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The one change that worked: I grew my own vegetables – and suddenly stopped wasting food 500-422

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The one change that worked: I grew my own vegetables – and suddenly stopped wasting food

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From calendar-keeping to cooking, for years, my hyper-organised personality crept into every corner of my life. I...

Is it true that … you need to lift heavy weights to build muscle mass? 500-414

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Is it true that … you need to lift heavy weights to build muscle mass?

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Scroll through social media for muscle-building advice and the message is often clear: go to the gym;...

A new start after 60: I became a dancer at 68 – and will perform my first solo show at 82 500-404

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A new start after 60: I became a dancer at 68 – and will perform my first solo show at 82

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At 82, Christine Thynne is an emerging artist. “Risk! There’s a colossal amount of risk,” Thynne says....

The kindness of strangers: out of the blue, an older woman handed me a well-thumbed book 500-344

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The kindness of strangers: out of the blue, an older woman handed me a well-thumbed book

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A couple of years ago, I decided to improve myself physically and mentally. I did that by...

Readers reply: when did people start going on holiday? 500-330

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Readers reply: when did people start going on holiday?

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When did people start going on holiday? Valentina Otero, Mexico City Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Readers...

I wallowed in booze for four decades. Here’s what five sober years have taught me 500-329

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I wallowed in booze for four decades. Here’s what five sober years have taught me

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Everyone needs a hobby, and for 40 years mine was booze. I was 17 when I drank...

Nish Kumar looks back: ‘My parents had to bribe me with Crunchies and Batman pens to stay in school’ 500-328

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Nish Kumar looks back: ‘My parents had to bribe me with Crunchies and Batman pens to stay in school’

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InteractiveNish Kumar in 1991 and 2025. Main portrait: Pål Hansen. Styling: Andie Redman. Grooming: Neusa Neves at...

Is sarcasm the lowest form of wit? If not, what is? 500-327

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Is sarcasm the lowest form of wit? If not, what is?

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Is sarcasm the lowest form of wit? If not, what is? Jason Frank, Cumbria Post your answers...

‘They ate my ex’s furniture!’: people on their drastic divorce decisions, from training huskies to getting plastic surgery 500-311

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‘They ate my ex’s furniture!’: people on their drastic divorce decisions, from training huskies to getting plastic surgery

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She had green eyes that “could see through walls”, Chris remembers, not unruefully. When he and his...

Dining across the divide: ‘Wait a minute, you vote Reform and you read the Guardian?’ 500-309

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Dining across the divide: ‘Wait a minute, you vote Reform and you read the Guardian?’

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Michael, 35, Andover Occupation Engineering manager Voting record Generally a small-c conservative, has voted Tory in every...

Knife throwing and cheeseburger spinning: the agony and ecstasy of being a viral trickshot video star 500-288

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Knife throwing and cheeseburger spinning: the agony and ecstasy of being a viral trickshot video star

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For much of the month of June 2023, David and Daniel Hulett sat in their parents’ basement...

I lost my hearing in one ear and I’m worried I won’t find a new job 500-287

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I lost my hearing in one ear and I’m worried I won’t find a new job

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I am a 50-year-old man. After a long-term disease, I had my inner ear removed, and then lost...

The moment I knew: moving so far and so fast wasn’t in my character but it just felt right 500-271

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The moment I knew: moving so far and so fast wasn’t in my character but it just felt right

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In December 2024 I arrived in Sydney ready for an adventure. A friend was getting married in...

I’ve moved 28 times in my lifetime. This is the story of a new America 500

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I’ve moved 28 times in my lifetime. This is the story of a new America

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My special talent: I can survey any room in a house and accurately estimate how many cardboard...

He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient? 500-216

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He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient?

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When the air ambulance brought Jim Ashworth-Beaumont to King’s College hospital in south-east London, nobody thought he...

‘As if we’re real guests’: the startup selling strangers invitations to weddings 500-214

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‘As if we’re real guests’: the startup selling strangers invitations to weddings

business-street Posted on 2 days ago

When Jennifer, an actor, visited a Paris wedding fair with her future husband as they planned their...

‘This vertical city is so dense, the only way to build is up’: Victor Cheng’s best phone picture 500-213

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‘This vertical city is so dense, the only way to build is up’: Victor Cheng’s best phone picture

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Victor Cheng describes his adopted city as “organised chaos”. The photographer, originally from Toronto but now based...

Can bears swing upside down and what colour is electricity? The kids’ quiz 500-195

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Can bears swing upside down and what colour is electricity? The kids’ quiz

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Esther, 6, asks: can bears swing upside down? Yes! They even sleep upside down like bats No,...

Which food was first sold at Fortnum & Mason in 1886? The Saturday quiz 500-193

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Which food was first sold at Fortnum & Mason in 1886? The Saturday quiz

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The questions 1 Bill Grundy regretted asking whom to “say something outrageous”?2 In 2018, who became the...

Blind date: ‘The karaoke host got the crowd to chant “kiss, kiss, kiss”. We couldn’t let the people down…’ 500-189

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Blind date: ‘The karaoke host got the crowd to chant “kiss, kiss, kiss”. We couldn’t let the people down…’

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Alex on Zoe What were you hoping for?At best, to meet my future wife. At worst, free...

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