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  • A small dog in a puffy pink jacket.

    Dogs
    Hot to trot: does your dog really need a jacket in the Australian winter?

    From the back yard to the park, there are few breeds that really need to wear coats in cold weather, canine experts says. But there are some exceptions
  • Fake fruit and vegetables in a plastic pink carton, against a bright blue background

    ‘We gave the kids nuggets to avoid mutiny’
    Three Australian households went vegetarian for a week – did they save on time, money or chaos?

  • Namila Benson in a fluffy pink jacket multicoloured dress wearing blue lipstick walking in a park

    Walk with ...
    Namila Benson: ‘A big part of our culture is denialism. We just don’t know how to have difficult conversations’

  • naturist Anne Nisbet walking naked in the countryside

    Wellbeing
    Dance, spend time in nature, and get naked! 17 body confidence tips from people who have it

  • Painting: Politics in an Oyster House by Richard Caton Woodville

    Leading questions
    How people vote affects my life and relationships – how do I explain that to my apolitical friend?

  • Alice Zaslavsky sweet potato and pumpkin dal

    You've got this
    On the pulse: Alice Zaslavsky’s spicy pumpkin, sweet potato and coconut dal recipe

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Food

  • No strings attached: the type of mandoline you want for slicing your veg.

    Ask Ottolenghi
    How to keep a mandoline sharp

    Many mandolines that cut wafer-thin slices of cucumber, say, often have single-bevelled blades, so need careful sharpening
  • Alice Zaslavsky sweet potato and pumpkin dal

    You've got this
    On the pulse: Alice Zaslavsky’s spicy pumpkin, sweet potato and coconut dal recipe

  • Meera Sodha’s Korean-style cold noodle salad known as bibim guksu

    The new vegan
    Meera Sodha’s recipe for bibim guksu, or Korean-style cold noodle salad

  • Quick and easy
    Georgina Hayden’s roast sweet potato, peanut and chilli salad – recipe

  • Felicity Cloake’s masterclass
    How to make the perfect pan bagnat – recipe

  • A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with zucchini, basil and cheese

  • Japanese cooking
    The miso miracle: how to use the ingredient that makes every dish delicious

  • Food
    Do these kitchen hacks cut it? Five new (and possibly improved) ways to peel, slice and juice your fruit

  • Mandarins reign supreme
    Australia’s best-value fruit and veg for July

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Relationships

  • Ruth and Lawrence

    This is how we do it: ‘After our child was born we didn’t have satisfying sex for seven years’

  • Charlie xcx in hot pants and a T-shirt reading I heart Me

    Is this the Brat girl summer? Marina Hyde predicts a sticky end for Trump-Vance, how to be a Norwegian parent, and Ask Philippa on sibling rivalry – podcast

    Never doubt the instincts of Donald Trump, warns Marina Hyde, who just appointed a ‘never Trump guy’ as his running mate. Let your kids roam free, stay home alone, have fun – and fail – Norwegian style. Charli xcx’s new album, Brat, highlights how many young women now aspire to live – dirty, hedonistic, happy and bra-less. And ‘My brother’s mental illness hovers over my family life’ – Philippa Perry answers a reader.
  • Children playing in Stavanger, Norway.

    It’s not just Norway where the kids are all right

    Letters: Readers comment on Norwegian parenting and similar attitudes taken by parents elsewhere

  • You be the judge: my boyfriend funds my lifestyle – should I work for him to pay him back?

  • Tell us: do you earn significantly more – or less – than your partner?

  • Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy

  • Ruth Westheimer obituary

  • There’s nothing like a big cake and local park for a stress-free child’s birthday party

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • How much would you pay, honestly, to get back with your ex?

    Eva Wiseman

  • The moment I knew: her smile cut through the freezing morning air and warmed me like nothing else

  • Legendary sex therapist Dr Ruth dead at age 96

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Fashion

  • A person darning socks

    Closet clinic
    Darn it! How to mend holey socks at home

    With a few tools it’s possible to bring back your favourite pair of lost soles from sock-drawer purgatory
  • Cillian Murphy in long-sleeved polo shirt with hands behind his back

    Fashion
    Authenticity in awkwardness? Why fashion is striking an uneasy pose

  • Model wearing matching suit and shorts from French Connection

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Got a fear of shorts? It’s all about choosing the right shirt

  • Rihanna wearing a lace outfit during pregnancy

    Maternity wear
    Baring the bump: how celebrities are leading a shift in maternity fashion

  • Merino thermal wear by Australian label Merino Country (and New Zealand label Icebreaker

    Closet clinic
    What lies beneath: winter wear enthusiasts recommend their favourite thermal brands

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

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Dressing for a wedding? The rules have changed

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Health & fitness

  • Illustration of someone doing a one-handed handstand, blindfolded, while juggling two balls.

    The power of proprioception: how to improve your ‘sixth sense’ – and become healthier and happier

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Forget the 5am starts! Night owls like me possess the real secret of success

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • An illustration showing silhouettes of a man smoking, a woman drinking, hands holding a pot of sunscreen, a knife, fork and spoon and a white ribbon

    The experts: oncologists on the simple, doable, everyday things they do to try to prevent cancer

    Cancer doctors know better than anyone how you can give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding a disease that one in two of us will get. Here, they share the tips that they live by
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Travel

  • Aerial view of abbey with village in distance

    Readers' travel tips
    From Normandy to Provence via Alsace: readers’ favourite unsung places in France

    Summer night markets, fairytale villages and painterly beaches feature among our tipsters’ travels
  • The Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France

    France
    Nice and easy: a leisurely cycle, with dog, along the final stage of the Tour de France

  • Fishing village, Altja, Lahemaa National Park, Estonia.

    Baltic beauty
    Exploring Estonia’s northern coast

  • UK
    Where tourists seldom tread, part 10: four more towns with hidden histories

  • Italy
    The renaissance of Venice’s favourite retreat

  • Local's guide to Australia
    A local’s guide to Victoria’s Surf Coast: follow the Great Ocean Road

  • Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland

  • Estonia holidays
    How I found bliss cycling along the coast of Estonia

  • Readers' travel tips
    ‘We hiked green volcanoes near Barcelona’: readers’ favourite day trips from cities

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    Making study more human: how online education is creating powerful spaces for learning

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  • A young woman hiking through Glacier National Park in Montana on a beautiful summer day.

    Watch: Wellness retreats in Montana

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    Yes, you need to take care of your eyes in winter – here’s how

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    ‘My girls love it’: busy mum Sarah Pound shares her deliciously easy Broccolini recipe

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Puzzles

  • A puzzle from a 1984 edition of the Guardian.

    Crossword blog
    Crossword blog: a remarkable, autobiographical puzzle

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,439

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,913

    • Sudoku
      Killer sudoku 927

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,440

    • Killer sudoku
      Killer sudoku 927

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Twilight with Misery and Frankenstein? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Simple puzzles almost everybody gets wrong

The big picture

  • Outfit inspiration of what to wear for a summer garden party.

    Bee chic: what to wear for a garden party

    Hats, lipstick and the right sunglasses can bring a bit of glamour to a get-together in a backyard
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