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  • Illustration for You be the judge... two women, one cross about being called a nickname

    You be the judge
    Should my best friend stop calling me by a nickname?

    Priscilla knows that when Chioma calls her ‘Pris’ she means no harm – but finds it very annoying. You get to name the offending party
  • No- or low-alcohol drinks are either versions of established alcohol brands or developed separately.

    The price of everything
    Why are alcohol-free drinks so expensive? Some fake spirits cost over £25 a bottle!

    In this new series, our money and consumer editor considers the often perplexing reasons items cost what they do. As a new report suggests booze-free booze can cost 25% more than the alcoholic equivalent, what could possibly explain this?
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    Pickled plants, mussel magic and ‘cult’ dining hotspots: my week in gastronomic heaven

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  • Gill Meller’s chicken, chorizo, white bean, olive and preserved lemon stew.

    Food
    When company’s coming, these simple, cosy ideas hit the spot

    Newsletter
  • Painting: Young Man and Woman in an Inn by Frans Hals (1623).

    Leading questions
    I seem to put out a strong ‘new-best-friend’ vibe, then I back off. Should I dial it down?

  • A composite of a cat in a wooden cat bed, a pack of katkin cat food and a wet brown spaniel in a blue dog coat

    The Filter
    The best UK Christmas gifts for pets: 17 pawfect presents for cats, dogs and furry friends

  • Emine Saner looking wild with a smiling baby

    Photography
    ‘I look deranged, but my baby looks happy!’ Nine writers on their favourite photo booth picture

  • A naked woman standing on a beach with her back to the camera and partially obscured by dune grass

    Naturism
    Danes are Europe’s keenest nudists in principle and practice, survey suggests

The Filter

  • A composite of four beauty Advent Calendars on a gold background

    The best beauty Advent calendars in 2025: 13 favourites for a festive glow-up, tested by our expert

  • Testing the Panda Hybrid bamboo mattress

    The best mattresses: eight rigorously tested picks, newly updated

  • A composite of a pink and red saucer with the word joy on it, a green hand towel with a big pear on it and a silver citrus juicer shaped like a bird. Two illustrations of two presents and a person holding a tall pile of gift boxes are also in the composite

    The best home gifts in the UK: 28 inspiring ideas for Christmas and beyond

  • Pete stands on a windy hilltop with a black Davek Elite umbrella

    The best umbrellas in the UK for staying dry in the wind and rain – tested on a 517m hilltop

Fashion

  • Joanna Lumley wearing a loose-fitting brown cardigan and a long brown denim skirt

    ‘A lifeline’: how fashion designers came to love the high street collab

    Since the 1990s, high fashion has sprinkled stardust on the high street – now collabs also help struggling designers
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    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Introducing the twinset 2.0 – where practicality meets panache

  • a man holding a women's hand

    Michelle Obama
    Michelle Obama’s book details how the media’s fixation on her arms was used to ‘otherize’ her

  • Ellie Violet Bramley

    Camouflage clothing may be having a moment – but in our violent world, is that wise?

    Ellie Violet Bramley
  • Models Danielle Mareka and Dee O'Dell

    ‘You definitely felt disposable’
    Models – one 27, one 62 – discuss Botox, weight loss, creativity and the threat of AI

Join Grace Dent and celebrity guests for a new season of Comfort Eating, as she throws the cupboard doors open and chats life through food.

Food

  • A woman, stood in front of barrels, inspects a glass of whisky

    Whisky
    More than a third of whisky drinkers are female. Time for the industry to wake up to women

    Female founders and master distillers are making waves in the whisky world –and more women are consuming it too
  • Ben Lippett’s turmeric coconut curry baked eggs.

    Oven-free baking
    Turmeric coconut curry and merguez ragu: Ben Lippett’s recipes for baked eggs

  • A cheesy homity pie: just add Marmite for a Brit spin on the American classic.

    A kitchen in south-east London
    Jimi Famurewa’s recipe for Marmite and leek homity pie

  • Tom Hunt's toffee apple toffee sauce with cinnamon baked apples

    Bonfire night
    How to turn the last of a tin of golden syrup into a delectable toffee sauce – recipe

  • Phil Khoury Pistachio and matcha loaf cake

    Have your cake …
    Fruit, and pistachio and matcha: Philip Khoury’s loaf cakes

  • Kenji Morimoto’s mirepoix kimchi.

    Steep learning curve
    Mirepoix kimchi and vegetarian umami chilli: Kenji Morimoto’s recipes for cooking with homemade ferments

  • Kylee Newton Leftovers sandwich

    Kitchen aide
    The many uses of leftover chutney, from breakfast to soups and glazes

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    I was led down the wrong path into cybercrime as a teenager
    Here’s what I would tell my younger self

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    ‘Every hacker I’ve met is a gamer’
    Why the next generation of tech talent could be found in unlikely places

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    ‘You can be an ethical hacker, not a criminal one’
    The initiative guiding young gamers into cybersecurity

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    'Parents are paramount'
    How young people can use their online gaming skills to fight cybercrime

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Relationships

  • Composite image showing two women unable to communicate about their problems

    Sexual healing
    My wife and I don’t have sex and she refuses to talk about it. Should I just give up?

  • An illustration of the heads of a man and woman who are arguing

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Should I tell my husband I want to sell our brand-new dream home?

  • Two men on a blind date, man on left has dark hair and white T-shirt; man on right has brown/blonde hair and wears a grey hoodie over a T-shirt

    Blind date
    Blind date: ‘He said he didn’t feel great and left – I suspect it was because the conversation had run dry’

  • Illustration of women's hands holding two small people whose feet are showing as they make love

    This is how we do it
    This is how we do it: ‘My cancer is terminal, but sex is its own form of healing’

Travel

  • An older and younger man dance facing each other in the street, surrounded by a small crowd of men

    Italy
    Calabria comes alive with song and dance: how a new generation is revitalising southern Italy’s quiet villages

    The small communes of Lago and Conflenti are putting themselves back on the map with a series of community-run music and food festivals
  • The square of Praça do Giraldo, with a pavement cafe, a fountain, a church and arcaded buildings

    Portugal
    Autumn in Alentejo: ancient city sites and golden vineyards in Portugal

  • A person standing on the rocks by the sea at the Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

    Readers' tips
    Share a tip on an a winter UK rural break

  • Fanad lighthouse on headland at sunset

    Ireland
    ‘The Irish landscape whispers tales of the past’: a trip beyond the blarney in far-flung Donegal

  • Scenic view on Scuol village and valley on a sunny winter day, Lower Engadine, Switzerland.PXF9M9 Scenic view on Scuol village and valley on a sunny winter day, Lower Engadine, Switzerland.

    Switzerland
    ‘The silence allows me to hear every flurry of falling snow’: walking in Switzerland’s hidden valley

  • The small town of Crampiolo and monte Cervandone in a summer day, Alpe Devero, Antigorio valley, Piedmont, Italy2ACBNWN The small town of Crampiolo and monte Cervandone in a summer day, Alpe Devero, Antigorio valley, Piedmont, Italy

    Readers' tips
    Share a travel tip on a lesser-known corner of Italy

  • A horse pulls a sleigh with three people in it on a broad snowy track past a forest in the Tatras

    Winter breaks
    Sleigh rides, spas and snowshoeing: 10 of the best winter holidays in Europe

Money

  • Road sign indicating entry to the Ulez

    Consumer champions
    London Ulez auto pay blunders have triggered £11,445 in fines

    When account was suspended my brother-in-law was caught in debt as 200 penalty charge notices piled up
  • Notices from HMRC demanding payment for arrears, with red pins

    Consumer champions
    HMRC gave a refund from my tax account to fraudster making repayment claim

  • Numerous complaints online about damage in a Tesco car wash.

    Tesco
    After my car was damaged in a Tesco car wash it has washed its hands of my complaint

  • A Bidfood delivery lorry.

    Consumer champions
    Our cars were towed away for repair and are being held to ransom

  • Travelodge sign

    Consumer champions
    Travelodge guest suffers sleepless night as hotel says it is ‘overbooked’

Puzzles

  • Quick crosswords
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    Sudoku 7,096 hard

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    Prize crossword No 29,841

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    Killer sudoku 994

  • British artist Leonora Carrington, 84, talks during an interview with Reuters in her house in the bo..British artist Leonora Carrington, 84, talks during an interview with Reuters in her house in the bohemian Roma district of Mexico City November 11, 2000, where she has lived for the past 50 years. Carrington was born into the British aristocracy but ran off to Paris at the age of 19 with her lover, the [Surrealist painter Max Ernst], where she hung out with other [Surrealists like Salvador Dali, Andre Breton and Marcel Duchamp.]

    The Saturday quiz
    What links Leonora Carrington, Steve McQueen and Leon Trotsky? The Saturday quiz

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Wordplay wizardry by the UK’s king of quiz

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  • Cameron Roh stands on a busy London street smiling at the camera.

    The ‘pavement vigilante’: why Cameron Roh is naming and shaming bad walking etiquette

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    Knitwear isn’t just for cosy weekends. Try your favourite jumper with contrasting textures and tailored outerwear
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