lifestyle
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I’ve been avoiding the question since her death, but some tough love from a friend forces my hand
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The letter you always wanted to write
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Jenny Hulme inherited her father’s desk, which turned out to be a delightful treasure trove for her and her children
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I’ll be cheering her new show Divorce in October, when her long TV hiatus will be over
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Will web developer Paul, 27, hit it off with innovation consultant Jim, 26?
talking points
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Snap, crackle and filth – let kids eat dirt
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My elder sister has power of attorney for our mother, who has dementia, but I find her difficult to deal with – she keeps me in the dark. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Women’s groups and police are looking at ways of making it easier to report offences
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Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
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Baking: American baking is defined by pies such as this. Sandwiched between two great slabs of pastry, the season’s best grapes become a homely, welcoming treat like no other.
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Readers’ recipe swap: You’ve used this old-school cooking ingredient to create complex layers of flavour in spiced cakes, savoury dressings and rolls, and a fudgy treat
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Christmas will never be the same again for some customers after Nestlé replaces a toffee with a honeycomb-infused chocolate
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Collection shown by ‘the Madonna of fashion’ at Milan show was filled with riffs on feminine modernity
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Unstructured tailoring is still the focus, but with trousers swapped for slim bermuda shorts or neat, sarong-wrapped skirts
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With fashion week coverage dominated by Gigi Hadid, the most powerful brands are now to be found walking on the catwalks
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‘See-now, buy-now’ and virtual reality are in vogue as brands seek to engage with consumers beyond the catwalk
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Prada is embracing modernity – with a twist – in clothes that project intimacy but are also wearable
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Alessandro Michele, Milan fashion week’s golden boy, used a cryptic Nabokov quote to set the tone of an otherworldly show
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Anyone driving in the US will encounter kitsch diners and gaudy motels, but the roads are also lined with oddball museums and unique amusements – New Testament mini-golf anyone?
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The hot and cold of the ‘real’ American wilderness impressed the Guardian travel writer and photographer as he took in cold peaks and hot springs
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On the edge of the Catskills town of the same name, Phoenicia Diner looks like a film set, but there’s nothing unreal about the high-quality good-value food
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Dolphins jumping and a band playing a song of hers in an Irish bar set the tone for life in this fun and fabulous beachside neighbourhood of Los Angeles
regulars
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ExperienceExperienceExperience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I went into labourI had aches and pains and felt tired all the time. Drinking made me sick. But the doctors couldn’t find anything wrong
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Felicity Cloake's perfect recipesFelicity Cloake's perfect recipesHow to make the perfect fish fingersThere is no need to settle for frozen fish fingers. So should you fry, grill or bake? Stick with cod or swap in salmon? And do you serve them with mash or eat them in a sandwich?
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Sali Hughes on beautySali Hughes on beautyBeauty: Hot and bothered? Skin control products to keep you coolFrom drying down stickiness to ensuring makeup stays put beyond noon, concealers, tonics, CC creams and cleansers should help in a heatwave
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Swipe right - online dating for the real worldSwipe right - online dating for the real worldAsk Eva says goodbye: seven lessons I learned from answering your questionsI’m signing off after more than a year of helping you swipe right (or not), but first, here’s what I learned from being your electronic agony aunt
advice
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Problem solvedProblem solvedI want to make sure my tricky sister is doing the best for our motherMy elder sister has power of attorney for our mother, who has dementia, but I find her difficult to deal with – she keeps me in the dark. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
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Private livesPrivate livesMy partner has had an affair but blames me rather than accepting any responsibilityWe have two young children and I’m willing to change to rebuild the relationship, but he just keeps saying I’m an awful person and he was unhappy
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people
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The food and fitness phenomenon on his bestselling cookbooks, being ‘lean’, and why his life is all about online ‘content’
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With his name above a Michelin-starred door in Knightsbridge and a leading role on prime-time TV, is Marcus Wareing really happiest when he’s cooking at home?
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Stylist Lotta Volkova is the brains, the muse, the collaborator and the model of choice for Vetements, the cult eastern European designers currently shaping fashion. Meet the woman of the moment
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The singer, actor and broadcaster on dancing in the mirror, narrowly avoiding a deadly fall and her love of tennis
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the big picture
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A new exhibition looks at the social changes of the 1920s and how they were reflected in women’s clothes of the time
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