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  • Detail from one of the election night bingo games on sale on the website Etsy

    Tory wipeout bingo: online sellers cash in with election games and wallcharts

  • Brendan O’Shea.

    Treasure hunters: the enthralling, emotional inside story of a house clearance

    They never know what they will find – from fleas to Picassos to Soviet missiles beneath the stairs. But what they do is crucial and cathartic
  • Zing Tsjeng holding a pink bag and wearing black shoes

    A moment that changed me: my feet appeared on a kink website that gets 20m views a month

    Sexualising my lower digits was bad enough. To be given the equivalent of a pat on the head and told ‘nice try’ was an indignity too far
  • Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer with his wife, Victoria, in Liverpool in 2023.

    Wednesday briefing: Can Keir Starmer hope to keep his family out of the spotlight?

  • A woman in black and white, screaming at the top of her voice

    All the rage: women are furious – and repressing it can ruin our lives

  • Sienna Miller

    M&S increases stocks of smaller womenswear sizes due to higher demand

  • A group of people, pictured from below, clink wine glasses.

    Champagne, cava, crémant: the 10 best bottles of bubbly for UK election night parties

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Well Actually

  • illustration of person wearing blue top sits at green chair and looks to the left

    Why do I feel like I’m stuck in a ‘waiting room’, hoping for my life to get started?

  • Two young women standing with guitars.

    ‘She is my soulmate. I’d do anything for her’: readers on their best friends

    Readers tell us about the best friends who have stuck with them through the good, bad, boring and haircuts
  • A pair of male adult hands cradles a pair of child's hands cradling a pink piggy bank

    US parents: tell us how much you spend on your kids a month

    Raising children is expensive – we would like to hear about how much you pay for housing, food, school and activities
  • An illustrated graphic of a woman laying down in a chair crying while another woman behind her looks at a long receipt

    Anxious about money? Five financial therapists share their advice

  • A collage features screenshots of three different people doing quadrupedal movement training, crawling on the ground and doing handstands

    Is moving like an animal the secret to good health?

  • Three people sit on a couch as they look at each other and talk

    Is neuroticism affecting your relationship? Don’t stress

  • collage of photos of Khursheed Salam at different ages, along with his children. around the pictures are images of post-it notes with messages like 'do not feed solid food' and 'call rehab facility'

    ‘I prayed for a bed’: the fight for my father in the US healthcare system

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Columns

  • A graphic illustration in sepia tones of a light-skinned woman with long, dark hair, kneeling in a sexually suggestive manner wearing a bathing suit.

    Ask Ugly
    The state of the bush – how should I be styling my pubic hair?

  • Graphic illustration of naked woman with one pant leg on, in shades of red, peach, light blue and olive.

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    No sex drive and a ‘tanking libido’: how I redefined intimacy in midlife

  • illustration of a woman holding a tablet with posts in the air around her saying things like 'ur cancelled'

    Why am I like this?
    Everyone’s so intolerant online. Am I right to stay silent?

  • ‘Take a fraction of what you’d spend on Le Labo Rose 31 and buy yourself a bouquet; meditate on your own impermanence as it wilts.’

    Ask Ugly
    Signature scents are deeply appealing – but how else can I express ‘the self’?

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The toolkit

  • A sunscreen’s SPF, or sun protection factor, indicates how much protection a product offers.

    Sun season
    What is SPF and how much sunscreen do you really need? Experts answer

  • a person smokes cannabis

    California sober
    What does it mean and is it good for you?

  • Colourful flat lay view of different types of sliced fruits and vegetables on a pink background.

    The 30-plant challenge
    Experts say we need to eat 30 plants a week. This is how I fared

  • Black cup of coffee on the black and brown table among spilled roasted coffee beans.

    Coffee
    How much coffee is OK for me to drink in a day? I asked the experts

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Fashion

  • Deforestation in the Amazon - detail of an area.

    ‘Surely we are smarter than mowing down 1,000-year-old trees to make T-shirts’ – the complex rise of viscose

    You would be forgiven for thinking that your wood pulp top is sustainable. But you might be surprised to hear just how many forests are being felled to make it
  • Small cosmetic refrigerator on table in bedroom<br>2HJ044P Small cosmetic refrigerator on table in bedroom

    Travel minis: 10 of the best

  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (only his shirt showing) in crochet ensembles.

    Hooked: How crochet became fashion’s hottest trend

  • Dig out your off-the-shoulder peasant blouse: boho chic is back

  • Fresh tattoo? Here’s how to care for your newly inked skin

  • Heightened hemlines and see-through shirts: menswear bares all at fashion week

  • Ganni: what’s the secret of the covetable Danish label’s success?

  • Cut from a different cloth: don’t be fooled by fashion’s obsession with upper-class wardrobes

  • The 11 best sunscreens for every need – from solid to mineral, body to face

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Hometown tour

  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • Two men on either side of a bar.

    A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects inventory in a display unit in a furniture store.

    A local’s travel guide to Washington DC: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • The art deco district in Miami Beach, Florida.

    A local’s guide to Miami: What to eat, see and do in three days

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Food & drink

  • Thomasina Miers' valentine's Green Brunch Eggs 016

    Up your egg game: new ideas for brunch

  • OM Nigel Courgettes Butterbeans Ndju

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for courgettes, butter beans and ’nduja

  • Rachel Roddy's biscotti occhi di bue or bullseye biscuits 1167

    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for bullseye biscuits

  • OM Nigel Carrot Cucumber Pickle

    Nigel Slater’s recipes for carrot and cucumber pickle, and gooseberry flapjacks

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Technology

  • Face detection, surveillance, camera image, face tracking, symbolic image,P6H05G Face detection, surveillance, camera image, face tracking, symbolic image,

    TechScape: Here’s four ways a new Labour government could use tech to boost Britain

  • a worker walks alongside rows of packages piled to the ceiling of a giant warehouse

    ‘It’s been hell’: injured Amazon workers turn to GoFundMe to pay bills

    Amazon pledged to create ‘Earth’s safest place to work’. Three warehouse workers speak about their experiences
  • Cda-Anthropic-Claude, Toronto, Canada - 04 Jun 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock (14524985f) A person uses a computer, which is displaying various elements of Anthropic's website for their "Claude" Artificial Intelligence product, in a photo illustration made in Toronto, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Cda-Anthropic-Claude, Toronto, Canada - 04 Jun 2024

    Claude 3.5 suggests AI’s looming ubiquity could be a good thing

    In this week’s newsletter: If you don’t like chatbots popping up everywhere, get ready to be peeved. But the latest version of Anthropic’s shows AI is becoming more useful – and, crucially, affordable

    Advice

    • Keir Stamer talking

      Ask Philippa
      My in-laws think Keir Starmer is ‘an idiot’. Should I pick a fight?

      Don’t fall out with these people who, apart from their political views, you really appreciate
    • Private Lives illo 7 Sept 2020

      Private lives
      My teenage son shows no interest in school

      I’ve tried being as encouraging as possible, but nothing seems to work. And now I’m worried his younger siblings will follow in his footsteps

    The big picture

    • IMG 0509 JADE SWIM

      Splashing out: 10 swim brands to know – in pictures

      Sustainable, reversible, colourful and customisable, this summer’s body-positive swimwear has everything you need for a great day at the beach
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