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  • A man sitting at a dining table, looking dejected and tired, surrounded by empty bottles of ginger beer.

    Taste test
    Australian supermarket ginger beer: ‘It’s the Sunrise breakfast TV of the soft drink aisle’

    From aggressively spicy brews to one that tastes like ‘dental goo’, Nicholas Jordan tries 17 ginger beers – and gets fizzy-cal
  • Close-up of a finger bun with pink cream cheese frosting

    Food
    Australia’s fancy finger bun renaissance: ‘How could you not feel nostalgic?’

  • Composite image of Matildas star Mary Fowler and Penrith premiership player Nathan Cleary

    Explain it to me quickly
    Why two of Australia’s biggest sporting stars are posting each other messages of love and support

  • Gina Chick

    Life and style
    Three things with Gina Chick: ‘I have many blades of various shape, size and degrees of lethality’

  • A postcard-style composite image featuring a wide shot of the town of Frankston in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, with the word 'Frankston' laid on top in block lettering.

    A local's guide to...
    Frankston: ‘It’s popping off right now’

  • Black-and-white image of a couple on their wedding day, with their heads close together, looking happy

    The moment I knew
    We were rehearsing a difficult dance move – and I caught her head before she hit the floor

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Food

  • Rachel Roddy's spaghetti carbonara.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti alla carbonara like it’s 1979

    Cream or no cream? Onions or no? What sort of cured pork, or cheese? And who knew that spaghetti ‘carbonara’ probably didn’t exist before 1950?
  • A Charred Hispi Cabbage sandwich from The Dusty Knuckle

    Sandwiches
    ‘It’s going to be messy’: the rise of the supersized sandwich in the UK

  • Georgina Hayden’s roast courgettes, feta and preserved lemon.

    Recipe
    Georgina Hayden’s roast zucchinis with feta and preserved lemon

  • Baking
    Springy steps: Tivoli Road Bakery’s passionfruit and raspberry ripple sponge cakes – recipe

  • Australian chef
    Greg Malouf, famed for Lebanese cuisine, dies at 64

  • Recipes
    Salad, hummus and plenty of herbs: Karima Hazim Chatila and Sivine Tabbouch’s Lebanese breakfast spread

  • Noodles
    Mee goreng, hor fun and prawn fritters: six great Malaysian recipes by Julie Lin

  • Brunch
    Yotam Ottolenghi’s curried omelette and zucchini eggs – recipes

  • Quick and easy
    Rukmini Iyer’s hot smoked salmon frittatas with watercress and radishes – recipe

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Relationships

  • Composite (photo and illustration) of a couple in an awkward embrace for G-spot/ Sexual Healing column

    No matter how hard he tries, my boyfriend can’t find my G-spot

  • Crying Baby in Cot

    Will my daughter’s vexed bedtimes be too much for her grandparents?

    Séamas O’Reilly
    We’re away for 72 hours and fear sleep deprivation may put them off babysitting ever again
  • Eva Wiseman

    Mealybugs, mobiles… It’s been a tough week for my plants and kids

    Eva Wiseman

  • Cuddling too much and doing it after dinner: 12 ways you could be ruining your sex life – and how to fix them

  • Blind date: ‘Barbecue and ribs are not the most demure food to eat on a first date’

  • Heartstopper’s Joe Locke, the mothers who regret having kids, and Philippa Perry on boastful rich friends – podcast

  • ‘My teenage children are bright but unmotivated. How much should I get involved with their school work?’

  • ‘The truth is that I’m named after a Baywatch character’: readers on their unusual names

  • How we met: ‘We were at the circus, talking nonsense in the queue for the toilets. I really liked her’

  • I’ve pushed it up hills, on to trams and around possum poo – but now I must farewell our faithful pram

    Kelly Eng

  • Tell us: do you still live with your ex?

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Fashion

  • A composite photograph showing a woman’s face with different ethnicities.

    Beauty
    ‘People think that looking better means you will have a better life’: why gen Z spends so much on beauty

    The idea that splashing out on nail, hair, eyebrow and lash treatments increases your chances of a better social life, relationships and jobs has taken a firm hold on social media – but what’s driving it?
  • An illustration of a shirt, a dress, a T-shirt and some shoes bursting out of an open medicine capsule

    How many clothes do you actually need? There’s a magic number …

  • Swifties photographed at the Taylor Swift Era gigs at Wembley August 2024

    Trends
    Not just for Swifties and the Beyhive: cowboy hats are riding high

  • muscly man in blue patterened speedos

    Men's fashion
    Don’t squawk at the idea of budgie smugglers: they are practical and comfy

  • Benjamen Judd in a brown tweed suit and white shirt, sitting on a couch with dog beside him

    ‘It seems like magic’
    Fashion workers’ favourite winter wardrobe finds

  • Composite image of vintage illustrations of two women wearing fur coats

    Closet clinic
    The vintage fur debate: does it honour an animal or normalise cruelty?

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Health & fitness

  • There are times when life feels difficult, painful and overwhelming

    Do you tell yourself you’re happier than you are? Stop the gaslighting

  • Emma Beddington

    I thought I was fine with being bald. But the chance of a cure has stirred up all sorts of feelings

    Emma Beddington
  • Daoust works on his ‘back lever’ with Lucy Joslin at the Mission studios in east London.

    Mobility masterplan! 10 essential exercises for a strong, active, happy life – whatever your age

    Whether your goal is to get super-fit, or to stay independent as you get older, you need a combination of flexibility and strength. Here’s how to look after both your muscles and your joints
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Travel

  • Composite for local's guide to Launceston. The image shows Cataract Gorge Toll Booth and the lavender Fields in launceston, TAS, Australia.

    Local's guide to
    ... Launceston: ‘Harvest Market on a Saturday morning is 100% part of the culture’

    Youthful yet early rising, Launceston has a great mix of nature, food culture and even a colony of monkeys says brewer Will Horan
  • Two people sitting on a small jetty with two small structures on a still lake

    Australia holidays
    Saunas, sledding and empty shores: Guardian Australia staff’s favourite east coast winter breaks

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

    Cycling
    Swiss bliss: an ebike tour in Lucerne

  • Netherlands
    Walking the new long-distance Salt Path

  • France
    In search of Monet’s wild landscapes

  • Europe
    ‘Everything carries a hint of myth and magic’: six great island escapes

  • Greece
    Exploring the quieter side of the Cyclades on a Greek island hopping holiday

  • Europe
    10 of the best regions for sparkling wine

  • Dog days
    A ruff guide: how to travel around Australia with your dog

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Puzzles

  • John 'Ludwig' Taylor composing a puzzle

    Crossword blog
    Ludwig, the Guardian’s genius new crossword setter

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,509

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,982

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,648 medium

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,506

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      What links Enter the Dragon and Brainstorm? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? The box problem that baffled the boffins

The big picture

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    We love: fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

    Bring a touch of Hollywood to your wardrobe, Schuh’s ‘single shoes’ initiative and transform your look with lace tights
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