ‘any spot available’, then we got the ticket
  • In bed at 5am but a call was made to Armenia.

    Consumer champions
    O2 sent me a £150 phone bill for a call – after just one ring

  • the Blue Light Card

    Consumer rights
    Blue Light Card ‘reward’ has now turned into £3,941 loss

  • Consumer champions
    Car insurance error took cost to more than £2,000

  • Consumer affairs
    A cheque from Equiniti to pay my late husband’s care home fees got lost in post

  • Consumer affairs
    Opodo cancelled our ‘confirmed’ flight home from Japan

  • Consumer champions
    Has Booking.com sold me a £3,000 flight to Nepal or not?

  • Consumer champions
    Our FlixBus to Paris will not be stopping in Paris

  • Tea
    The £2.20 cup of tea: is this too much to pay for a hot drink?

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Puzzles

  • A ‘black box’ flight recorder discovered in 2004 in a UN filing cabinet

    Crossword blog
    Crossword roundup: hidden Olympics… and a very orange secrets box

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,469

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,942

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,594 hard

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,464

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Steve McQueen with Keir Starmer? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Naughty noughts and crosses

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The big picture

  • Embroidery of people in the sea at a beach by a fishing village with white-painted houses

    Embroidered summer holiday scenes – in pictures

    The French artist La Filature uses a mixture of traditional and novel techniques to capture seaside scenes
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