lifestyle
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A move to Hay-on-Wye transformed me from a lone urban to a solitary rural runner. But getting over scepticism to join the local club has been a revelation
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25 May 1914: Whatever the case for or against her, the woman driver has come to stay
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The creators of a threesome app claim to embrace various pronunciations of its name – true to their openminded values – but they are still being sued for trademark infringement
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Going through infertility treatment had an enormous effect on Gareth Farr and Gabby Vautier and their relationship, which is why he came to write a play about it
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As patios bloom with cold drinks and barbecues get fired up, use this guide to have the greenest shindig on the block
talking points
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Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
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People could be deterred from eating meat by increasing its price further up the supply chain, stemming rise in consumption and environmental damage
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Vegan diets are varied and healthy – but everyone craves a ready-meal and a biscuit sometimes. So, we got three experts – two vegan, one omnivore – to rate meatless mains, snacks and desserts. Here’s the best we found
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This automatic jam machine claims to take the heat out of fruit preservation. It gives me a tension headache
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Leading seafood suppliers, including McDonald’s, Tesco and Birds Eye, say suppliers won’t expand cod fisheries into pristine Arctic region
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Fashion is a big business in Australia – but you wouldn't know it from the news
Darby-Perrin LarnerThe Mercedes Benz fashion week kicked off last week with some sparkly media coverage but it soon fizzed out – why can’t we write well about fashion? -
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Photographer Matt Lever has been shooting the backstage action at fashion shows for almost two decades – and has seen everything from frantic repairs to gatecrashing workmen
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The Observer fashion team rounds up the key collections and looks from the Paris autumn/winter 2016 shows
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The mighty luxury house’s Paris show aimed to reflect ‘the way women dress’ - and, remarkably, succeeded
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Chanel’s new ambassador looks like a superhero – and is just what the fashion label needs
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The actor and performance artist is hitchhiking for a month and inviting the public to track him down and take him … anywhere
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Abraham Lincoln’s 1864 law to preserve California’s Yosemite Valley may have helped create the National Park Service but it was Carleton Watkins’ striking images that inspired the president
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With only three employees, the creators of the tiny Boston icon talk about growing a community, cosmic dreams and what they’d do with more space
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For the first time in 60 years, Angelenos can take a break from the city’s gridlocked traffic and hop on the extended Expo Line train from Downtown all the way to Santa Monica beach
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I was misdiagnosed with MSMany people felt I should have been relieved or even ecstatic at this news. But all I could think about were all those years lost to a disease I didn’t have
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Felicity Cloake's perfect recipesFelicity Cloake's perfect recipesHow to cook the perfect aloo gobiThis Punjabi potato and cauliflower curry is now a prized dish across India and Pakistan. But for the best texture, should the potatoes be waxy or floury? And which spices bring out its comforting warmth?
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Sali Hughes on beautySali Hughes on beautyBeauty: the best new light-reflecting foundationsWhile YSL is apparently shunning the light, several brands are positively striding towards it
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Swipe right - online dating for the real worldSwipe right - online dating for the real worldAsk Eva says goodbye: seven lessons I learned from answering your questionsI’m signing off after more than a year of helping you swipe right (or not), but first, here’s what I learned from being your electronic agony aunt
advice
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Problem solvedProblem solvedMy mother is a hypochondriac and has tantrums like a toddlerI find it hard to cope with her behaviour but I put up with it because I can’t bear the guilt trips. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Private livesPrivate livesI love my partner deeply, but he is too controllingAt first I liked his dominating behaviour. Now, however, he has forbidden me to wear certain clothes, which makes me feel insecure and uneasy
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people
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Donna, a 29-year-old risk consultant, adores caring for rats and breeding them in her spare time. She currently has seven adults and 11 babies
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Juliet Rosenfeld’s husband died suddenly a year ago during treatment for cancer. She describes her struggle to absorb the brutal fact of his death
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I need my parents and friends to tell me I’m fine, because I can’t do it myself
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The actor and model on why she wears a full face of makeup every day
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the big picture
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25 May 1914: Whatever the case for or against her, the woman driver has come to stay
Why do you so rarely see dead birds?