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Well Actually
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Dating
Gen Z yearns for the pre-digital dating era – but don’t ask them out in person
Microplastics
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
Halfway there: a column about midlife
First my left knee, then my right: my middle-aged body’s betrayal
I won’t ‘bounce back’ from my injuries. But it is a privilege to live – to walk, dance and even fall – in an ageing body
The memo: could one missed message have saved me a lifetime of regret?
Are at-home gut microbiome testing kits a scam?
Feel sad, anxious or ‘homesick’ after sex? You might have post-coital dysphoria
Why am I like this?
Why do I feel like I’m stuck in a ‘waiting room’, hoping for my life to get started?
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Reclaim your brain
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You have one life. Do you really want to spend it looking at your phone?
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Should you share passcodes? Four rules of phone use for couples
‘The longest relationship of my life’: 10 years of dating through my phone
Are smartphones bad for us? Five world experts answer
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation
The toolkit
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Sun season
What is SPF and how much sunscreen do you really need? Experts answer
California sober
What does it mean and is it good for you?
The 30-plant challenge
Experts say we need to eat 30 plants a week. This is how I fared
Coffee
How much coffee is OK for me to drink in a day? I asked the experts
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Columns
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Ask Ugly
The state of the bush – how should I be styling my pubic hair?
Halfway there: a column about midlife
No sex drive and a ‘tanking libido’: how I redefined intimacy in midlife
Why am I like this?
Everyone’s so intolerant online. Am I right to stay silent?
Ask Ugly
Signature scents are deeply appealing – but how else can I express ‘the self’?
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Health & wellbeing
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The cult of 5am: is rising at dawn the secret of health and happiness?
Head lice are everywhere. Are selfies to blame?
Do be a quitter! How I broke my exercise streak – and smashed my fitness goals
I am sober curious – but a little alcohol is still valuable to me
Emma Beddington
The happy microbiome: how to nourish all of yours - from mouth to gut to vagina
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Relationships
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I’m struggling to enjoy foreplay – but I want more from sex than just penetration
Polyamory? Celibacy? Today’s sexual politics reveals much about the way we live
Eva Wiseman
The moment I knew: we could barely make eye contact because of the chemistry radiating between us
This is how we do it: ‘The sheep on our farm hinder our sex life more than the kids’
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Food
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How to make chocolate macarons – recipe
Wine-poached eggs, lemony sole and puffed potatoes: Claude Bosi’s classic French recipes for Bastille Day
How to make the most of a punnet of strawberries
Nigel Slater’s recipe for roast summer vegetables and blue cheese sauce
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Puzzles
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Crossword roundup: which cabinet members will crosswords favour?
Cryptic crosswords
Cryptic crossword No 29,432
Quick crosswords
Quick crossword No 16,905
Sudoku
Sudoku 6,545 hard
Prize crosswords
Prize crossword No 29,428
Killer sudoku
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Thomas Eaton
What links Ana de Armas with Gloria Estefan? The Saturday quiz
Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
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