lifestyle
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Your underwhelming pictures of catsTo celebrate international cat day, our readers share their average pictures of cats, pictures of average cats, and average pictures of average cats
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Share your underwhelming pictures of catsTo mark international cat day, we want your blurry, furry pictures of cats
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The Fibonacci sequence as a cure for insomniaBrief letters: Tax havens | Justin Gatlin | James Morrison | Metric versus imperial | Ejaculation | Codeword clues -
The fight for women poisoned by breast implantsFive years after PIP silicone was declared dangerous, victims have been awarded a payout. But, say campaigners, it does not cover their costs so far – let alone compensate for their suffering
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Inside Zan TV: Afghanistan’s first all-female stationThe channel employs 50 women to create its daily mix of news, politics and lifestyle shows. In a country still recovering from Taliban rule, Zan’s team are transforming attitudes – and ratings are soaring
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Button up: the great cardigan comebackLong and slouchy, colourful or embellished, the humble knit is fashionable again. Find inspiration from six cardie aficionados – from Doris Day to Christopher Kane
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Belly full: New York's bacon restaurant – and its nine-course tasting menuA new Korean-influenced restaurant in Williamsburg offers nine pork courses on an omakase basis, as well as a spot of karaoke
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Why electric bikes are making France’s Vercors Massif even more funMountain bikes with batteries may not look hip but they bring wondrous landscapes within reach of many, and this region next to Grenoble is a great place to try them
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How to cook, and eat, like an Italian: a foodie week in PugliaA cookery school and some amazing restaurants transport Harriet Green and her family to foodie raptures
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'Forget Miami, Edinburgh has the best beach': Irvine Welsh and others on their favourite coastlineFrom solitary dips to teenage trysts, Irvine Welsh, Sebastian Barry, Kamila Shamsie, Cerys Matthews and Emma Jane Unsworth tell the stories behind their favourite beaches
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Rachel Roddy’s baked aubergine with herbs and goat’s cheeseRachel Roddy recipes: The aubergine is a wonderful canvas for flavour. Here it is baked until crisp at the edges and velvety within, soaked in oils and basil and topped with fat flecks of melting goat’s cheese
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Nigel Slater’s sticky rice with courgettes and pickles recipeA Japanese-style dish that’s quick and easy
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Dishes from the Black Sea and beyond: exclusive extractOlia Hercules: These recipes bind fragments of many Caucasian cultures. The author of new book Kaukasis describes how she cherishes the region’s traditions while creating something new
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Nigel Slater’s tomatoes recipesTomatoes are particularly perky at the moment. Bring out the best in yours with olives, anchovies and harissa
technology
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Segregated Valley: the ugly truth about Google and diversity in techSilicon Valley says it is committed to racial diversity in its workforce. But the numbers tell a different story
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Robots to explore the dark flooded depths of old minesTerrawatch Earth’s metals and minerals, essential to our technology, are running out. We need to explore long-forgotten passages in flooded mines
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Video games versus holidays: take a screen breakWhy bother flying when you can escape to the Himalayas, or into space, from the comfort of your couch
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I am a professional mermaidI ordered my tail online. Custom-made from silicone and neoprene, it weighs two stone and cost me £800
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This column will change your lifeThis column will change your lifeFancy a life swap with Donald Trump? No, thanksThe notion of wanting someone else’s life, even in our culture of celebrity envy, is exceedingly odd
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The crushThe crushWhy I love… SZAHer voice swings between self-consciously raspy and whisper-soft, with a hint of something not quite of this realm
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StylewatchStylewatchI wore a RompHim for a day. I probably wouldn't do that outside SydneyMy one-piece romper was not a hit at a birthday dinner party. Several people pleaded with me to take it off immediately
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy son wants a sibling, but I don’t want another babyA woman who is happy to have had one baby after accidentally getting pregnant, faces a dilemma over whether to have a second, says Mariella Frostrup
people
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My two-legged children refuse to help with my four-legged onesGetting a dog was the children’s idea – provided I looked after it. Now, my live-at-home kids still adore our pets, but on exactly the same condition
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Squirrels? They taste better than rattlesnakeThe Ghostbusters actor, writer and comedian on his perfect clambakes, eating with John Belushi – and alien appetites
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How do newsreaders escape the news?Emily Maitlis goes for a run with the dog, Krishnan Guru-Murthy plays guitar. In the midst of a relentless news cycle, frontline reporters reveal how they switch off
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The evening I discussed dish-washing with George HarrisonIt’s the early 90s, a small activity centre in the Brecon Beacons, and the man who wrote Here Comes the Sun wants Hayley Long to tell him how his young son’s getting on
the big picture
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Pawsome, dude! World Dog Surfing Championships held in California – videoThe second World Dog Surfing Championships were held at Pacifica in California this weekend
Forget live music and real ale – pubs need lipstick-proof glasses and non-sticky carpets