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Well, actually

Living a good life in a complex world

Well Actually

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    The secrets of sleep
    Do you grind your teeth at night? Here’s what to do

    Grinding is fun on the dancefloor, but not on your teeth. If you do, you might have sleep bruxism
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    Are little treats feeling less exciting? Here’s how to harness small joys

  • Painting of black and white cat curled up on upholstered blue and white chair.

    The secrets of sleep
    My pet sleeps all day and all night. Is that normal?

  • LOL speech bubble in a trash can

    Why do I use LOL so much in my texts?

  • Painting of people socializing over drinks

    Want more friends? A better social life? Be like my 85-year-old buddy Gerry

  • Couple holding hands and texting on the smart phone

    Tell us about your bad first date experiences

  • An image of a woman with her head on a pillow, her eyes are open and roving

    The secrets of sleep
    Why do I keep waking up at 2am – and how do I get back to sleep?

  • a crowd of formally dressed men surround a woman in a dress

    I don’t like dating apps – I went to a ‘flirting party’ instead

  • pills on a table

    What is leucovorin, the drug the FDA approved to treat autism?

Columns

  • Graphic illustration of two people - one in a party hat looking at a laptop, and one sucking on a drink looking at the other person.

    Why am I like this?
    I need to send a difficult email. Will a ‘forcing party’ help me stop procrastinating?

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    Ask Ugly
    Does my vagina really need a ‘facial’?

  • Graphic of man and woman sitting at table with red circles on their cheeks

    Why am I like this?
    Is my friend mad at me or am I just insecure?

  • Graphic of woman in red and purple holding drink

    Ask Ugly
    My scar makes beach outings an ordeal. How can I care less about it?

How to start

  • illustration of black dog against blue background, with thought bubble next to dog

    How to train your dog – and not lose your mind

  • An illustration depicting how to do push-ups.

    ‘The most underrated movement in fitness’: how to do a proper push-up

  • HOW TO START COOKING holasoyka

    Get a sharp knife, season properly and don’t do too much at once: how to start cooking

  • Skincare ilustration

    Cleanse, moisturize and protect: how to start a skincare routine

Health & wellbeing

  • Zoe Williams in a Me Me Me T-shirt

    Look out for number one! Selfish self-help books are booming – but will they improve your life?

  • An illustration of a man at a typewriter surrounded by shredded paper.

    ‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

  • Composite of woman taking a pill, plus nuts, fish and avocado

    The truth about vitamin pills: should midlife women start taking supplements – and if so, which ones?

  • Close-up of peacock

    The peacock parent problem: how to survive being raised by a narcissist

Relationships

  • Francesca Hornak, pictured with Luke in France, July 2009

    A moment that changed me: I stopped restraining myself – and found the love of my life

  • A man in hooded sweatshirt with a shaved head and moustache sits with chin resting on his hand looking back at a picture of two mens held hands

    I would like a relationship – but I have a constant craving for casual sex

  • Portraits of Juhea Kim shot by Simon Webb in London, Sept 2025. Set styling: Maria Shrigley

    I was 31, burned out, and single. Would a string of dates with French men bring back my joie de vivre?

  • a naked woman wraps herself around the arm of her lover

    This is how we do it: ‘Asexuality is a spectrum. I don’t experience sexual desire (but I do like having orgasms)’

Reclaim your brain

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    You have one life. Do you really want to spend it looking at your phone?

  • A hand escaping a phone screen on a green background

    ‘I read 35 books this year!’: the Guardian readers who cut their phone use in 2024

  • illustration of everyday items and arrows to an iphone

    You don’t need a smartphone: a practical, personal guide to downgrading your device

  • Students prep for lunchtime at Buxton boarding school, which banned smartphones on campus.

    What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation

Food

  • Rachel Roddy’s red peppers stuffed with orzo, tuna, capers and herbs.5

    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for red peppers stuffed with orzo, tuna, capers and herbs

  • Tom Hunt's green mayo, made with the outer lettuce leaves, along with pistachio and butter.

    How to turn outer lettuce leaves into mayonnaise – recipe

  • Emily Roux's butter bean veloute with mixed mushrooms and pickled onions.

    Butter bean and mushroom soup and squid toasts: Emily Roux’s autumn starters

  • Fern Verrow Apple tree

    Less of your sauce: savoury recipe ideas for surplus apples

Puzzles

  • Cartoon with speech bubble 'I bet he drinks Carling Black Label'

    Crossword blog
    Crossword editor’s desk: what happened to funny adverts?

  • Cryptic crosswords
    Cryptic crossword No 29,821

  • Quick crosswords
    Quick crossword No 17,294

  • Sudoku
    Sudoku 7,064 hard

  • Prize crosswords
    Prize crossword No 29,817

  • Killer sudoku
    Killer sudoku 990

  • Dwayne Fields poses for a portrait outside his old flat on the Hawksley Court Estate, wearing a grey hat and an orange jacket

    The Saturday quiz
    Explorer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role? The Saturday quiz

  • Pages from Say What Ewe Sea puzzle 64

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Ungoogleable and unhinged – ten hilarious visual teasers

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