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Well, actually

Living a good life in a complex world

Well Actually

  • illustration of three cartons of different kinds of milks

    Soy, oat, almond, rice: which alternative milk is healthiest?

    The best choice depends on your needs and preferences, say experts – here’s how to pick the one for your lifestyle
  • An illustration showing a person doing various activities such as running, yoga, weightlifting and playing pickleball.

    You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why

  • yellow clocks standing and a fallen red clock

    When does daylight saving time end and how do I adapt?

  • A piece of chocolate in a petri dish

    I tried lab-grown chocolate. Could it be the future of Halloween?

  • illustration of person wearing sports gear, kneeling next to football

    Why am I like this?
    I’m terrible on the field. But my amateurism might actually have benefits

  • Man and woman on beach in deckchairs holding hands

    Tell us: have you fallen in love this year?

  • A woman in a Sim-version of her life where the bubbles are chores she must complete in her house: 'Answer emails', 'water plants', 'change sheets'

    I tried to not procrastinate for a week. Here’s what helped the most

  • The secrets of sleep
    You were asleep but swear you weren’t: what is paradoxical insomnia?

  • Deception

    ‘His teeth flew out of his mouth and landed in my spaghetti’: 10 first date horror stories

Columns

  • ‘We’ve collectively flushed $85.6bn down the toilette this year, cost of living crisis be damned.’

    Ask Ugly
    I’m sensitive to the scents my children’s friend brings into the house. What do I do?

  • Graphic illustration of two people - one in a party hat looking at a laptop, and one sucking on a drink looking at the other person.

    Why am I like this?
    I need to send a difficult email. Will a ‘forcing party’ help me stop procrastinating?

  • ASKUGLY VAGINAFACIAL LOLABELTRAN 010925

    Ask Ugly
    Does my vagina really need a ‘facial’?

  • Graphic of man and woman sitting at table with red circles on their cheeks

    Why am I like this?
    Is my friend mad at me or am I just insecure?

How to start

  • An illustration of a man in pyjamas flying

    Fly around or make out with your crush: how to start lucid dreaming

  • illustration of black dog against blue background, with thought bubble next to dog

    How to train your dog – and not lose your mind

  • An illustration depicting how to do push-ups.

    ‘The most underrated movement in fitness’: how to do a proper push-up

  • HOW TO START COOKING holasoyka

    Get a sharp knife, season properly and don’t do too much at once: how to start cooking

Health & wellbeing

  • Kelly Rose Bradford playing the recorder

    The one change that worked: I struggled with stress after work – until I made a discovery in my attic

  • Cottage cheese in a rustic bowl

    Pancakes, cheesecakes, dips, breads, mousses and … ice-cream? 17 mostly delicious ways with cottage cheese

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Am I a type A personality - and should I care?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Woman eating oysters

    The £1 oyster: cut-price shellfish is all the rage – but is eating it advisable?

Relationships

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

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

  • Michael and Adinia in front of Flinders Street station in Melbourne, 2019.

    The moment I knew: I was riffling through my sudoku book when I saw a message on puzzle 239

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

  • Lily Allen pictured during her marriage to David Harbour

    ‘It’s risky business emotionally’: the social shift towards open relationships

Reclaim your brain

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    You have one life. Do you really want to spend it looking at your phone?

  • A hand escaping a phone screen on a green background

    ‘I read 35 books this year!’: the Guardian readers who cut their phone use in 2024

  • illustration of everyday items and arrows to an iphone

    You don’t need a smartphone: a practical, personal guide to downgrading your device

  • Students prep for lunchtime at Buxton boarding school, which banned smartphones on campus.

    What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation

Food

  • Leek croquettes on a plate with lemon wedges

    Have a ball! Three recipes for Greek croquettes by Meni Valle

  • Kylee Newton Leftovers sandwich

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

  • Georgina Hayden’s leek and comte croques.

    Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for leek and comté croques

  • Samin Nosrat’s chicken braised with apricots and harissa.

    Stewy chickpeas with squash and chicken braised with apricots: Samin Nosrat’s recipes for cooking with harissa

Puzzles

  • Actress Prunella Scales, circa 1982

    Crossword blog
    Crossword editor’s desk: Prunella, Randolph and Mortimer

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,844

  • Quick crosswords
    Quick crossword No 17,317

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 7,095 medium

  • Prize crosswords
    Prize crossword No 29,841

  • Killer sudoku
    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

  • Young latin man shrugging shoulders expressing doubt and confusion on blue backgroundUncertain young man shrugging with a confused expression, unsure about something, against a vibrant blue backdrop

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

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