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Health & fitness

  • A senior woman walking on a road

    Be kind, rewind: is backwards walking any better than walking forwards?

  • Sarfraz Manzoor and his daughter Leila sitting on the bed in her bedroom, the wall behind covered in pictures, including a large poster of Taylor Swift

    I love Springsteen and my daughter is a huge Swiftie – and that’s created a bridge between us

    How our mutual love of music – and interest in each other’s tastes – brought my daughter Laila and me closer together
  • Illustration of a person carrying loads of pictures of ticks, the thumbs-up sign and smiles

    ‘The liberating truth is: they’re probably not thinking about you’: Oliver Burkeman on how to quit people-pleasing

    In an extract from his new book about making the most of our limited time on Earth, Oliver Burkeman has some top advice for those who go out of their way to accommodate others
  • Gillian Anderson

    Actor Gillian Anderson on female desire, singer Chappell Roan’s slow and steady rise, and how to stop people-pleasing – podcast

  • The Guardian G2 the Loneliness of motherhood FINAL copy (1)

    ‘It felt shameful’: the profound loneliness of modern motherhood

  • A group of friends paddleboarding.

    How paddleboarding conquered Britain: the delights and dangers of the nation’s fastest-growing sport

  • A photograph of a man lying flat on his front on grass, wearing a light purple tracksuit, and all of his body apart from his head, hands and feet appears to be flat

    ‘I’m like a steamrollered cartoon character: totally flat’: the agony aunt who couldn’t feel anything at all

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Advice

  • Illustration of a woman standing alone with her arms folded.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My friends never want to go out any more – and it’s making me feel lonely

  • A man and woman in bed

    Sexual healing
    My partner and I only have sex three times a year – and I am frustrated

  • English Lake District: empty bird's nest<br>Close-up of a beautifully made bird's nest found among dry leaves on the shores of Coniston Water, in the English Lake District. Sharp focus in centre of frame.

    Ask Philippa
    I miss my adult children so much it feels like grief

  • Using the JustPark app to find a parking space in Edinburgh.

    Consumer champions
    I received a £100 parking charge even though we’d used the JustPark app

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Running & biking

  • A road sign warning of pigs on the road in Raasay, Inner Hebrides

    Readers reply: Which is the most interesting road in the UK?

  • Gelfingen, Heidegg Castle Places along the Route 1291, cycling route in Switzerland

    How an ebike gave me the legs to tackle Switzerland’s contours

  • village, church tower and green hills

    Think Andalucía is parched and dusty? Not where I’m cycling

  • Carmen Francesch wearing a white sweatshirt - standing next to her bike with grass and lake behind

    A new start after 60: I did my first Ironman at 61 – after my husband bet I couldn’t beat him

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Health news

  • oyster mushrooms growing from home mushroom kit and ready to harvest.

    Mushrooms are magic in the tussle with frizzy hair, says Dyson

  • Hand on pregnant belly

    Pregnant people and fetuses not being protected from wildfire risks – report

    • A woman asleep in bed

      Linking two realms: efforts to tap real-life potential of lucid dreams advance

    • Marks & Spencer knickers designed to be worn with a stoma

      M&S sells knickers designed to be worn with stoma, in UK high street first

    • Freddie Flintoff smiles to camera while throwing a cricket ball from one hand to the other with men and boys behind him, some with cricket bats, in front of a brightly coloured wooden building

      ‘I’m different to what I was’: Freddie Flintoff tells of life after horrific accident

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