lifestyle
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I’ve fallen for a man who has lost his wife but he no longer wants to see meAfter three months together, he suddenly called it off saying that he wasn’t ready to move on. I’m devastated – what should I do? Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader -
Experience: I accidentally bought a giant pigI was told she was six months old, had come from a breeder and wouldn’t grow any bigger than a very large cat
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Paul Young: ‘Others have got back together and it hasn’t lasted, but we have kept at it’The singer talks about his Luton childhood, the pressures of constant touring and how his wife had a son while they were separated -
My nine-year-old step-daughter has become a monster and her mother seems scared of herThe girl is verbally and physically abusive to both of us – and acuses me of being a paedophile. I now dread going home and wonder about moving out
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Nicky Spinks: 'I like the silence of running in the outdoors'Earlier this year Nicky Spinks made fell running history by becoming the fastest person to run a Double Bob Graham Round. What’s the secret of her success?
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Raf Simons bids to make Calvin Klein great again with cultural popcornThe firm’s design chief has staked a claim on its place at the heart of Americana with Fonz boots, flag colours and prairie quilting
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‘São Paulo makes London seem like a village’With its feverish energy, opulent nightlife, culture and chaos, the Brazilian megalopolis is a perfect setting for Joe Thomas’s debut crime thriller
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Highlights of Yucatán: readers’ travel tipsUncrowded ruins, an underwater sculpture park, hidden cenotes and authentic places to eat in popular spots are among the Mexican secrets shared by readers
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Staying in style in BarcelonaWith an art gallery, coffee bar, yoga and south-east Asian food, you might find it hard to leave Barcelona’s Casa Bonay hotel – unless you get a craving for tapas
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The world's best hidden beaches: Trang archipelago, ThailandWhile popular Thai destinations such as Koh Samui and Phuket stagger under the weight of development, these southern islands retain a sleepy, tropical charm
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The weekend cook: Ken Yamada’s recipes for cod teriyaki and miso lambSpectacular Japanese main courses you can make at home
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Cocktail of the week: Yellow paint recipeWrap your tastebuds round this: sweet, floral flavour, with a tingle thrown in
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Ruby Tandoh’s recipe for chocolate orange marble cakeA taste of home: The Tandoh family lunch was rounded off by shop-bought desserts – cherry bakewells, buttery madeira or soft chocolate marble cake, here given a zesty lift with added orange
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Ride out the crisis with homegrown vegVeg crisis: Blighty’s supermarkets are in crisis. Heavy rains and frost in Spain and Italy mean courgettes and iceberg lettuce are running low. The lesson? To cook with the bountiful produce of Britain’s cold climate: brassicas, roots and alliums
technology
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Meet the rightwing power players lurking beneath Silicon Valley's liberal facadeDespite promoting an image of innovative iconoclasm, outside the spotlight a cadre of powerful tech figures are planting themselves in Trump’s corner
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Which is the best browser for Windows 10: Firefox or Chrome?Libby would like to know which browser she should use – it may sound simple, but there are plenty of options
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Actors, teachers, therapists – think your job is safe from artificial intelligence? Think againThanks to advances in artificial intelligence, many jobs that weren’t considered ripe for automation suddenly are
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I accidentally bought a giant pigI was told she was six months old, had come from a breeder and wouldn’t grow any bigger than a very large cat
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This column will change your lifeThis column will change your lifeWhy do people hate hypocrites?You could argue that hypocrites lack self-discipline, which we think of as a moral failing – but that hardly seems a good enough explanation
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The crushThe crushWhy I love Emma StoneI first saw Stone Superbad. The film has many flaws, but she is not one of them
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StylewatchStylewatchGlamour Girls: behind the cast's trouserless look – stylewatchLena Dunham’s show Girls continues to make a statement, this time stamping a Marc Jacobs-styled feminist manifesto on the cover of glamour magazine
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaI want to leave my partner of 15 years. Am I being selfish?A woman who married her longtime partner two years ago now wants to separate. Mariella Frostrup wonders why it’s taken so long to address the issues in their relationship
people
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My estranged father wants to get in touch, but I don’t want to see himMy parents separated when I was young, and I stopped visiting him when I was 10: he made me feel unwanted. Later, I was told he abused my mum. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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The love at the heart of our family’s wartime secretWhen Margaret Esiri and Andrew Evans’s mother died, they read her diary and unravelled a lifelong mystery
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Can a shake ever be as good as a plate of food?Sales of power bars and powders and supplements are surging – but does anyone really need them?
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No one tells you what old age is like. I don’t care about raising hellThe outspoken actress wants to break open a conspiracy of silence about ageing
the big picture
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Picture of the day: EnduranceLife ultra in South DevonOn Saturday author and Guardian running blog contributor Adharanand Finn took part in his first ultra marathon, the EnduranceLife CTS South Devon. Here he is, 15 miles into the race, which was won by Tom Payn in 4hrs 44 mins. Photograph by Marietta d’Erlanger
Why do people hate hypocrites?