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  • Woman running in city outskirts at sunset

    Running helps you take life in your stride

  • An illustration of a woman with a storage box under her arm facing a mountain of clutter, books, hairdriers, a lampshade, etc, etc

    The cult of storage: is tidying really the fast track to a happier, healthier life?

    Clutter and chaos can have all kinds of effects, from decreased productivity to a compulsion to eat unhealthily. So is it time we became hotel managers of our own homes?
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    Learning carpentry from my father helped make me the person I am

    As I have learnt to shape the timber, I’ve shaped my ideas, my character
  • Mistakes cover WEB

    ​​Experts on 15 common mistakes we make, from skipping painting prep to encouraging bad habits in a puppy

  • Zou Heping in Chongqing, China

    Experience: I’m 70 years old – and climb a mountain every day

  • Woman smelling flowers in the countryside

    Try to imagine life without a sense of smell

  • Woman breastfeeding a baby

    Painful memories of the struggle to breastfeed

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Advice

  • Friendship Breakdown - woman man-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My boyfriend gets angry if I make plans with friends or family – even though I include him

  • A couple in bed, sleeping back to back.

    Sexual healing
    I haven’t had sex with my partner since his affair. We still share a bed – but I want more

  • Graduates' High Heels<br>Talented young graduates from Imperial College London celebrate their education success with friends and families after their graduation ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall, on 19th October 2022, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

    Ask Philippa
    I’ve graduated but I worry that only being average will blight my future

  • Glass-top table shattered with a laptop on it.

    Consumer champions
    John Lewis glass-top dining table led to a shattering experience

Running & biking

  • Lachlan Morton rides through the outback

    ‘It’s a lot of pedalling, mate’: cyclist Lachlan Morton making record pace in 14,200km journey around Australia

  • A woman riding a Lime electric hire bike

    UK electric bike hire: how do Lime and Forest stack up for price and convenience?

  • ‘Iconic gateway’? … the redesigned Old Street roundabout in east London.

    Total bollards: the iconic ‘eco-Blade Runner’ roundabout that became a grim £132m ‘abomination’

  • A road sign warning of pigs on the road in Raasay, Inner Hebrides

    Readers reply: Which is the most interesting road in the UK?

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Health news

  • Semaglutide injection pen among rows of colourful pills of various shapes and sizes

    From dementia to heart disease: could weight-loss jabs transform chronic conditions? – podcast

  • A scan of a pregnant woman's brain

    Scans capture sweeping reorganisation of brain in pregnancy

    • Prostate cancer cells.

      New screening trial could save thousands from prostate cancer

    • A man sleeping while wearing a mask for sleep apnoea

      Epilepsy drug could reduce sleep apnoea symptoms, study finds

    • Prof Ara Darzi

      Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report

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