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  • Arwa Mahdawi

    20,000 female condoms, 200,000 male condoms, 10,000 dental dams: will Paris 2024 be the sexiest Olympics ever?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • A man wearing a denim jacket standing against a painting of a blue sky and clouds, drinking from a mug, while hands brandish tins of hot chocolate powder around his face.

    Australian supermarket hot chocolate taste test: ‘It was like a wax museum imitation of Lindt chocolate’

    One ‘smells like pencils’, another is ‘almost devoid of aroma’. Nicholas Jordan samples 13 products and discovers little to froth about
  • Illustration of a woman holding a scalpel to her face

    Ask Ugly: my mother is pressuring me to get plastic surgery. How do I deal with imperfection?

    Surgery isn’t a guarantee. Many who’ve gone under the knife to eliminate an ‘imperfection’ can attest to this
  • A red fruit filo pastry oozing with cream and topped with a sprig of redcurrants

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for red fruit filo pastries

  • South Wheal Frances in Camborne is part of the Cornish mining world heritage site

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

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

    Brat summer: is the long era of clean living finally over?

  • JazzieB Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

    S7, Ep6, Jazzie B, DJ, music producer

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Well Actually

  • A bride and groom touch hands while the bride holds a bouquet of white lilies.

    Post-wedding anxiety is ‘really common’. Here’s how to cope

  • Woman kissing a man on cheek in night club

    Gen Z yearns for the pre-digital dating era – but don’t ask them out in person

    With a dating recession and app fatigue, gen Z envies face-to-face pickups – but may be ‘weirded out’ by direct gestures
  • Small plastic parts and microplastics of varying colors in the sand of a beach surrounded by rocks

    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
  • Illustration of a person lying on their back with a ball between their knees

    First my left knee, then my right: my middle-aged body’s betrayal

  • A pen lies beside a notepad on which is written: 'Don't date a bartender'

    The memo: could one missed message have saved me a lifetime of regret?

  • Experts agree that the microbiome is important to human health. But many are skeptical about how useful these kits are.'

    Are at-home gut microbiome testing kits a scam?

  • A white woman with long brown hair and a button-up blue shirt with no pants sits on the edge of a bed, while a white man wearing jeans with no shirt lies with his back to her.

    Feel sad, anxious or ‘homesick’ after sex? You might have post-coital dysphoria

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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

  • The actress Anya Taylor-Joy in the crowd watching The Last Dinner Party at Glastonbury last month.

    How the crumpled ‘dad hat’ morphed into a £400 catwalk phenomenon

    From Rihanna to J-Lo and New York to Glastonbury, the baseball classic is this summer’s do-it-all accessory, turning even the most dressed-up of outfits into casual cool
  • Tolami Benson watches the Euros

    Euros v Wimbledon: who are the style champions in summer fashion battle?

  • Rihanna wearing a lace outfit during pregnancy

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

  • Dressing for a wedding? The rules have changed

  • Vegetal scents make for the perfect summer fragrance, whatever the weather

  • Rules out for summer: the unstoppable rise of ‘non-negotiables’

  • Immersive Vogue show lifts curtain on catwalks past and present

  • Bermuda moods: summer’s chicest shorts are knee length

  • The key to making your old faithful summer dress work in 2024? It’s all about accessories

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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

  • Rachel Roddy's spaghetti alla Nerano.

    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with courgettes, basil and cheese

  • OM Nigel Courgette Tart

    Nigel Slater’s recipes for courgette and mozzarella tart, and grilled apricots

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's tomato salad with ricotta and a coriander seed and lemon oil.

    Ask Ottolenghi: why do you always use so many ingredients?

  • Tom Hunt's lacto-fermented vegetables

    How to turn surplus summer veg into an easy ferment – recipe

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Technology

  • Robot kicks human into a hole filled with money. Hole is a motherboard chip

    TechScape: Want to know how AI will affect government and politics? The bots have the answers

  • A drone operated by AI

    AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield

    The military use of AI-enabled weapons is growing, and the industry that provides them is booming
  • Amanda Gearing outside an Amazon warehouse in a hi-vis jacket holding up a giant sign saying 'Better pay'

    ‘Let’s make history!’: Amazon staff at UK warehouse vote on union recognition

    In Coventry, the GMB has been canvassing hard to represent workers officially – and the potentially historic result is due this week

    Advice

    • man and woman with kids in fallen leaves

      Ask Philippa
      My brother’s mental illness hovers over my family life

      You see this as sibling rivalry but if you could learn the skill of attunement, it will be easier to imagine how he feels and to get on with him
    • 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

    • ZARA SEA 6

      We Love: Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

      Precious jewellery, Sea NY’s childrenswear collection for Zara, and notes from Duro Olowu’s London boutique
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