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  • Grand Designs Australia host Anthony Burke

    Away with Anthony Burke: ‘We did yoga twice a day and listened to the monkeys and elephants at night’

  • Ultimate custard

    Welcome to January’s Observer Food Monthly

    Welcome to January’s Observer Food Monthly
  • Salt ‘n’ pepper chips The Potato Book Poppy O'Toole

    Salt ’n’ pepper chips, hash brown bhaji, hot honey and bacon mash – Poppy O’Toole’s potato recipes

    From chef to social-media sensation, the queen of spuds celebrates ‘the glory’ of the humble potato
  • Dried mint: ‘just a teaspoon can immediately change a dish.’

    Meliz Berg’s secret ingredient: dried mint

  • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    What does the inauguration’s authoritarian-chic fashion tell us? Designers are suddenly eager to dress the Trumps

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • A family on the lawn at Court House Farm

    Three generations, one Tudor manor and some light trauma: a multi-generational break in Somerset

  • OM Nigel Pork Sherry Soy

    Nigel Slater’s recipes for pork with ginger, and baked butternut with bacon

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Well Actually

  • A group of women sitting around a table doing various activities such as reading, knitting, etc

    How do I stay healthy in my 60s?

  • illustration of colourful chairs and a couch

    ‘Be picky’: how to start therapy

    Consider what kind of therapist you’d like to work with – and keep searching until you find the right fit
  • an illustration of a man with a manifying glass inspecting a young woman

    My father had plastic surgery. Now he wants me and my mother to get work done

    The cosmetics industry has been reeling men into its multibillion-dollar empire in recent years, writes advice columnist Jessica DeFino
  • composite image of cut-out black and white legs on red background

    I clock up to 20,000 steps a night: my life with restless legs syndrome

  • A sweating person with hair strands falling on their face looks uncomfortable as they hold their forehead while sitting up in bed

    Hot flashes and mood swings: why perimenopausal symptoms get misdiagnosed – and how to treat them

  • Illustration of a person throwing coins into a jar

    ‘The dreaded B-word’: how to start budgeting

  • An illustration where three figures are discernible - a man and two women, one of whom is wearing a green hat

    Can’t stop thinking about your partner’s ex? You’re not alone

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Columns

  • illustration of a person sitting by their two children, holding a white envelope

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    Writing my will sent me into an existential spiral

  • An illustration of someone taking a photo of a woman on a cellphone

    Ask Ugly
    Photos of myself make me shudder in horror. Does that mean I’m hideous?

  • An illustration of a girl reading a book titled 'Being That Girl'

    Ask Ugly
    I want to ignore beauty culture. But I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t look a certain way

  • An illustration of a person sitting and holding a rolled up piece of paper while wearing colorful patterned baggy clothes

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    Forget ‘flattering’: comfortable clothes make me feel most like myself

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The toolkit

  • Illustration of two hands with thumbs and index fingers forming a circle, a scale and geometric shapes.

    How to start
    ‘The only thing you need is your own mind’: how to start meditating

  • a person smokes cannabis

    California sober
    What does it mean and is it good for you?

  • Colourful flat lay view of different types of sliced fruits and vegetables on a pink background.

    The 30-plant challenge
    Experts say we need to eat 30 plants a week. This is how I fared

  • Black cup of coffee on the black and brown table among spilled roasted coffee beans.

    Coffee
    How much coffee is OK for me to drink in a day? I asked the experts

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Fashion

  • Donald Trump kisses his wife during his inauguration

    Designers ‘afraid’ of getting on Trump’s wrong side … and still put Melania in that hat

    Fashion industry cosying up to new president over fears his ire – and tariffs – could snip profits, critics claim
  • Close up shot of woman with facial mask in bathroom. Beautiful female doing beauty treatment after bath.<br>HAHCWW Close up shot of woman with facial mask in bathroom. Beautiful female doing beauty treatment after bath.

    Hydrating face masks: 10 of the best

  • Composite of the slimmer trouser trend with three male models wearing Tod's, Prada and Paul Smith

    The return of skinny jeans? Men’s catwalks suggest wide-legged trousers are out and calf-huggers back in

  • Dior’s British designer Kim Jones awarded knighthood in Paris

  • Burberry bounces back after 4% drop in sales over Christmas quarter

  • The rule of thirds: a beginner’s guide to transforming your look

  • Go to Lidl, grab a pen and shrink your jumper – nine next-to-nothing menswear styling hacks from the catwalks

  • How the ‘forever tote’ became the It bag du jour

  • Paul Smith uses dad’s photography to inspire Paris fashion week show

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Hometown tour

  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • Two men on either side of a bar.

    A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects inventory in a display unit in a furniture store.

    A local’s travel guide to Washington DC: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • The art deco district in Miami Beach, Florida.

    A local’s guide to Miami: What to eat, see and do in three days

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Food & drink

  • Lara Lee's ikan bakar – fish in a marinade.

    Lara Lee’s recipe for ikan bakar, or Balinese-style baked fish

  • Felicity Cloake's spring rolls.

    How to make spring rolls – recipe

  • Meera Sodha's Ethiopian tikil gomen with yeasted pancakes.

    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Ethiopian cabbage and potato stew with yeasted pancakes

  • Tom Hunt’s orange, almond and breadcrumb cake

    How to use up old bread in a brilliantly fruity North African cake – recipe

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Technology

  • People dine outside in old town of Gdansk, Poland, as other cycle past

    Convenient or intrusive? How Poland has embraced digital ID cards

  • a composite showing two men making fascist salutes

    How the roots of the ‘PayPal mafia’ extend to apartheid South Africa

    Elon Musk grew up with the privileges of a stratified racial order and Peter Thiel lived in a city that venerated Hitler
  • Trump attends a candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington<br>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez and Elon Musk attend a candlelight dinner hosted by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. U.S., January 19, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria REFILE - CORRECTING "AMAZON CEO JEFF BEZOS" TO "AMAZON FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS"

    ‘The reign of terror is over’: my weird weekend partying with the triumphant tech right

    As Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg gathered for Trump’s inauguration, crypto diehards and members of the Paypal Mafia celebrated a new era for the Magaverse

    Advice

    • Pensioner on a wooden bench at the lake<br>EC4TYP Pensioner on a wooden bench at the lake

      Ask Philippa
      I’ve lost contact with my mother and feel I’m the family pariah

      Is there room for a more exploratory – rather than confrontational – dialogue?
    • Private Lives illo 7 Sept 2020

      Private lives
      My teenage son shows no interest in school

      I’ve tried being as encouraging as possible, but nothing seems to work. And now I’m worried his younger siblings will follow in his footsteps

    The big picture

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      The edit: the best pyjamas – in pictures

      Turn bedtime into a treat with a pair of gloom-busting PJs
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