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What links Baby Reindeer, Fleabag and Taskmaster? The Saturday quiz

From Execution, Greenland and West India to Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s ‘Frankfurt’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Thomas Eaton4d ago

Blind date: ‘Bizarrely, she suddenly realised she knew my daughter’

Don, 76, who works in TV and film, meets Claire, 63, a counselling charity manager

4d ago

Tim Dowling: my twice-daily baths are giving me a sinking feeling

It’s raining in our hallway. Could my louche bathing regime be behind the showers?

Tim Dowling4d ago

The unsettling rise of cat seducers: ‘My little companion was missing – and I was consumed with anger’

Has your cat been gaining weight and staying out at night, only to arrive home reeking of marijuana? These are just some of the signs that a neighbour is trying to entice them away ...

Elle Hunt4d ago

Good riddance to those dull Sundays that Tony Hancock and I loathed

Letters: Sundays in the 1950s are remembered by Bob Waring and Martin Cooper

4d ago

Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’ – and enjoy life more

The pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefits

Rebecca Cope4d ago

Will we have to choose different plants for hotter, drier summers?

Increasing heatwaves mean we need to rethink what we grow. The good news? You can still go cottagecore

Alice Vincent5d ago

Experience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I gave birth

There’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTime

Aubrie Morris5d ago

My dad died suddenly with no will. Am I morally obliged to share his estate with my estranged half-sibling?

It’s kind of you to wonder if you should change the way things were left, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But it’s possible his preference is already clear

Eleanor Gordon-Smith5d ago

Have you rediscovered a childhood hobby as an adult? We’d like to hear from you

Have you found yourself returning to a hobby, activity or pastime you loved when you were younger?

Guardian community team6d ago

What’s your best secondhand fashion find? Share your photos

For Second Hand September, tell us about your favourite preloved clothes and accessories

Guardian community team6d ago

Tell us: have you joined a group or club to make new friends as an adult?

We’d like to hear from people who have taken steps to build new friendships and find a sense of community as an adult

Guardian community team6d ago

You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop letting the recycling pile up?

Robin keeps used packaging on the kitchen ledge. Benny thinks that’s unhygienic. You decide who’s talking rubbish

Interviews by Georgina Lawton6d ago

Thursday news quiz: Stolen jewels, breakdancing fools and a car that’s breaking the rules

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

Martin Belam6d ago

‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T

He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?

Simon Hattenstone6d ago

I used to think I was an ambivalent mother, then my child started to stutter

I snapped at my children. Resented daily pickup. But I was there when he needed me, and my perception of myself completely changed

Bridie Jabour6d ago

‘If he can make money in a tyranny, that’s fine by him’: Francis Fukuyama on Trump, democracy – and changing his mind

The political thinker became famous for declaring the triumph of liberal democracy. Thirty-seven years on, he explains what he really meant and why he made the rare journey from right to left

Jonathan Freedland2 Sept

A moment that changed me: I had a panic attack on public transport – and it led me to a horrifying secret

For a decade I lived with a fear so bad that I once tried to climb out of a tube carriage while it was in motion. Then a hypnotherapist told me to ask my parents one very important question

Mike McNally, as told to Farryn Stock2 Sept

£4,000 for a teddy bear?! How cuddly toys became luxury items

Designs by Louis Vuitton, suits by Savile Row: these are not your run-of-the-mill teddies. But who’s buying them?

31 Aug

Ultramarathon runners train for months, sometimes years. But what happens when they don’t finish a race?

DNF stands for ‘did not finish’ – the acronym no ultrarunner wants assigned to their race result. For amateurs, DNFing is loaded with emotion – but attrition rates are extremely common

Jane Davies31 Aug

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Lifestyle stories

What links Baby Reindeer, Fleabag and Taskmaster? The Saturday quiz

Blind date: ‘Bizarrely, she suddenly realised she knew my daughter’

Tim Dowling: my twice-daily baths are giving me a sinking feeling

The unsettling rise of cat seducers: ‘My little companion was missing – and I was consumed with anger’

Good riddance to those dull Sundays that Tony Hancock and I loathed

Chat to strangers and let your kids be bored: how to embrace a ‘slow September’ – and enjoy life more

Will we have to choose different plants for hotter, drier summers?

Experience: I didn’t know I was pregnant until I gave birth

My dad died suddenly with no will. Am I morally obliged to share his estate with my estranged half-sibling?

Have you rediscovered a childhood hobby as an adult? We’d like to hear from you

What’s your best secondhand fashion find? Share your photos

Tell us: have you joined a group or club to make new friends as an adult?

You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop letting the recycling pile up?

Thursday news quiz: Stolen jewels, breakdancing fools and a car that’s breaking the rules

‘I don’t chase the dollar. I never did’: the astonishing hidden life of Mr T

I used to think I was an ambivalent mother, then my child started to stutter

‘If he can make money in a tyranny, that’s fine by him’: Francis Fukuyama on Trump, democracy – and changing his mind

A moment that changed me: I had a panic attack on public transport – and it led me to a horrifying secret

£4,000 for a teddy bear?! How cuddly toys became luxury items

Ultramarathon runners train for months, sometimes years. But what happens when they don’t finish a race?

Leicestershire v Somerset, Nottinghamshire v Hampshire, and more: county cricket, day two – live

England v Pakistan, third men’s cricket Test, day one – live

UK ‘showing leadership’ with West Bank sanctions, says Burnham as he faces Badenoch at PMQs – politics live

‘Their boat was sinking’: RNLI vows to keep rescuing asylum seekers despite attacks

How progressives are harnessing anger and frustration to steal young voters from Republicans

EU unveils ‘buy European’ public procurement rules to counter China