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Well Actually

  • Image of Earth against a blue-to-pink gradient background

    Deep dive
    Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it

    Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for
  • Overheated young woman resting on bed using electric fan for relief

    How to get a good night’s sleep in hot weather – and why it’s so hard

  • Final - 3

    I work in a hospital – and didn’t know I was having a heart attack. Here’s what more women should know

  • A collage of a woman in front of a Nasa sign and illustrations of rockets and planets.

    A day in the life
    ‘It’s not rocket science’: a day in the life of a Nasa behavioral health scientist

  • wegovy weight-loss drugs

    Tell us: what impact have GLP-1s had on your relationships?

  • Collage of a woman's body and images of a person weight lifting

    I spent years trying to get smaller. Until I decided to get bigger

  • an illustration showing various colored and patterned fabric scraps

    Before you throw out all the synthetic fabrics in your closet, read this

  • An illustration of a basket of food.

    Cutting down on ultra-processed foods isn’t easy. Here are eight tips that worked for my family

  • a tick on skin

    Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself

Columns

  • Bride in a wedding dress opening like a cabinet, filled with beauty products, weights and skincare items

    Ask Ugly
    I’m getting married again. How do I avoid the pressure to look perfect this time around?

  • A woman applying deodorant

    Call the doctor
    Is it unhealthy to suppress sweat?

  • francistolu

    A day in the life
    ‘I eat pasta almost every day’: a day in the life of a world champion pizza athlete

  • Composite illustration of a nurse standing by as a woman lies in an enormous, white MRI machine, with the front of it overlaid with a green graphic that looks like a body scan.

    Call the doctor
    How much preventive health screening should I be getting?

  • HOW TO START-VOLUNTEER HOLASOYKA

    How to start volunteering: ‘There are roles to fit all interests and skill sets’

  • MOBILITY holasoyka

    Improved performance, freedom of movement and less pain: how to start a mobility practice

  • illustration of hand putting credit card into guillotine, with icons of shopping bags, carts and locks

    ‘Overconsumption isolates us’: how to start shopping less

  • illustration of three stages of doing pull-ups on colorful background

    Very difficult and extremely cool: how to start doing pull-ups

Health & wellbeing

  • A ginger man wearing a brown jacket looks into the distance as he sits in front of a shop.

    The one change that worked: I tried the ‘no poo’ method – and it transformed my hair

  • treated photo of man with hand to forehead in obvious pain

    The truth about migraines: what causes them – and how to find relief

  • A woman in sports clothes sits cross-legged on the grass with her hands clasped together by her chest in the salutation seal

    A moment that changed me: I started yoga – and saw my scoliosis in a surprising new light

  • Emma Beddington

    Can a ‘power phrase’ turn a spineless worm like me into a go-getter? I doubt it – but it’s worth a shot

    Emma Beddington

Relationships

  • The couple

    The moment I knew: after my mum lost everything in Japan’s tsunami, Trent showered her with tiny kindnesses

  • composite of Richard & Katrina

    Blind date: ‘I joked we should join the young people for a club night. We didn’t’

  • Four partially draped classical figures dance in a circle in a landscape with cherubs above

    Should I leave my polyamorous relationship if I want to start a family?

  • A woman with blond curly hair with a black T-shirt with the face of Richard Ashcroft the singer

    A moment that changed me: I’d lost my libido – then I saw Richard Ashcroft on stage and it came bursting back

Food

  • Two open burgers on gray plates with shredded cabbage on top, alongside drinks and more slaw

    Meera Sodha’s vegetarian recipe for oyster mushroom burgers with five-spice slaw

  • Culpepper's Papa doble.

    Cocktail of the week: the Culpeper’s papa doble – recipe

  • Banana, medjool date, tahini and sesame crumble muffins

    Jimi Famurewa’s banana, medjool date, tahini and sesame crumble muffins – recipe

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    This content was paid for by Sainsbury's and produced by the Guardian Labs team.
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    This content was paid for by Sainsbury's and produced by the Guardian Labs team.
  • A dutch baby, looking like a giant Yorkshire pudding, dusted with powdered sugar in a cast-iron pan, filled with berries and cream

    Benjamina Ebuehi’s summer berry dutch baby recipe

  • Quick crosswords
    Quick crossword No 17,547

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 7,403 expert

  • Prize crosswords
    Prize crossword No 30,074

  • Killer sudoku
    Killer sudoku 1,033

  • Close-up of hand with baseball glove with ball, against an orange backgrond

    The Saturday quiz
    Which South American country has baseball as its national sport? The Saturday quiz

  • Professor Stephen Hawking author of bestseller 'A Brief History of Time', 'Black Holes' and 'Baby Universes and Other Essays' and most recently in 2001, 'The Universe in a Nutshell'. Since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University. 13/09/2005 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY (press button below or see details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution, Murdo Macleods repro fees apply.

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Do you think like a physicist?

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