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Well, actually

Living a good life in a complex world

Well Actually

  • millennial illo

    ‘Will I ever retire?’
    Millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age

  • Crowd of abstract diverse adult people in modern vibrant flat colors

    What is social health?
    The little-known idea that could make all the difference

    Research has proven that social health – wellbeing that comes from connection – is as essential as food and water, but it is vastly underappreciated
  • A young girl sits at the airport next to her suitcase as she looks out the window at the plane.

    Are you a precrastinator?
    The opposite of procrastinating has its downsides

    Putting things off can cause issues – but rushing to complete a task can cost you too
  • Food Stamp<br>$1 Food Coupon. Grunge and textured details. Issued first in 1989. Same monetary value as U.S. currency but can only be used to buy food. Given by the government to people in need. Serial number has been altered, to protect the poor.

    Why did I cry when I was approved for $271 of food stamps this month?

  • Woman applying sunblock cream on her shoulder.

    A guide to safe US sunscreens – and the ingredients to avoid

  • Two images side by side: one of a selfie of a woman wearing a blue button-down shirt, and the other of a man and woman sitting by the water at night

    At 46, I had no partner, no children. So I spent a month pursuing pleasure in Paris

  • Two women jog down stairs by a modernist building.

    The debate: is working out with other people beneficial?

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Reclaim your brain

The toolkit

  • 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

  • Fragrant plants are beautiful and smell good.

    Good scents
    Five eco-friendly ways to make your home smell great

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Columns

  • Graphic illustration of naked woman with one pant leg on, in shades of red, peach, light blue and olive.

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    No sex drive and a ‘tanking libido’: how I redefined intimacy in midlife

  • illustration of a woman holding a tablet with posts in the air around her saying things like 'ur cancelled'

    Why am I like this?
    Everyone’s so intolerant online. Am I right to stay silent?

  • ‘Take a fraction of what you’d spend on Le Labo Rose 31 and buy yourself a bouquet; meditate on your own impermanence as it wilts.’

    Ask Ugly
    Signature scents are deeply appealing – but how else can I express ‘the self’?

  • An illustration of a female stretched across in her living room holding an iPad-like device watching a show

    Halfway there: a column about midlife
    How brilliant female British TV detectives helped me understand myself

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Health & wellbeing

  • Natacha Gray sitting in her wheelchair.

    ‘A 30-second walk would exhaust me beyond reason’: Natacha’s life with long Covid

  • Nell Frizzell

    Face like a partially melted candle? There’s an exercise for that

    Nell Frizzell
    • Phil Daoust with his staffie cross Sienna.

      The loneliness trap: it is said to be as bad as smoking. So will it shorten my lifespan?

    • Portrait of Hannah Fletcher.

      Is there asbestos in your makeup? Why women with cancer are suing big beauty brands

    • Marjolein Robertson standing in front of a wall hanging with colourful circular pattern.

      The period that almost killed me: ‘My mam was told, if you take her home, she won’t last the night’

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Relationships

  • ‘Even with this freedom I feel lost'.

    I want love and intimacy – but I am struggling with my sexual identity

  • An illustration of a newlywed couple posing for photographs at their wedding as guests look on.

    Wedding wars! How photographers took over – and vicars fought back

  • Rory and Deborah

    The moment I knew: I scrawled down my home number but it was illegible – then he called my office

  • Meredith on Harry's shoulders, both having fun

    This is how we do it: ‘We were both anxious when we met, but our sex life is a lot of fun now’

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Food

  • Alice Zaslavsky’s orange vegetable soup

    Orange crush: Alice Zaslavsky’s one-tray roast pumpkin, sweet potato and carrot soup recipe

  • Felicity Cloake's Borani

    How to make the perfect borani – recipe

  • OM Nigel Mango Passionfruit

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for mango and passion fruit fool

  • Thomasina Miers' smoky caesar with fried croutons.

    Thomasina Miers’ recipes for summer salads

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Puzzles

  • Inside No 9 - Boo to a Goose

    Crossword blog
    ‘Better to escape than delete’ – Guardian crossword setter Sphinx returns

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,413

    • Quick crosswords
      Quick crossword No 16,886

    • Sudoku
      Sudoku 6,520 medium

    • Prize crosswords
      Prize crossword No 29,410

    • Killer sudoku
      Killer sudoku 922

    • Thomas Eaton
      Which Oxford philosopher devised the trolley problem? The Saturday quiz

    • Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
      Did you solve it? Do you think like an engineer?

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