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  • In an effort to limit doom-scrolling Doosie Morris is trying to rekindle her love of reading.

    66 days to learn to love reading again
    Ten pages in and my brain is twitching with fatigue

    Once upon a time – before kids, social media and phones got in the way – Doosie Morris loved nothing more than reading books. Can she rekindle the habit in just over nine weeks?
  • Man sat in bed reading a book, smiling

    Social etiquette
    ‘People feel they don’t owe anyone anything’: the rise in ‘flaking’ out of social plans

    Some call to drop out of events at late notice – even weddings and funerals. Self-care? Others call it selfishness
  • A young woman exercising with a barbell at the gym.

    Pass notes
    ‘75 hard’: the viral fitness challenge is back – but is it really the best way to spend January?

    Do you yearn to do two workouts a day, eat healthily, eschew alcohol and commit to reading self-improvement books? If not, there are softer options ...
  • Rosemarie 1

    A new beginning
    How Rosemarie gained from a Tesco apprenticeship at 65

    Fresh skills, qualifications and a new confidence are just some of the benefits of a retail apprenticeship – and age is no barrier to seizing the opportunity
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    • Illustration of yellow thumbs up

      My petty gripe: thumbs-up emojis say ‘I don’t care’ – please stop using them on my big news

      Alex Michael
    • flat-lay of a blender and fresh seasonal berries and fruits over white background, cooking preparing smoothies, detox, healthy clean eating

      The Filter
      The best blenders to blitz like a pro, tried and tested, from Ninja to Nutribullet

    • Prof Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology, sitting at a desk next to a pile of booksProfessor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology Head, Social Biobehavioural Research Group Director, World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Arts & Health

      Questions for a better life
      Questions to ask yourself ... to find a new hobby

    • Two women holding each other

      Sexual healing
      My lover and I can’t stop having sex – and it’s disrupting our working lives

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The Filter

  • Collage of woman holding credit card surrounded by financial icons<br>Conceptual image of woman managing her spending

    Breaking bad habits: what you told us about your new year buying intentions

  • You say tomato… but who sells the best tinned chopped ones?

    The food filter: which supermarket has the best tinned chopped tomatoes?

  • Plate with vegan or vegetarian food in woman hands. Healthy plant based diet. Healthy dinner. Buddha bowl with fresh vegetables

    How to go vegan: our beginner’s guide to everything from essential supplements to meat alternatives

  • Unrecognizable woman in sweater, wrapped in green blue duvet sit on sofa and drink hot tea energy staying warm winter

    From electric blankets to the cosiest coats: the cold weather essentials you need to beat the big freeze

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Fashion

  • photo of two topless men

    ‘People thought we liked being touched and grabbed’
    A former Abercrombie model recalls brand’s dark days

    Kai Braden was a shirtless greeter during the brand’s mid-aughts peak. Twenty years later, his advocacy has helped secure first-of-their-kind protections for fashion workers
  • Joe Alwyn shot for OM

    Quirky cardigans and comfy knits
    The cosy side of Brutalist star Joe Alwyn – in pictures

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Join Grace Dent and celebrity guests for a new season of Comfort Eating, as she throws the cupboard doors open and chats life through food.

Food

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    Jay Rayner on restaurants
    Lucky Yu, Edinburgh: ‘An amiable, relaxed kind of chaos’ – restaurant review

    On a dark winter’s night this place glows a deep and welcoming pink
  • Rachel Roddy's lentil and spinach soup.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for lentil and spinach soup

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Dishes you’ll come back to again and again and again

2025 has arrived, so why not start the new year discovering new flavours? The Guardian’s Feast app has over 5,000 recipes from our world-class cooks plus editorially-curated seasonal collections and smart app features to help take the stress (and boredom) out of cooking.

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Health & wellbeing

  • Composite of a woman exercising, a glass of wine and a cup of coffee

    Love your liver! 19 simple ways to look after this incredible organ, chosen by doctors

  • Illustration showing a man in a Zen pose, atop a mountain of chores, to-do lists and message notifications

    Make a much shorter to-do list! 15 quick, simple ways to avoid overwhelm

    • Illustration of a woman using tinned food to exercise while cooking

      ‘Biceps curls while you cook!’ 101 ways to get healthier and happier – in just five minutes

    • Amy Fleming holding out her arm to show the tracker on her wrist

      How I beat overwhelm: Tracking my heart rate left me feeling like a frustrated failure

    • Emma Beddington

      Why worry about your body falling apart at 44 or 60 when you could fret about your brain at 58 or 70?

      Emma Beddington
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The Dawn Of Digital Therapeutics

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  • Closeup shot of a sporty woman using a cellphone while exercising in a studio

    From sleep apps to chatbots
    How a new generation of health tech is widening access to treatment

  • Female doctor uses tablet to show x-ray to senior man

    ‘Security is vital’:
    How should new health innovations protect user data?

  • Man creating statistics in modern office. He working on digital devices while sitting at table and turning back to camera

    Digital therapeutics
    I recovered from depression – and went on to help create a mental health app

  • Female on couch listening to podcast, radio or sound with mobile smartphone.

    From smart inhalers to virtual avatars
    What are the challenges of developing new health tech?

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Relationships

  • Manuela and Ian crossing the Atlantic from Bermuda to Plymouth on a friend's boat in June 2018

    How we met
    How we met: ‘I knew we would sail the world together one day’

  • Church congregation<br>Families worshiping in church

    Ask Philippa
    A very nice man is interested in me, but I don’t feel a spark

  • Two women holding each other

    Sexual healing
    My lover and I can’t stop having sex – and it’s disrupting our working lives

  • Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    How do we tell our young daughter that she has a half-brother?

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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

  • Jane Dunford meditating for Travel

    UK
    How I learned to meditate in Herefordshire

    At a centre in the Wye Valley our writer learns how silence and focusing on the breath can quieten the mind and boost wellbeing
  • Tutor Ilker Cinarel (left) with student Wyl Menmuir at St Ives School of Painting.

    UK
    How I learned to paint in St Ives, Cornwall

  • A woman in carnival costume and skull makeup takes part in a<br>VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - 2024/10/26: A woman in carnival costume and skull makeup takes part in a parade in honor of the Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) in Vilnius. The Day of the Dead celebration is organized annually by the Lithuanian Mexican diaspora and has already become a tradition, attracting the city's residents as spectators and participants. (Photo by Yauhen Yerchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    Readers' tips
    Tell us about an alternative European carnival to win a holiday voucher

  • Tracy McVeigh learning how to fly-fish with Robin Elwes at Syon Park, west London, on the Thames.

    UK
    How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames

  • Andy Pietrasik Orienteering/navigation Plas y Brenin, Wales

    Wales
    How I learned to navigate in the Welsh mountains

  • 2022 Building for Conviviality Othona West Dorset

    UK
    I went on a volunteering holiday in Dorset – and learned stone masonry in return

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Money

  • Three network didn't help when a Vodafone customer was accused of owing it money.

    Consumer champions
    My identity had been stolen but Three failed to respond

    I’ve always had a Vodafone account but a law firm stated I owed money to Three and we are caught in a nightmare
  • Someone's hand holding a phone in front of an o@ logo.

    Money
    O2 was tricked into transferring my number to fraudsters. Could I have it back?

  • Stock photo of someone signing a page of a lengthy will

    Money
    My sibling and I are Dad’s executors … but we’ve fallen out badly

  • Consumer champions
    Eurostar security made us leave our e-bike battery behind in Paris

  • Your problems, with Anna Tims
    I received a county court judgment when esure failed to answer my calls

  • Your problems, with Anna Tims
    The flat we booked with Vrbo had a bloodstained bed and a knife in the bath

  • Consumer champions
    Are Brexit rules making it hard to post kids’ books to Ireland?

  • Food
    Crumbs! Why are mince pies so expensive this Christmas?

  • Insurance
    If you thought energy firm horror stories were frightening – wait until you hear about the insurers

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Puzzles

  • Rishi Sunak’s rainy announcement is one of crosswording’s moments of 2024.

    Crossword blog
    The person of 2024 – according to crosswords

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,586

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 17,059

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,751 medium

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,583

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Miss Jean Brodie and Trainspotting? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Interview questions for aspiring billionaires

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  • Volunteers tutoring students in classroom.

    ‘Keeps me grateful’: how volunteering can help older adults

    Older adults who volunteer have reduced risk of mortality, more optimism, and have a lower sense of depression and loneliness
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    ‘Fairy porn’: is this booming erotica genre an insult to Wales?

    Some of these raunchy fantasy novels borrow heavily from Welsh mythology - prompting concerns about misrepresentation
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The big picture

  • From left: Amy Adams, Quinta Brunson, Chris Perfetti and Lisa Ann Walter take a selfie

    Golden Globes 2025: afterparties – in pictures

    The stars sparkled at the various post-ceremony celebrations in Beverly Hills
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