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The GuardianLifestyle (UK) From wonky tables to broken printers: how to solve the most irritating household problems The Guardian - Emine SanerThe lockdown is a good opportunity to learn to repair some commonly broken items. Not only do many of us have more time on our hands than usual, but shops are closed so we can’t easily replace items, many
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Why having the right quiz answer doesn't make you a winner The Guardian - Séamas O’ReillyI begin by being ‘a bit grabby with the pen’, before graduating to ‘full-on megalomaniac psychopath’ Like any couple who’ve been together for more than a decade, my wife and I are quite frank about the
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) A bride, a groom and a booking … but no big day for lovers in lockdown The Guardian - Nigel BunyanAcross Britain, would-be newlyweds are frantically making adjustments to wedding plans thrown into disarray by the worldwide pandemic. Some are rescheduling for later in the year, hoping that the lockdown
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Enjoy the great outdoors – from the inside The Guardian - James WongAs a botanist, I am fascinated by the growing body of scientific evidence of the powerful and positive impact that simply being around plants can have on mental and physical health. From reducing healing
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Butter, pasta, massage guns… The strange world of lockdown essentials The Guardian - Emma BeddingtonThere’s a salutary jolt to the system in having to wait and wait for a bag of penne So perhaps, if we stay alert and follow Mr Johnson’s absolutely infallible multicoloured plan, the shops will open soon.
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Ariel Dorfman: ‘Reading together is a way of enjoying new experiences’ The Guardian - Michael SegalovAre you an early riser? I only sleep six hours a night, but Angélica, my wife, needs almost double. During the week I’m up at 5am to write, but on weekends I no longer work, after years of overdoing it.
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Spuds you’ll like: the first earlies are nearly ready The Guardian - Allan JenkinsOur potatoes are growing, purple and metal-green leaf covered over in the trench where magic happens. It won’t be long now. A couple of weeks or so until our primal root crop is ready. Literal buried unearthing
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) From the archive: Elvis remembered, 1980 The Guardian - Chris HallHe had the puppy-dog face of sensual pubescence, his lips were pouting and sulky In 1980, the veteran journalist and screenwriter Ray Connolly examined the Elvis phenomenon in an insightful but melancholic
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Take a brow: strong eyes make all the difference The Guardian - Funmi FettoCan’t be bothered with makeup? I get that. Seems pointless when your audience is mainly colleagues on Zoom with a dodgy internet connection (no one notices immaculate contouring on frozen screens.) Still,
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) I have a comfortable life, but worry I have done nothing with it The Guardian - Mariella FrostrupThe dilemma I’m 45, with a strong marriage, two kids and a good financial situation (thanks to my husband). I’ve had many different jobs over the years, but retrained in another profession last year and
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The GuardianLifestyle (UK) How we stay together: 'If he wouldn't dance, it wouldn't have worked' The Guardian - Alexandra SpringNames: Alexandra Garcia Marrugo and Pedro De La Rosa Years together: 29 Occupations: Lecturer and engineer She was young and in love but when the then 15-year-old Alexandra Garcia Marruggo discovered 18-year-old
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Rhapsody in blue: a Milanese apartment The Guardian - Scarlett ConlonMilan’s Sforza Castle may not be as well known as its Teatro alla Scala or Duomo, but it is one of the Italian city’s proudest monuments. In the mid-1400s the Duke of Milan, Francesco I Sforza, transformed
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) An A to Z of old words to calm and inspire hope The Guardian - Paul Anthony JonesBack in the 1600s, laetificate meant to lift someone’s spirits Adopted from French, retrouvailles literally means 'refinding' Like language, our emotions are universal and whatever fears and anxieties
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Patrick Grant: ‘If you own a business you have to be an optimist’ The Guardian - Katherine HassellMy earliest memory is giving myself a haircut before my first day of school. I was so fastidious about how I looked. There’s a photo of me in my blazer beaming. My tie’s perfect and right in the V of jumper.
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Two wheels good … Bike sales soar as UK takes to cycling The Guardian - Sarah Butler and Miles BrignallThere are few high street businesses reporting bumper trade in the coronavirus lockdown, but bicycle shops are selling out as soon as new stock is delivered and are swamped with demand to overhaul old
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) How to grow chicory The Guardian - Alys FowlerThe taste of bitter greens, swirled into the holy trinity of garlic, olive oil and chilli pepper to make cicoria ripassata alla Romano, is one of those simple yet delicious dishes we all need right now.
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) A letter to my post-lockdown self: ‘Keep listening to the birds’ The Guardian - James Graham, Bernardine Evaristo, Julian Baggini, Mark O’Connell, Helen Ward, Hugh PymMany people are enthusiastically predicting that community is back, that greed is out. I’m not so sure Say thank you to your hairdresser and mean it. I’m serious. You always do, I know, but use this opportunity
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Which director turned down The Godfather, Chinatown and The Exorcist? The Weekend quiz The Guardian - Thomas Eaton1 What is unusual about the Nancy Pearl action figure toy? 2 Which director turned down The Godfather, Chinatown and The Exorcist? 3 Cinnabar is the main ore of which metal? 4 Which sport is played by
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Blind date: 'My sister delivered pizza like a character from Downton Abbey' The GuardianWhat were you hoping for? At best, the plot of a new Netflix original romcom. At worst, a money-can’t-buy “What did you do during lockdown?” story. First impressions? Pixelated. I couldn’t make out basic
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Tim Dowling: A parcel arrives for me. It's a tasty insect medley The Guardian - Tim DowlingOf my two big lockdown projects, one is well ahead of schedule: the iron table legs I am restoring have been stripped and primed, and are ready to paint, fully two weeks before the delivery date for the
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The GuardianLifestyle (UK) I struggle with handwashing. Will my son inherit my OCD? The Guardian - Annalisa BarbieriA few years ago, I sought help for my obsessive-compulsive disorder, which I could trace back to when I was about 14. I did CBT, which I found positive and helpful. I have a son who is now two years old,
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Have you been living in lockdown with a brand new partner? The Guardian - Guardian community teamThe pandemic has changed all our relationships, but we would like to hear from people in new ones (specifically those who had been with their partner for a month or less before lockdown) about how they
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) Experience: I’m stranded in a ghost town The Guardian - Brent UnderwoodI got a text from a friend at 2am one night in the summer of 2018. It said: “Wanna buy a ghost town?” I thought it was a weird joke, but I clicked on the link and started reading about Cerro Gordo. It
The GuardianLifestyle (UK) While my wife home schools, I've become Fun Dad. But am I too fun? The Guardian - Romesh RanganathanMy wife received a text from a friend recently, asking her to thank me for something I had said about home schooling. My wife told me this, and followed up with the question: “What the hell do you know
