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Living a good life in a complex world

Well Actually

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    How to start
    ‘Overconsumption isolates us’: how to start shopping less

    Spending can be exciting – but how do you function outside of it? Experts share their tips for paring down buying
  • Bolts of orange lightning cover woman's face with black hand-held fan pointed at her

    Call the doctor
    How do I know when I’ve hit perimenopause?

  • A beagle with its front paws up on a white picket fence, looking at the camera.

    ‘It shatters my heart’: the fosters taking care of stressed former lab beagles

  • Illustration of a monster truck in a sperm pattern

    Men are worried about their fertility. Enter the regrettably named trend of spermmaxxing

  • a woman sits on a bench while holding a dumbbell

    ‘My body never betrayed me’: kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart on her journey to bodybuilding

  • An illustration of a person with a small mirror reflecting part of their face

    Ask Ugly
    Should I let my nine-year-old daughter wax her moustache?

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    How to start
    ‘A sense of trusting one’s self’: how to start building confidence

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    What does sex mean to you? I’m a sex educator – here’s why I don’t define it at all

  • Envelope with flames coming out of it

    ‘Per my last email’: how email incivility can affect us at work

Columns

  • Illustration of a woman complaining about her insecurities to a friend

    Ask Ugly
    How do I respond to my friends when they criticize their own weight and looks?

  • An illustration of a woman with her hand over her lips so as to signal keeping quiet

    Why am I like this?
    Feeling off? Your secrets could be making you stressed

  • a cadaver in a syringe

    Ask Ugly
    Would you use cadaver fat for a boob job or butt lift? Some people already do

  • Person looking out of a yellow-framed window in an illustration.

    Why am I like this?
    Try small steps and set the bar low: how to find the meaning of life

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

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

  • an illustration of journal pages with the profile of a head across the pages and abstract shapes

    ‘Subtle but powerful form of self-validation’: how to start journaling

  • veggies

    Start small, grow what you like and be realistic: how to start a vegetable garden

  • four images showing lips speaking, a person's ear, desks and a disco ball alongside various languages

    Don’t stop at Duolingo, set realistic goals, balance skills: how to start learning a new language

Health & wellbeing

  • A girl in a garden wears a brightly coloured cardboard dinosaur mask

    ‘Wear something that makes you feel silly!’ Can Austin Kleon’s tips put the spark back in my life?

  • Emma Beddington

    double quotation markThe health tracker backlash is here – so ditch the data and set yourself free

    Emma Beddington
  • A man in a navy blue shirt sitting at a table in his garden

    The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury

  • Composite illustration of a woman running

    What causes runner’s high – and how can you boost your chances of an ecstatic 5k?

Relationships

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    This is how we do it: ‘I joined a hook-up app for widowed people, and discovered the strongest chemistry I’ve ever felt’

  • Samantha Ross and Adam at a picnic as the sun sets behind palm trees

    The moment I knew: He was five hours late to Christmas lunch – then I realised why

  • A man and woman standing side by side.

    Blind date: ‘It felt like taking part in Blind Date was a lifelong thing she wanted to do’

  • Two people looking at each other but standing in different colored bubbles

    Age gaps, swag gaps and Claude gaps – are they really such a big deal in relationships?

Food

  • Ravinder Bhogal's Devilled eggs 016

    Ideas for make-ahead vegetarian and vegan finger food

  • Two white plates with roasted duck legs, cherries and caramelised fennel, with bread and wine glasses alongside

    José Pizarro’s recipe for duck legs with cherries and amontillado

  • Rukmini Iyer's spaghetti with spring greens, butter beans and harissa.

    Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for spaghetti with spring greens, butter beans and harissa

  • The Barbary's courgette machluta.

    Fava, roast veg and grilled courgette: the Barbary’s recipes for simple summer dips

  • A woman looks inside a treasure chest with gold on a deserted beach.

    Crossword blog
    Crossword editor’s desk: celebrating 30,000 cryptics with a treasure hunt

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 30,028

  • Quick crosswords
    Quick crossword No 17,501

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 7,341 medium

  • Prize crosswords
    Prize crossword No 30,026

  • Killer sudoku
    Killer sudoku 1,025

  • Champagne being poured into a coupe glass with bubbles rising

    The Saturday quiz
    What links champagne, Mozart and veal pie? The Saturday quiz

  • close up view of a cute baby pug in street

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Do you have a snout for numbers?

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