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  • An image of a man and woman lying side by side

    Sexual healing
    My wife has no libido. Should I sleep with other people, as she suggests?

    Her sex drive started to disappear after an operation, but I think an open relationship will lead to disaster. How do we reach a compromise?
  • illustration of a woman sitting at a table writing a letter

    Why am I like this?
    I want closure – but do I have a hope of ever getting it?

    It’s tempting to believe that if we could speak our piece, we’d be able to accept our situation and move on
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    Drugs
    The end-of-life patients finding solace in magic mushrooms: ‘What life after life could be like’

    Some with terminal cancer have said psilocybin helped them confront death. But how that happens is still unclear
  • Teacher and student using a laptop in the classroom

    Teaching and tech
    The pupils getting a head start in the digital world

    Schools and colleges that are trailblazers in the use of educational technology are keen to share what they’ve learned with other institutions
    • Juliane Diller in 1972, arriving at Frankfurt airport to live a more peaceful life in Germany

      How we survive
      A bolt of lightning struck my plane – and I plunged 3,000m into a rainforest

    • Actors Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling at the Olympics

      Fashion
      Ryan Gosling, mullets and golden grills: all the latest in Olympics fashion – in pictures

    • HexClad pans

      Cooking
      The best pans for every type of cooking – chosen by chefs

    • Versatility is king: Yotam Ottolenghi’s olive oil flatbread can take on all kinds of toppings and flavourings like garlic butter and grated tomatoes.

      Kitchen aide
      Rise and shine: easy summer breads to entertain

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Fashion

  • Actors Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling at the Olympics

    Olympics fashion
    Ryan Gosling, mullets and golden grills: all the latest in Olympics fashion – in pictures

    While Hollywood A-listers dress up and dress down, the real stars of the Games continue to dazzle with their tatts, teeth and questionable hair choices
  • Woman wearing makeup

    The beauty spot
    The new liquid blushers make beauty into art

  • A brown bichon frisé sits on a chair next to the green bottle of dog scent

    ‘Delicate, authentic, charismatic’
    Dolce & Gabbana launches €99 dog perfume

  • Gideon Knit Shirt, Kent Poplin Shirt, Charlie Shorts, Seersucker Bucket Hat, Peter Pleated Twill Shorts les deux

    We Love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

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    Here comes the sun
    10 of the best beach bags – in pictures

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    Trend watch
    Cool and classy embroidered shirts

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Food

  • Versatility is king: Yotam Ottolenghi’s olive oil flatbread can take on all kinds of toppings and flavourings like garlic butter and grated tomatoes.

    Rise and shine
    Easy summer breads for entertaining

    Yeast likes the warmer weather, says our panel of culinary experts, so this weekend try out a focaccia, flatbread or loaf, including the season’s best vegetables and soft herbs
  • Rachel Roddy's courgette frying-pan parmigiana

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for frying pan courgette parmigiana

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out of anything

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Health & wellbeing

  • Woman hanging from bar in exercise park.

    The dead hang delight: how this quick, surprisingly simple exercise can change your life

  • Sarah Aarons takes Phil Daoust through a basic squat.

    Get fit in two minutes! 17 micro-workouts that will change your life – even if you’re stuck in the office

    • Nell Frizzell

      I am a sweaty woman – and I am not ashamed

      Nell Frizzell
    • Emma Beddington

      DIY smear tests are on their way? I’ll be first in the queue

      Emma Beddington
    • Illustration of someone doing a one-handed handstand, blindfolded, while juggling two balls.

      The power of proprioception: how to improve your ‘sixth sense’ – and become healthier and happier

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The Guardian Clearing Hub

  • Mother helping son packing to move out from parent's home

    From study prep to packing crockery
    An expert checklist for starting university

  • Shot of an female university student reading a textbook in her room

    ‘Homesickness can hit any time’
    How to cope with loneliness at university

  • Sausage meatballs and spaghetti.

    Full for a fiver
    Three easy-to-cook recipes on a student budget

  • A young man reading the product description while shopping for groceries in his local supermarket.

    Be frugal, have fun, stay focused
    How to make ends meet as a student

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Relationships

  • Delia (left) and Catie in Manchester, 2024.

    How we met
    How we met: ‘I couldn’t imagine the day without her in it’

  • Man on bench

    Ask Philippa
    My big brother used to beat me up. Now I’m scared of being loved

  • An image of a man and woman lying side by side

    Sexual healing
    My wife has no libido. Should I sleep with other people, as she suggests?

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m jealous of my husband’s relationship with his sister

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Weekend
Every Saturday, Weekend will bring you the best Guardian and Observer writing from the week, including celebrity interviews, lifestyle features and opinion.

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Travel

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    UK
    An alternative guide to the Cotswolds

    The area is known for coach tours and A-lister escapes, but beyond the honeypots lie delightfully alternative communities, ancient walking trails and brilliant pubs
  • Piazza della Vittoria in Gorizia.

    Europe
    Twin border towns reunited in Italy and Slovenia for capital of culture

  • A young couple are smiling while paddling together on the river in a kayak.

    Win a holiday voucher!
    Share a tip on an active break in Europe, including the UK

  • White washed houses on a hillside, with a blue sea and a blue sky in the background.

    Greece
    Exploring the quieter side of the Cyclades on an island hopping holiday

  • Bassano del Grappa with its Ponte Vecchio over the Brenta River

    Italy
    An ‘antidote to overtourism’: exploring unexpected delights in Vicenza and beyond

  • Tropea’s old town and Rotonda beach at sunset

    Italy
    Discovering Calabria, where tourists are seen as a blessing, not a curse

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Money

  • A British Gas letter dropping through a letterbox

    Energy bills
    Energy firms pile on the agony for the vulnerable

    EDF and British Gas have added to the grief and suffering of the bereaved and sick
  • Google offices in the UK but making contact may result in crossed wires.

    Consumer champions
    Google listed my restaurant’s number as its British HQ

  • Have you locked your bike? sign warning about bike theft. But the lock can be stolen too.

    Consumer champions
    Insurance won’t pay my stolen bike claim because the lock was stolen, too

  • Property
    We have been left cold and wet in our leaking retirement home

  • Household bills
    E.ON took direct debits from my son’s account after it was told of his suicide

  • Notes and queries
    Readers reply: Why do Visa and Mastercard advertise to consumers?

  • The experts
    The experts: financial advisers on 18 foolproof ways to spend less and save more

  • Consumer champions
    Hyundai wants £6,300 from driver forced to end lease

Puzzles

  • A ‘black box’ flight recorder discovered in 2004 in a UN filing cabinet

    Crossword blog
    Crossword roundup: hidden Olympics … and a very orange secrets box

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,455

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,928

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,576 medium

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,452

    • Killer sudoku
      Observer killer sudoku

    • Thomas Eaton
      Who posed like Rodin’s The Thinker on Saturday night TV? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Are you smarter than an English major?

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    Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses

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The big picture

  • Biles stands, grinning, with her arms outstretched after her routine. She wears a shiny, metallic-effect blue, navy and black leotard. The top half of it has stars across the front. There are crystals across the top half of her leotard and on the arms

    Noah Lyles’s ‘icon’ nails, goat necklaces and buzz cuts – the latest in Olympics fashion

    From the athletes’ kits to pointed accessories and fashion icons in the audience, style at the Olympics is practical, spectacular and sometimes fascinatingly ordinary. We take a look at some of the best moments so far
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