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Once the preserve of bodybuilders and sprinters, creatine is now being touted as everything from a brain booster to a healthy-ageing essential. But should we all be taking it? Not…

When my mother died, there was a four-year delay in achieving probate owing to financial complexities. During this time my father paid inheritance tax (IHT) on the advice of his solicitor,…

Every day, no matter what it brings with it, gives us at least three opportunities to clock out and have a moment of pure bliss. We’re talking about breakfast, lunch…

Hot weather during the summer can affect anyone, but some people run a greater risk of serious harm. Source link

Know the signs and what to do if someone is unwell in hot weather. Source link

After a fourth case of meningitis B has been confirmed in Reading, BBC South’s health correspondent Alastair Fee shares what you need to know. Source link

While the majority of children are either fostered, adopted or placed in legal children’s homes, local authorities have struggled to find homes for children with the most complex needs –…

Nine-thirty on a sunny Tuesday morning, and the platforms at Nice-Ville station are buzzing. Office workers nudge their way past backpackers, passengers clamber on to trains heading east to Monaco…

Much as I love bouillabaisse, I’ve never come across rascasse, the spiny Mediterranean rockfish that’s the backbone of Marseille’s signature dish, outside its homeland. Bourride, another southern French fish stew,…

You’re supposed to be quiet in the cinema. So why are the snacks so loud? Michael Rivera, London Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Readers reply Cinema chains turn a huge…

A few years back, my neighbor called to me from across the street. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate…

Polly Hudson’s piece on her relationship with her dad felt so poignant (My dad was far from perfect – but I live by the advice he gave me on his…

If you’ve ever watched your cat spend a day wreaking havoc in your home, you already know indoor cats face a battle with boredom. I remember one instance in which…

Your article on dogs was uncannily timely (‘She compared her dachshund to my newborn baby’: should you be able to take your dog everywhere?, 19 May). I have had a…

Georgia Quinn is adamant that Vietnam has been slept on as a holiday destination. The lifestyle-based content creator says she has loved the country since she first visited as a…

‘Turbulence test” trips are a “romantic travel trend” for new couples, according to US Vogue. The magazine spoke to two women who had decided to stress-test fledgling relationships with trips,…

The press conference for the Met Costume Institute’s spring exhibition is always a stately affair, but this year it was giving “feudal lady addresses her serfs” or perhaps “Marie Antoinette…

The bullying began shortly after my fifth birthday. My family had moved from Dorset to a small village in Buckinghamshire. I started a new school in September, just before my…

Lucia, 45 double quotation markI felt guilty because I love him and want to make him happy About five years ago, my libido was so low I thought if I…

Under a white marquee on Cannes’ Croisette beach, with the Mediterranean glistening behind him and superyachts drifting across the horizon, the director Darren Aronofsky addressed an audience of executives and…

The single mothers who met in the staffroom Lucy Crowe and Mikayla Jolley, London “There was an automatic trust between us,” Mikayla says of meeting Lucy. “It was instinctive.” The…

When I was 21, I went on a girls’ trip with university friends. Over dinner, one of the girls, who was known for being a liar, announced she had just…

This sounds like an old-fashioned, “take my mother-in-law” type joke, but is the antithesis of funny: one in five British people would swap their dad for a better model. This…

“These infections can cause severe complications, such as chronic pain and infertility and, in the case of syphilis, problems with the heart or nervous system,” said Bruno Ciancio, the head…

Tyler West opens up about his experience of school on Sort Your Life Out Unpacked. Source link

You might have heard the tip that eating local yoghurt as soon as your arrive on holiday can help your gut adjust to the new environment. But is it actually…

Bereaved families are calling for a national cardiac screening programme for over-14s Source link

The World Happiness Reports finds the more time spent on social media the greater loss of wellbeing. Source link

In 1981 the CD was born and so was I. Both arrivals were surprising and have drifted in and out of fashion ever since. As a baby, my majestic “chonk…

Jelly-like eyeballs are staring back at architect Anthony Burke as he approaches the ice-packed, fish displays in front of Claudio’s Seafoods in Sydney’s new fish market. Sand whiting, blue mackerel…