Whenever I arrange dinner with one particular friend, we haggle. The date and venue are easy to sort out, but when it comes to what time we should convene, it’s …
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“There’s a common myth that gel creams are only for oily or acne-prone skin, but that doesn’t hold up with advanced formulations like Recharge,” says board-certified dermatologist Dr. Mina Amin. …
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Thomasina Miers’ recipes for lamb koftas with buttery tomato sauce and cacik | Turkish food and drink
Several years ago, I was stranded in Istanbul because of the Icelandic eruptions. I wandered through the ancient city and was astounded by the beauty of the place – and …
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If you ever needed proof that women’s esports have long existed, just look at Stephanie Harvey. Better known online as MissHarvey, the former Ubisoft game designer began her esports career …
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I found it agonising to quit smoking. So why are people ignoring the new treatments on offer? | Polly Hudson
If there was a five-minute nuclear warning, I’d run straight to my local shop and buy a pack of cigarettes. Even now, after all these years. I stopped more than …
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Our readers are nothing short of efficient when it comes to snapping up summer essentials — just take a look at July’s bestsellers to see what we mean. According to …
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Many thanks to the readers who put in freedom of information requests to obtain unredacted copies of July’s Genius puzzle, which appeared in truncated form due to a D notice. …
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‘The river becomes an otherworldly bayou’: five of the best paddleboard and kayak adventures in the UK | Canoeing and kayaking holidays
Make this the summer you get back out on the water, with fish plopping beneath you, bulrushes shimmying and kingfishers darting by. Even if you don’t have your own kayak …
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‘Well, no, you don’t have to have children’: what African women over the age of 60 have learned about life | Global development
Addra* insists that his aunt, Anyessi Dossou, does not have a story to tell. “She’s just an old woman who’s never left the village,” he says, as he guides us …
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Is sarcasm the lowest form of …