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Accessories
for autumn

It's too early to buy a winter coat, but it's never too early to be fashionable. Here are the five style additions that can jumpstart your autumn. By Jess Cartner-Morley
- Men's movie fashion moments

Corncockle kerfuffle

Patrick Barkham: The BBC has been criticised after a scheme it promoted on Countryfile distributed packets of seeds containing a poisonous flower. But the truth is far less alarming
Mega markets

Sandra Haurant: La Boqueria in Barcelona or your local farmers' market? A Moroccan souk or a French street market? Share your favourite markets for fantastic food
- Food & drink
Rocking the
red carpet

Hannah Marriott: Gwen Stefani channelled Donatella Versace and one man's hair won Twitter's heart. It's the red carpet, Emmys style
- Katy Perry pays tribute to Britney Spears
'Running helps
me cope'

Rebecca Thorne: Why do you run? For one writer, the answer is both complicated and simple – running offers her relief from constant and debilitating anxiety

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Mezcal: the mystical drink with its own culture and tradition – video

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Yvette Cooper: victims of domestic violence are being let down - video

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How to wear denim jackets – video

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Food & drink

Readers' recipe swap

Your best recipes featuring butter, including buttered corn, Louisiana style, and harissa and perserved lemon butter
- How to make the perfect prawn cocktail
Middle class: food from the heart of England

Food from the England's midlands means robust and tasty native foodstuffs – game, hard cheeses, pork pies, chutnies and ales
- Barbecue dos and don'ts
Don't let wine trends turn you into a wine snob

Drink aloud: Take no notice of wine trends - the film Sideways unfairly knocked the reputation of merlot. Just drink the wines you enjoy

Fashion & beauty

Powder revolution

Sali Hughes: 'This autumn, heaps of brands are launching a powder foundation'
What I see in the mirror: Darcey Bussell

'My favourite parts of my body are my long arms. It's a dancer thing. Proportions are essential'
How Wavey Garms became the most influential fashion site in the UK

Wavey Garms, a Facebook site set up 18 months ago to sell niche streetwear, has become the go-to site for what's cool and what's not. Morwenna Ferrier reports
How to dress: denim jackets

Denim is back as a thing. Think of it as a remix of a classic, says Lauren Cochrane
- Denim jackets: Get the look - in pictures

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Women

Women's refuges: the safe havens at risk of shutting down

Women's shelters are closing due to cuts – and those protecting vulnerable ethnic minorites, such as Ashiana in Sheffield, have been especially hard hit. Homa Khaleeli reports
Shocked and outraged by Nicki Minaj's Anaconda video? Perhaps you should butt out

Michelle Lhooq:We need to see more black women on our screens, and a broader view of female sexuality as a whole. Cheeky videos are a symptom, not a cause, of our patriarchal pop culture

Live Better

The best herbs to grow in containers

After describing the benefits of growing herbs at home in containers, our vertical veg man picks his favourites
How to cook goat meat

Get your goat on by learning how to prepare the versatile meat which benefits from a slow cooking process and can be used to make everything from medallions to curry

Health and fitness

Robert Lustig: the man who believes sugar is poison

Zoe Williams: The maverick scientist has long argued that sugar is as harmful as cocaine or tobacco – and that the food industry has been adding too much of it to our meals for too long. So why aren't people taking him more seriously?
Is gluten bad for your health?

Luisa Dillner: It has been linked to irritable bowel syndrome and those on gluten-free diets say they have lost weight. But is it really the cause of digestive problems – and aren't wholegrains good for us?

Notes and queries

What is a yawn?

Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
What is the point of seagulls?

Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Why are tins of tuna always round?

Readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts

Family and relationships

Back in the game: dating in your 50s

After a break of three decades, Candida Crewe finds dating at 50 is still rife with risk
Our 12-year-old son says he has no aspirations in life

He has also told us that he doesn't care what happens in life or even if it ends. How can we help him? Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader

Homes & gardens

Gardens: late-summer flowers

There are plenty of easy-to-grow plants ready to deliver a hit of colour and form at this time of year, says Nick Turrell
- Gardens: what to do this week
Alys Fowler: herbs for free

'Perennial herbs such as rosemary, sage, lavender and thymes can live for a long time, but grow leggy and flop with age'

Running blog

'Running helps me with cope with post-traumatic stress disorder'

Rebecca Thorne: Why do you run? For Rebecca Thorne, the answer is both complicated and simple – running offers her relief from constant and debilitating anxiety
Running blog: how was your weekend running?

What's your favourite piece of running apparel, for comfort or for luck? Share your top tips and your weekend endeavours below the line as always
Christine Ohuruogu: 'The nerves I have when I run now are the same nerves I experienced as a kid'

World champion, Olympic gold medallist and British record holder Christine Ohuruogu on school rivalries, rolling with the pain and knowing when your body just wants you to rest

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