Lifestyle (UK) Five ways to care for your scalpThe Guardian - Amy Sedghi“The scalp is simply skin: it sweats, secretes sebum (oil) and sheds dead skin cells,” says Anabel Kingsley, a trichologist at Philip Kingsley. Eleanore Richardson, a trichologist at the Fulham Scalp Hair
Lifestyle (UK) How to protect your hearingThe Guardian - Gemma TwitchenThe biggest risk to hearing is noise. Over time, listening to loud music through headphones and going to gigs and clubs can damage your hearing. On public transport or a plane, it can be noisy and people
Lifestyle (UK) Tears, honesty and flirty games: how we escaped our married sex rutThe Guardian - Liz AllenWithin minutes I feel more in my body than I have for a long time. Relaxed. Grounded It’s usually when I have my head in the dishwasher that my husband will come up and say, “Hey love, do you fancy a tonight?”
Lifestyle (UK) Ornamentally barking up the right treeThe Guardian - James WongWhen it comes to picking out trees for small gardens, there are several attributes that jostle for top place on people’s wish lists: spring blossom, autumn colour and winter wildlife value to name just
Lifestyle (UK) The no-sex guide to intimacyThe Guardian - Emine SanerIf you think you can only experience intimacy through sex, you’re missing out. Eyes locking across a table, a reassuring squeeze from your partner, a deep and meaningful conversation with a friend – many
Chelsea Flower Show Hi-tech gardens bloom at London’s Chelsea Flower ShowThe Guardian - James TapperIf you only eat one or two meals a year that you’ve grown yourself then that has an impact Jody Lidgard, garden designer Weed is not a word often associated with the immaculate gardens of the Chelsea show.
Lifestyle (UK) The baby boy’s speech has suddenly exploded. But what is he saying?The Guardian - Séamas O’ReillyIt’s a marvel that, the better he gets at speaking, the better my wife and I become at understanding his every word After 10 months of patient silence, this week saw an explosion in my son’s vocabulary,
Lifestyle (UK) 'One of us knew roughly what to do' – six celebrities on losing their virginityThe Guardian - Joe Stone, Matthew Todd, and Alix FoxI lost my virginity late, in my early 20s. I was born and raised in India, which was very conservative, and I wasn’t going to do anything that my mother would kill me for. But maybe the bigger reason that
Menopause It’s time to talk about the menopause… and freedom at lastThe Guardian - Eva WisemanI get the aspirational image of a woman interested in walking in valleys, slow-cooking, and good conversation only The menopause comes,” says Kristin Scott Thomas’s character in Fleabag, “and it is the
Lifestyle (UK) Why a bad mistake at work can be good newsThe Guardian - Donna FergusonDon’t be in denial about your mistakes. The faster you fess up, the faster you'll recover Jonathan Aitken It’s a moment in his 14-year career as a headteacher that Simon Kidwell will never forget. “The
Lifestyle (UK) I’m 70, but I can’t stop my new partner from talking to other peopleThe Guardian - Mariella FrostrupI don’t like his assertion that you have 'psychological problems' The dilemma I am in my early 70s and met a wonderful man three years ago. He is a Spanish national and we have been away together on winter
Lifestyle (UK) Good gardening is also about good eatingThe Guardian - Allan JenkinsSpring barbecue, the tribal gathering. The collecting together of the allotment community after winter. Much strimming and sweeping of sheds and paths, cutting back overgrown spillage, sorting through
Lifestyle (UK) From the archive: a soldier’s eye view of the Falkland’s warThe Guardian - Chris HallThe diary of Charles Carty during the Falklands War was the cover story of the Observer Magazine of 17 October 1982 (‘The Sergeant-Major’s War’). It covered departure aboard the QE2 from Southampton to
Lifestyle (UK) Red ahead: the lip colour for everyoneThe Guardian - Funmi FettoI accept – as sacrilegious as it is – that some women simply don’t like red lipstick. What I won’t accept is that it doesn’t suit you. They come in a plethora of undertones (orange, pink, blue, wine) textures
Lifestyle (UK) Dolomites Bike Day: ‘Europe’s biggest traffic-free cycle ride’The Guardian - Martin LoveDolomites Bike Day When 16 June, 9am to 3pm Where Alta Badia, Italy Price Free, open to all Details dolomitesbikeday.it At the back of every cyclist’s mind is the worrying thought: ‘What if there is a
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Sudoku Observer sudokuThe Guardian Fill the grid using the numbers 1 to 9. Each number must appear just once in every row, column and 3x3 box. Buy next week’s Observer Digital Edition to see the completed puzzle.
Lifestyle (UK) The artist’s mews: small and perfect in DevonThe Guardian - Rachel WardAs an artist and interior designer, Gemma Dudgeon is used to transforming spaces on behalf of clients up and down the country. This studio apartment, however, proved a different challenge – one that involved
Cleaning How cleaning helped me rebuild what alcohol had ruinedThe Guardian - Michele KirschMy detoxing involved puking and crying – it did not spark joy After rehab, it was symbolic to clean other people’s houses If you’ve ever done a real detox off drugs and alcohol to get clean, the whole
Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Arquette: ‘I’ve got a reputation as a trouble maker’The Guardian - Ruth HuntmanMy childhood shaped the person I became. It was artistic, musical and left-wing. My parents were activists and my mother was hugely involved with the anti-Vietnam War protests. I’m a “take no shit” kind
Lifestyle (UK) 'I wanted to explore my own pleasure' – how I rebooted my sex lifeThe Guardian - Lucy-Anne HolmesOne night, I asked an actor friend if he might like to do some tantric sex with me. It wasn't my most articulate moment I recommend taking yourself on a sexual odyssey. For women, I would say there is
Lifestyle (UK) 'Step away from the porn': how to have hot sex at every ageThe Guardian - Alexandra JonesMore kissing, petting and fondling was found to cause an uptick in life enjoyment for older women – not intercourse “Nowadays many people start their sexual journey with porn,” says the sex educator and
Lifestyle (UK) Gardening tips: plant sun-loving ceanothusThe Guardian - Jane PerronePlant this Blue doesn’t come more dazzling than the Californian lilac (ceanothus). Spring-flowering members of this clan of sun-loving shrubs flourish when trained against a sheltered wall: try the evergreen
Lifestyle (UK) Scented pelargoniums – blooming perfect for patiosThe Guardian - Lia LeendertzOn open days at Offham House in Lewes, East Sussex, the greenhouse is a sea of competing scents: mint, rose, citrus and spice. “Most of the time it smells perfectly lovely,” says head gardener Jo Crispin.
Play buttonLifestyle (UK) The truth about sex: we are not getting enoughThe Guardian - Rose GeorgeMillennials are having less sex than their parents; young people, we are told, are in a 'sex drought' We owe a lot to the sex lives of Greeks. Ancient Greece gave us the origins of the names and concepts
Composting How to reuse old compostThe Guardian - Alys FowlerIt’s time to attend to the pots in your life, particularly those that contain half-dead (or completely dead) remains. It is entirely possible to reuse old compost: the books tell you not to, but they assuming
Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West name fourth child PsalmThe Guardian - Guardian staffKim Kardashian West and her husband, the musician Kanye West, have named their new child Psalm after its recent birth via surrogate. Kardashian West posted a picture of the boy on social media with the
Lifestyle (UK) Judith Kerr: ‘I like drinking dregs of whisky from the night before’The Guardian - Rosanna GreenstreetBorn in Berlin, Kerr, 95, fled the Nazis in 1933 and settled in England at the age of 12. She studied at the Central School of Art and Design and worked as a BBC scriptwriter. In 1968 she published her
Sexuality Are you happy in bed? Take the sex testThe Guardian - Relate counsellorsWhen was the last time you audited your sex life? Many of us go through life without really considering how much pleasure we’re getting. Or perhaps you worry that you’re not “doing it right” – not having
