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Well, actually

Living a good life in a complex world

Well Actually
  • composite image of a greek statue's head hooked up to a bag of blood on a pink background

    Blood, sweat and testes: rich men have always wanted to live for ever

  • An illustration of a young child hugging her mother

    Oily skin, body parts misbehaving: how perimenopause feels like puberty

    My daughter and I are experiencing unwieldy, messy life transitions together. I’ve found comfort in it
  • A person sleeping in bed while holding a phone. Various alarms are on the screen

    Eating too much and working in bed: experts share 10 worst sleep mistakes

    We spend roughly a third of our lives sleeping and yet a lot of us still don’t know how to do it right
  • composite of blue, yellow and purple book cover and portrait of woman with blonde hair and red top

    A teacher was outed for past sex work. Now she’s written a book about shame

  • mushrooms in red light

    The clinic for psychedelic difficulties: where people go when the trip never really ends

  • a side-by-side image of a teenage girl holding a skincare product and a farmer taking a sample of raw milk

    The biggest wellness trends of 2024 (so far)

  • An illustration of a person wearing a green shirt and jeans lying on a couch

    The invisible toll of life with polycystic ovary syndrome

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Reclaim your brain
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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Columns
  • illustration of woman shouting at toes

    Ask Ugly
    I hate my big, ugly feet. How can I come to terms with them?

  • illustration of woman holding two tubs of beauty product

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    Menopause tests and anti-ageing face oils: welcome to midlife consumerism

  • illustration of a woman sitting at a table writing a letter

    Why am I like this?
    I want closure – but do I have a hope of ever getting it?

  • 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?

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Health & wellbeing
  • Adrian Chiles

    She’s not just ‘Mum’. She’s my mum – and she does have a name

    Adrian Chiles
  • Emma Beddington

    All these health scares are making me ill. I need someone to tell me croissants are good for you

    Emma Beddington
    • Illustration of people eating, with shopping trolley

      The experts: dietitians on 20 ways to cut down on UPFs while still eating what you love

    • Illustration showing man holding a cordless vacuum cleaner with organised tool belt, sparkling and organised drawers and files, with a dog proferring a pair of socks.

      Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills

    • Illustration of a man's bare legs standing on the floor with a little pile of hair clippings in between

      ‘They handled me like a carcass!’: why are so many men now ‘manscaping’?

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Relationships
  • Over 15 years Heather Cohen and Damian have been in many border security lines together.

    The moment I knew: I was close to breaking, then he gave me exactly what I’d said I wanted most

  • Ethan and Helen

    This is how we do it: ‘We were quite amazed to find out what we could do to have fun’

  • Julia and Isabella

    Blind date: ‘We agreed that neither of us has good table manners and that neither of us cared’

  • Friendship Breakdown - woman man-01

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

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Food
  • 8315 HazimTabb SOFRA Breakfast in the City

    Salad, hummus and plenty of herbs: Karima Hazim Chatila and Sivine Tabbouch’s Lebanese breakfast spread

  • Meera Sodha's angel hair spaghetti upma.

    Indian-style vegan noodles: Meera Sodha’s recipe for angel hair spaghetti upma

  • Anna Jones' Lahmacun with sumac, cumin and herbs / Turkish pizzas.

    Ask Ottolenghi: what’s a good substitute for citrus?

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's olive oil courgettes and eggs with potatoes.

    Curried omelette and courgette eggs: Yotam Ottolenghi’s brunch recipes

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Puzzles
  • The Soup Dragon with Peter Firmin and Mother Clanger

    Crossword blog
    Crossword roundup: a flurry of Keir Starmer solutions – and some dragons

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,487

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,961

    • Sudoku
      Observer sudoku

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,488

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Byker Wall, Falowiec and Karl-Marx-Hof? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? An object that defies common sense

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