Lifestyle
Lifestyle
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Avoid anything that drips, spills, smells or flakes, and if you are really committed copy Nigella Lawson and keep condiments in your bedside table -
From warming up your voice to avoiding spillages, here are some tips for keeping up professional appearances
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From airline pants to the all-day dressing gown, these outfits are just the thing for those duvet-based video calls
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Soft mattresses and pillows are great for lounging, but after a full day’s work your back and shoulders will start to complain. These gentle exercises should help -
Using the bedroom as a workspace has its pitfalls, from a disturbed body clock to a dampened libido. But it doesn’t have to be that way
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The optics of this inauguration were serene, respectful and quietly joyous, with US designers centre stage
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Using Shakespeare plays, mum’s cooking and even Lego as inspiration, our tipsters – and their kids – have discovered ingenious ways not just of de-stressing, but of feeling more alive -
For this Asian-American novelist, soba noodles flecked with gold – real or not – embody new year traditions -
Travel vicariously through the arts, culture and cuisine that give the city its beauty and rhythm -
From rewilding to marine conservation, these breaks for later in the year have a restorative effect on nature – and holidaymakers, too
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What’s healthy but moreish, easy and adaptable enough to use up store-cupboard and crisper drawer bits? Homemade fish pie, that’s what -
Treat a piece of cauli as you would a piece of meat, add spices and marinade, or bake it into a pie -
A tasty, quick and healthy supper -
Lemons remind us of sunshine, and electrify both the senses and a simple, satisfying bowl of pasta
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We spoke to convicted hacker turned security consultant Kevin Mitnick to find out how to maintain your security online -
GPS art, or GPX, is a fitness and artistic activity where your movements, traced by GPS signals, become the paint on a city-sized canvas -
The naysayers said the user-written encyclopedia would never work. Now it boasts 55m articles and 1.7bn visitors a month
Regulars
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I judge every tea against four categories: zing, sparkle, colour and body. I taste at double strength, before spitting it out -
After more than a decade of writing life-changing advice, I know when to move on. Here’s what else I learned
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Her voice swings between self-consciously raspy and whisper-soft, with a hint of something not quite of this realm -
The future royal wore a trouser suit for her first official evening engagement with Prince Harry, ushering in a new kind of sartorial diplomacy
People
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The actor and comedian on being lazy, losing his cool and public shaming -
The actor, 47, on being an optimist, avoiding marriage advice and why other people make him anxious -
One of the most photographed British women of the 1980s talks about feminism, her abusive father and how she battled her fears to come out as gay -
Directing a new Black Mirror film gives Jodie Foster the chance to look back at her own upbringing. The Hollywood titan talks to Tim Adams
The big picture
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Heidi Alexander’s images of Greater Manchester traders had been sitting in storage since she took them in 1977 ... now they’re bringing a community back together
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