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  • Sexual Healing composite image of a woman, cross-legged, looking pensively to the left

    Sexual healing
    I used to love sex. But my boyfriend’s premature ejaculation is turning me off it – and him

    We’ve been together for five years, but I’m losing interest. And he won’t talk about it
  • Sculptor Ane Freed-Kernis posing with a block of stone she's set to carve

    A new start after 60
    There was no time to waste – so I gave up my job and started stone carving

    Ane Freed-Kernis used her pension to build a workshop where she could create the tactile, surprising sculptures of her dreams
  • Early morning mist hanging over the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon.<br>EYY6CR Early morning mist hanging over the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon.

    Walking in the air
    Snowman creator Raymond Briggs’s favourite Sussex paths

    An exhibition of the great British illustrator’s life opens this month in Ditchling village, in the South Downs countryside that inspired him
  • Illustration of graph overlaying overhead view of plate and ingredients

    From ready-meal lovers to at-home chefs
    How Tesco is improving the nation’s nutrition

    Whether it’s campaigns that promote hassle-free recipes, or initiatives that encourage shoppers to eat more veg, Tesco is taking action to make healthier diets accessible and affordable to all
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    • Ginger tom cat

      The pet I'll never forget
      Oscar the cat, who opened my eyes to the power of male friendship

    • Rachel Roddy’s scafata, or spring vegetable stew, with seasoned ricotta and garlic and oil toasts.

      A kitchen in Rome
      Rachel Roddy’s recipe for scafata, or Roman spring vegetable stew

    • A telecoms engineer repairing lines at the top of a telegraph pole

      Money
      Still offline? Are you missing out on compensation for failed broadband in the UK?

    • Man stands with his fingers in his ears as if to stop his infernal internal voice.

      Do you want to receive more love?
      First get to know your superego

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Fashion

  • Models walk the runway in clothes that are mostly coloured black

    Dior
    Marlene Dietrich is the muse for feminist retelling of Dior’s story

    Hollywood’s pioneer of androgyny inspires label’s latest catwalk show at New York’s Brooklyn Museum
  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022.

    ‘Super cute please like’
    The unstoppable rise of Shein

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Food

  • Ixta Belfrage's creamy saffron orzo with roasted butternut and scotch bonnet.

    Kitchen aide
    The wizards of orzo, from soups to risottos

    Soups and stews are what the rice-shaped pasta was made for, but it also works in salads and even some sweet dishes
  • Rachel Roddy’s scafata, or spring vegetable stew, with seasoned ricotta and garlic and oil toasts.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for scafata, or Roman spring vegetable stew

  • OM Nigel Aubergine Cucumber Yoghurt

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Nigel's recipe for aubergine, mint and cucumber yoghurt

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's lemon sole with spring vegetable agrodolce.

    Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
    Lemon sole with sweet-sour spring veg, and broccoli pasta: Ottolenghi’s Italian-inspired spring recipes

  • Kitty Coles' tonnato salad.

    I say tonnato
    Kitty Coles’ quick and easy tonnato salad – recipe

  • OM Nigel Lemon Linguine

    Nigel Slater recipes
    Recipes for lemon and spinach linguine, and wild garlic cheese pudding

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Health & wellbeing

  • Stuart Heritage scratching his bald scalp

    Losing my hair made me miserable. Now I’m as bald as an egg, I couldn’t be happier

  • Emma Beddington

    Is writing down my rage the secret to resolving it?

    Emma Beddington
    • Kitchen scales with various sources of protein, including nuts, milk, fish and eggs

      The truth about protein: how to get enough – at every age

    • Claire McGowan prepares to go skiing in Bulgaria in 2013.

      A moment that changed me: I was divorced, broke and alone – but I turned my life around with a list

    • Collage of concepts that can inspire joy: a movie night, listening to music, drinking coffee, enjoying nature and reading

      The vorfreude secret: 30 zero-effort ways to fill your life with joy

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    Powering ambitions
    Building the net-zero energy workforce

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    Clean energy quiz
    Do you know how much energy UK households use each year?

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    Grid expectations
    How upgrading the UK’s energy system will touch your life

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    Clean energy myths
    Is it really too expensive and not reliable?

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Relationships

  • Bart and Alice in Los Angeles in 2021.

    How we met
    How we met: ‘We lost touch for years – then bumped into each other in Belgium’

  • Senior Woman with Walker in a Care Home<br>A senior woman walking down a corridor with the assistance of a walker. view from rear

    Ask Philippa
    I was abused as a child, but now my mother needs care

  • Sexual Healing composite image of a woman, cross-legged, looking pensively to the left

    Sexual healing
    I used to love sex. But my boyfriend’s premature ejaculation is turning me off it – and him

  • Thoughts

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Should my partner and I share our love letters from previous relationships with our children?

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Travel

  • The Living Project’s Josh Bulpin enjoying the view on Knoydart

    'We revel in the remoteness'
    Wild camping and hiking in the Scottish Highlands

    A five-day mindful adventure, in the wilds of the Knoydart peninsula, offers the chance to fully unwind and leap into the unknown
  • FlixBus buses in Scotland

    Transport
    Coach service offers journeys across the UK for knockdown price of £2 each way

  • Early morning mist hanging over the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon.<br>EYY6CR Early morning mist hanging over the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon.

    Walking in the air
    Snowman creator Raymond Briggs’s favourite Sussex paths

  • The tropical and scenic nudist beach of Sarakiniko on Gavdos island, Greece.<br>PE592R The tropical and scenic nudist beach of Sarakiniko on Gavdos island, Greece.

    Win a holiday voucher
    Tell us about a favourite beach in Europe

  • Old buildings on the coast overlook the sea and a beach filled with sunloungers

    ‘This coast is saturated’
    Italian village braces for post-Ripley crowds

  • Small traditional fishing village of Mochlos, Crete, Greece.<br>2C2G86A Small traditional fishing village of Mochlos, Crete, Greece.

    Retreat to Crete
    Why the Greek island is a perfect escape

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Money

  • Eurostar's website

    Consumer affairs
    Getting a final price for a Eurostar package is just pot luck

    For days now, every time I try to book, a pop-up menu adds £42
  • Going on a holiday needn’t be a fraught experience …

    The experts
    The experts: travel agents on 20 ways to book a sustainable and sensational summer holiday

  • Scam that started with a mobile call.

    Consumer champions
    I’m a victim of scammers. But Revolut says ‘no’ to a refund

  • Energy bills
    There no escape as AvantiGas holds its LPG customers ‘hostage’

  • Consumer rights
    Left stranded and humiliated by Eurostar’s new wheelchair ‘policy’

  • Money
    Why won’t Ovo listen to me: Just give me my money back!

  • Retirement planning
    Retirement anxiety: do you really need $1.46m to have a happy old age?

  • Consumer champions
    After our dog died I had to continue paying premiums to Perfect Pet

  • UK job furlough scheme
    ‘I only had £5’: what happened to the 3.8 million people denied furlough at the start of Covid?

Puzzles

  • Empty road with tumbleweed

    Crossword blog
    Crossword column: an experiment reaches the end of the road

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,359

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,832

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,448 medium

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,356

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Alice in Wonderland with Mr Lazy? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Art thou smarter than Shakespeare?

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    While filming the epic movie, 80 people – including James Cameron and Bill Paxton – were hospitalised after their food was spiked with PCP. Who was behind the psychedelic clam chowder?
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The big picture

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    Bling things: 18 of the best jewellery pieces – in pictures

    Convertible earrings, wobbly alphabet studs... Make your jewellery work with sculptural shapes and mixed materials
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