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    Scams
    ‘My father was devastated’: family battles to recover thousands stolen in email scam

    New rules that have just come into force aim to help those tricked by authorised push payment fraud
  • ‘This isn’t a therapy session’ … Emily Atack.

    The G2 interview
    ‘I was always the bit of totty’: Emily Atack on tabloids, trolls and life after The Inbetweeners

    The role of Charlotte ‘Big Jugs’ Hinchcliffe made her a star – then she spent years trying to get the respect and the roles she deserved. Now, at the age of 34, she’s been having the time of her life shooting Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. What changed?
  • Meera Sodha's barbecue beans and corn fritters.

    Kitchen aide
    Bake, mash or mush: ways to fall in love with unloved beans

    There are myriad ways to give beans a bit of love – mush them into a sauce for tacos, use them instead of mashed spuds, stick them in a pie, or bake them into a crunchy snack
  • Honey-roasted squash and goat’s cheese salad with chickpeas

    Recipe
    Honey-roasted squash and goat’s cheese salad with chickpeas

    Celebrate the arrival of autumn with Esther Clark’s spicy salad, finished off with a punchy green dressing
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    • The route takes in part of Delamere Forest.

      Hiking Cheshire’s Baker Way
      The joy of a less-known walking trail

    • Aerial view of Prvic Luka town on Prvic Island, the Adriatic Sea in Croatia

      Island-hopping in Croatia
      Adrift in the Šibenik archipelago

    • Georgina Hayden's ful medames with charred olives.

      Vegetarian food and drink
      Georgina Hayden’s recipe for ful medames with charred olives

    • Janine Parody.

      Cats
      Vet reprimanded for home care of ‘happy’ cat she was told to euthanise

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Fashion

  • Two models, one wearing a striped shirt and a brown leather jacket, and the other wearing a black shirt and a leopard print coat, both standing in front of a lilac background

    T-shirts that last and the world’s best jeans
    50 autumn wardrobe updates under £100 (some are even free)

    Classic trainers, high street heels, leopard print coats … Our fashion guru shares her insider tips for those with champagne taste and a cider budget
  • Blemish prone skin

    The beauty Q&A
    Which products are best for my teenage, blemish-prone skin?

  • Hair raising: make the most of your crowning glory.

    Head rush
    Cutting-edge tips and treatments in our good hair guide

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    We love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

  • A female model wearing a burgundy coat in countryside setting

    Warming reds
    How to wear burgundy

  • Kit Harington as Henry Muck in HBO series Industry.

    ‘I’m looking for a man in finance … and a gilet’
    The rise of banker bro fashion

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Food

  • Meera Sodha's barbecue beans and corn fritters.

    Kitchen aide
    Bake, mash or mush: ways to fall in love with unloved beans

    There are myriad ways to give beans a bit of love – mush them into a sauce for tacos, use them instead of mashed spuds, stick them in a pie, or bake them into a crunchy snack
  • OM Nigel Shallots Tomatoes Egg

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Nigel recipe for baked eggs and tomatoes

  • Georgina Hayden's ful medames with charred olives.

    Ful on
    Georgina Hayden’s recipe for ful medames with charred olives

  • Rachel Roddy's bean stew with lots of herbs.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s bean stew with lots of herbs

  • Rukmini Iyer's spiced black bean and tomato soup with avocado and lime.

    Quick and easy
    Rukmini Iyer’s spiced black bean and tomato soup

  • OM Nigel Squash Honey Orange

    Nigel Slater recipes
    Nigel Slater’s pumpkin, soy and honey, and fennel gratin with anchovies

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Health & wellbeing

  • 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

    • ‘I remember coming home and thinking that I really liked her’ … Lara (left) and Claire in Edinburgh, 2019

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

    • Composite of the view from the driver's seat and TV cameras

      ‘I fell asleep driving around London’: TV workers on fear, danger and fatalities in an industry in crisis

    • Kayla Barnes-Lentz attached to an unidentified wellness machine

      The world’s healthiest lovers? Meet the couple aiming to live to 150

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    Take a minimalistic approach and do the ‘sniff test’
    How to make your clothes last longer

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    Lighten the load
    Meet the fabrics that you (almost) never need to wash

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    Longer-lasting garms and less creasing
    Why it’s high time to start washing at a lower temperature

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    From sun-drying to spot-cleaning
    Six clever hacks to help keep your clothes in tip-top condition

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Relationships

  • ‘I remember coming home and thinking that I really liked her’ … Lara (left) and Claire in Edinburgh, 2019

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

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    Ask Philippa
    I feel I can’t give 100% to anything – including my family

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

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

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m 14 and stressed out with the pressure of school and friendships

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Weekend
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Travel

  • Ski hikers on a slope

    Skiing
    Large French Alpine ski resort to close in face of shrinking snow season

    Local people and businesses left ‘in lurch’ after council says it cannot afford to support or develop Alpe du Grand Serre
  • The route takes in part of Delamere Forest.

    UK walks
    Hiking Cheshire’s Baker Way: the joy of a less-known walking trail

  • Aerial view of Prvic Luka town on Prvic Island, the Adriatic Sea in Croatia

    Croatia
    Island-hopping in Croatia's Šibenik archipelago

  • The Carnac stones in Brittany, France.

    Share a tip
    Tell us about your trips to ancient sites across Europe

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    France
    Vincent van Gogh’s Arles: visiting the pretty Provençal city that inspired his greatest masterpieces

  • Lark - a place in the Pines Thimbleby, North Yorkshire

    UK breaks
    From cool cabins to country houses: six of Britain’s best forest escapes

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Money

  • Being an 'author' was an 'unacceptable risk' for John Lewis car insurance.

    Car insurance
    I was written off by John Lewis for car insurance because I’m an author

    I was deemed an ‘unacceptable risk’ when it came to renewal
  • A beach in St Lucia with palm trees and parasols

    Consumer affairs
    BA ruined a £13,000 trip to St Lucia for my grieving daughters

  • Barclays took its time providing the go-ahead for a ported mortgage.

    Consumer champions
    Barclays delayed porting our mortgage but we still have to pay £13,000

  • Consumer champions
    A death certificate isn’t enough ‘proof’ for travel insurance to meet my claim

  • Renting property
    I escaped homelessness and then Lambeth council raised my rent by £470

  • Work & careers
    Conscious unbossing: why gen Z are refusing to become managers

  • Motoring
    Transport for London fined me … after it declined my payment

  • Consumer rights
    BA left my 14-year-old daughter alone and stranded at an airport in France

  • Consumer champions
    Best ways to buy and how to complain: what I’ve learned as a consumer champion

    Miles Brignall
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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

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    From aggressively spicy brews to one that tastes like ‘dental goo’, Nicholas Jordan tries 17 ginger beers – and gets fizzy-cal
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The big picture

  • Kylie Jenner presents a creation by Coperni for the Women Ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2025 collection as part of the Paris Fashion Week, at Disneyland Paris amusement park

    Disneyland, serenades and archery: highlights from Paris fashion week SS25 – in pictures

    From fireworks and Kylie Jenner for Coperni to a supersized birdcage at Chanel and target practice at Dior, the shows in the French capital were en pointe for spring
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