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  • A man staring at a smartphone

    It’s not just children who are smartphone addicts, adults are too

  • Damon Albarn on stage at Coachella in California

    Tantrums of the rich and famous: nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

    This week, Damon Albarn took umbrage at a Coachella crowd who failed to sing along. But he is far from the worst offender
  • Sexual Healing composite image of a woman, cross-legged, looking pensively to the left

    I used to love sex. But my boyfriend’s premature ejaculation is turning me off it – and him

    We’ve been together for five years, but I’m losing interest. And he won’t talk about it
  • Kitchen utensils in a kitchen drawer

    Eight unsung kitchen tools every home cook should own: ‘You’ll wonder how you lived without them’

  • That sinking feeling … James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet on the set of Titanic

    The Titanic drug poisoning: is one of the greatest mysteries in film history about to be solved?

  • Stuart Heritage scratching his bald scalp

    Losing my hair made me miserable. Now I’m as bald as an egg, I couldn’t be happier

  • Models walk the runway in clothes that are mostly coloured black

    Marlene Dietrich is the muse for feminist retelling of Dior’s story

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Fashion

  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022.

    ‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein

    The long read: It is taking fast fashion to ever faster and ever cheaper extremes, and making billions from it. Why is the whole world shopping at Shein?
  • Colourful clothes on a rack, to illustrate a story about methods that could help the fashion industry be more sustainable

    ‘There’s no going back’: reasons to be hopeful about the future of fashion

  • Woman washing her hair

    Sulphate-free shampoos: 10 of the best

  • 50 best beauty bargains: Sali Hughes’s favourite products for under £20

  • Samantha Cameron: ‘Public scrutiny made me obsessed with clothes that won’t let you down’

  • Roberto Cavalli, flamboyant Italian fashion designer, dies aged 83

  • ‘Love cotton and loathe Lycra’ – a brief history of unexpected workout gear

  • Beyoncé effect: Cowboy Carter album puts Levi’s on fashion hotlist

Hometown tour

  • Two men on either side of a bar.

    A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects inventory in a display unit in a furniture store.

    A local’s travel guide to Washington DC: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • The art deco district in Miami Beach, Florida.

    A local’s guide to Miami: What to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects plants in a floral shop.

    A local’s travel guide to the San Francisco Bay Area: what to eat, see and do in three days

Food & drink

  • Ixta Belfrage's creamy saffron orzo with roasted butternut and scotch bonnet.

    The wizards of orzo, from soups to risottos

  • OM Nigel Aubergine Cucumber Yoghurt

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for aubergine, mint and cucumber yoghurt

  • Kitty Coles' tonnato salad.

    Kitty Coles’ quick and easy tonnato salad – recipe

  • Rachel Roddy’s scafata, or spring vegetable stew, with seasoned ricotta and garlic and oil toasts.

    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for scafata, or Roman spring vegetable stew

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Technology

  • The text AI assistants spit out is ineffably generated … ChatGPT.

    TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English

  • A robot-powered fast food kitchen.

    ‘Eat the future, pay with your face’: my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint

    If the experience of robot-served fast-food dining is any indication, the future of sex robots is going to be very unpleasant
  • a child uses a laptop

    Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills

    Nine states are hashing out bills to protect minors online. Tech companies are fighting the laws with everything they’ve got

    Regulars

    • Elsje Pretorius in Hamilton, New Zealand

      Experience
      Experience: my newborn baby was kidnapped from hospital

    • Illustration of car on a road trip

      This column will change your life
      Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life

    • ‘There’s no one I’m listening to as much as American singer-songwriter SZA.’

      The crush
      Why I love… SZA

    • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at an awards ceremony in central London this month

      Stylewatch
      Eco-chic and trouser suits: how Meghan Markle’s style reads the room

    • A letter to ...
      A letter to… my alcoholic husband, in lockdown

    • What I'm really thinking
      What I’m really thinking: the secret smoker

    • Is it worth it?
      Is it worth hiking? Exercise review

    • Sali Hughes on beauty
      Peptides help with good-looking skin, but don’t expect ‘Botox in a bottle’

    Advice

    • Senior Woman with Walker in a Care Home<br>A senior woman walking down a corridor with the assistance of a walker. view from rear

      Ask Philippa
      I was abused as a child, but now my mother needs care

      Manage your mum’s care from a distance, says Philippa Perry. Don’t get sucked into her orbit
    • Private Lives illo 7 Sept 2020

      Private lives
      My teenage son shows no interest in school

      I’ve tried being as encouraging as possible, but nothing seems to work. And now I’m worried his younger siblings will follow in his footsteps

    The big picture

    • A composite of different jewellery pieces

      Bling things: 18 of the best jewellery pieces – in pictures

      Convertible earrings, wobbly alphabet studs... Make your jewellery work with sculptural shapes and mixed materials
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