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  • Illustration of a naked couple falling lustfully over the back of a sofa

    This is how we do it
    ‘We’ve rediscovered the lust of our teenage years in our 60s’

    Grace and Henry both became newly single after their spouses died, and their wisdom and openness has led to a thrilling sex life
  • Headshot of Helen Lederer, 2024

    Flashback
    Helen Lederer looks back: ‘I met a man at my book launch and knew I’d marry him. And divorce him’

    The comedian on Liquorice Allsorts, being in Absolutely Fabulous, and single motherhood in the 90s
  • Journalist and podcaster Jon Sopel, from waist up, arms crossed, against pink background

    The Q&A
    Jon Sopel: ‘The best kiss of my life? That could get me into trouble’

    The journalist and podcaster on dreaming of Donald Trump, being shot at, and an awkward celebrity crush
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    Menopause Your Way
    Pillow sprays, candles and a fan: menopause rules for getting a good night’s sleep

    Stacey Duguid has ditched wine and Instagram in favour of pampering and powering down since hormonal changes started to keep her awake
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    • Saturday magazine Blind Date Comp OCT 12 Rashpal Ghag & Chloe Garner

      Blind date
      ‘I can’t think of a reason not to award a 10’

    • Summer Exhibition 2022 at the Royal Academy of Arts

      Home improvements
      ‘Try them in different places’ – how and where to hang your pictures

    • Tim Dowling collage

      The Tim Dowling column
      It’s my wife’s birthday. So why are we at the pub quiz?

    • Trygg Viggsklappen Juni 20 181 Stockholm archipelago Stockholm archipelago

      Travel
      Roaming in the gloaming on Sweden’s new island-hopping trail

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The Filter

  • A collage of hair styling products including a paddle brush, a waver, a straightener, a silk bonnet and a hairdryer

    ‘This will give you a beautiful fringe’: top hairdressers on the 14 best at-home styling tools

  • A collage of face cloths, a knee pillow, an adidas football boot, a garlic plate and a roll-on sunscreen

    ‘They make me want to walk more’: 14 everyday items that could improve your life

  • A composite of a hiking sock, power bank. waterproof trousers, rain coat, flask and backpack on a orange and red back

    ‘I’d never head out without one’: 10 autumn hiking essentials

  • Paddy Maddison uses one hand to balance himself as he hikes over a rocky hill

    The best men’s walking boots for every type of hiking adventure

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Fashion

  • A long line of models on the runway at Milan fashion week

    'We’ve taken 10 steps backwards'
    Fashion experts raise concern about return to ‘extremely thin models’

    Data shows reverse in trend towards inclusivity with 95% of looks in 208 recent shows modelled by size-zero women
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    Tea dressing
    What to wear for afternoon tea

  • She wears an off-the-shoulder white bathrobe, sunglasses and a diamond necklace

    Wrap up
    When is a bathrobe not a bathrobe? When it’s fashion’s coat of the season

  • Woman wearing black waistcoat and skirt with quilted shoulder bag and burgundy heels

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    With brat summer long gone, demure is the vibe of the season

  • Saturday magazine - Sali Hughes - 24 Hour eyeshadow Photography: Kellie French Lighting tech: Declan Slattery HMU: Sarah Cherry Model: Emily I @ Nevs

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    The non-powder eyeshadows you can trust not to budge

  • A Woman Choosing Clothes On Clothing Rail Picking Outfit In Closet Posing Over Yellow Background

    ‘Better to break it in the shop than at home!’
    Expert tips for finding forever fashion

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Food

  • Tom Hunt’s Lily Cafe-inspired magical pantry muffins, topped with banana, chocolate chip, pumpkin seeds, cranberries, pistachio, walnuts, cacao nibs.

    Waste not
    How to make muffins from store-cupboard staples – recipes

  • ‘Far better than it really needs to be’: an interior shot of Café François, Borough Market, London SE1.

    Grace Dent on restaurants
    Café François, London SE1: ‘A new London landmark’

  • Ravneet Gill's Izmir bomba 005

    The sweet spot
    Ravneet Gill’s recipe for Izmir bomba, or Turkish-style chocolate-filled biscuits

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    Wine
    Port isn’t just for Christmas

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Health & wellbeing

  • Catherine Saunders in a garden, smiling and holding a potted plant

    ME left me bedbound for nearly five years. A potted plant helped me rebuild my life

  • Adrian Chiles

    I’ve spent my whole life searching for the perfect pillow. Will this torment never end?

    Adrian Chiles
    • There are times when life feels difficult, painful and overwhelming

      Do you tell yourself you’re happier than you are? Stop the gaslighting

    • Emma Beddington

      I thought I was fine with being bald. But the chance of a cure has stirred up all sorts of feelings

      Emma Beddington
    • Daoust works on his ‘back lever’ with Lucy Joslin at the Mission studios in east London.

      Mobility masterplan! 10 essential exercises for a strong, active, happy life – whatever your age

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    Why Škoda means business for SMEs

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    Stay in charge
    Why a plug-in hybrid can keep you on the road for longer

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    Is the Škoda Superb the ideal car for business?

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Relationships

  • ‘He was always there for me’ … Harold, left, and Kevin

    How we met
    How we met: ‘We have lots of friends. We have a naked dinner with a pool party once a month’

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    Ask Philippa
    I feel I can’t give 100% to anything – including my family

  • Composite (photo and illustration) of a couple in an awkward embrace for G-spot/ Sexual Healing column

    Sexual healing
    No matter how hard he tries, my boyfriend can’t find my G-spot

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My 15-year-old son keeps appearing naked in front of me ‘accidentally’

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Weekend
Every Saturday, Weekend will bring you the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, including celebrity interviews, lifestyle features and opinion.

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Travel

  • Trygg Viggsklappen Juni 20 181 Stockholm archipelago Stockholm archipelago

    Scandinavia
    Roaming in the gloaming on Sweden’s new island-hopping trail

    Stockholm’s archipelago is a joy in summer but harder to get around at other times as ferries reduce their services. But that could change with the launch of a new trail linking 21 islands
  • Spain, Extremadura, Galisteo, stage on the Via de la Plata, Spanish pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the old town is surrounded by a mediev<br>2XHPAHF Spain, Extremadura, Galisteo, stage on the Via de la Plata, Spanish pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the old town is surrounded by a mediev

    Walking holiday
    Spanish steppes: an epic hike across the wild plains of Extremadura

  • Hikers walking next to bridge in Candanchú ski resort mountains.<br>Candanchú, Huesca Province, Aragón, Spain - August 16, 2020: Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the Pyrenees, 1 km from Puerto de Somport the border with France. It has 59 km of marked pistes and it's the first ski resort to open in Spain. In summer people go there for outdoors activities such as trekking, mountain biking, rock climbing etc.

    Readers' tips
    From the Pyrenees to the Peloponnese: readers’ favourite long walks in Europe

  • Aerial panoramic cityscape view of Paris with the Eiffel tower on an autumn day

    France
    Voulez-vous parler avec moi? My midlife French exchange in Paris

  • Lake Wildsee at Seefeld in Tirol, Austria<br>Beautiful Lake Wildsee at Seefeld in Tirol, Austria

    Europe
    I’m visually impaired but thanks to my guides I loved exploring Austria’s Tirol

  • Ski hikers on a slope

    Skiing
    Large French Alpine ski resort to close in face of shrinking snow season

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Money

  • Being an 'author' was an 'unacceptable risk' for John Lewis car insurance.

    Car insurance
    I was written off by John Lewis for car insurance because I’m an author

    I was deemed an ‘unacceptable risk’ when it came to renewal
  • A beach in St Lucia with palm trees and parasols

    Consumer affairs
    BA ruined a £13,000 trip to St Lucia for my grieving daughters

  • Barclays took its time providing the go-ahead for a ported mortgage.

    Consumer champions
    Barclays delayed porting our mortgage but we still have to pay £13,000

  • Consumer champions
    A death certificate isn’t enough ‘proof’ for travel insurance to meet my claim

  • Renting property
    I escaped homelessness and then Lambeth council raised my rent by £470

  • Work & careers
    Conscious unbossing: why gen Z are refusing to become managers

  • Motoring
    Transport for London fined me … after it declined my payment

  • Consumer rights
    BA left my 14-year-old daughter alone and stranded at an airport in France

  • Consumer champions
    Best ways to buy and how to complain: what I’ve learned as a consumer champion

    Miles Brignall
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Puzzles

  • John 'Ludwig' Taylor composing a puzzle

    Crossword blog
    Ludwig, the Guardian’s genius new crossword setter

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,511

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,985

    • Sudoku
      Killer sudoku 939

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,512

    • Killer sudoku
      Killer sudoku 939

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? The box problem that baffled the boffins

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    Why are rainbows curved and why is cow’s milk white? Try our kids’ quiz

    Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes
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    England’s hair salons face recruitment crisis as gen Z shuns profession

    Owners say it’s almost ‘impossible’ to hire new stylists after 70% decline in people enrolling in apprenticeships
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The big picture

  • Robin (They/them) “I wanted a place where I could find a community that wasn’t drinking-focused. A lot of queer events are in bars and I don’t drink and it’s a bit exclusionary in that way. It’s a very social place, and it’s nice to just be in a space where we are not looked at differently.” Will (He/Him) “I decided to take up skating as a form of physiotherapy, and as a trans person I didn’t really feel comfortable skating in regular skateparks. When I first [transitioned] I felt like I couldn’t really have a hobby or join a team because it felt like we were pushed to the edges.”

    Photographer Eliza Hatch captures a more inclusive night for skaters – in pictures

    Transkaters in west London provides a space where trans skateboarders, roller skaters and wheelchair users can enjoy their hobby in a safe environment
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