Once coveted for its clean lines and timeless design, the functional furniture is no longer seen as cool. Anyone for cottagecore and chrome?“I definitely don’t think it is cringe,” says Laura Budds, a vintage furniture dealer...
Read MoreWhen Basir Arian was summoned to the Taliban headquarters, he knew he had to go. To defy them meant death. The torture left him devastated and sure he had to leave the country‘I knew that sooner or later, they would come for...
Read MoreOn the eve of my 40th birthday, I was doused with cold water at a train station. Before, I would have shrugged it off. But suddenly I realised it was time to assert myselfIt was the evening before my 40th birthday – a freezing...
Read MoreA new report has found many crops are far less nutritious than they once were, so we need to eat more of them. Here is how to get your five portions of fruit and veg a day, easily and affordably – and potentially increase that...
Read More‘Ugly’ shoes, once the preserve of the catwalk, have gone mainstream. Why are so many people taking a walk on the wild side?Until recently, a busy commuter train would be packed with people wearing low-key, unobtrusive shoes. An...
Read MoreTheir hopes of having a second child were dashed. Two decades on, the actor remembers the grief and pain of that time“I’m afraid this cycle has not been successful.” Emma and I cannot catch each other’s eye. We sit mute in our...
Read MoreThink back to those terrible flatshares in your 20s. Cohabiting with friends can seem like a dream, but the reality is sometimes less Golden Girls – more Young OnesIn most female friendships between women with male partners, the...
Read MoreActors Peter Houghton and Anne Browning played lovers onstage, but a shared sense of humour and a magazine horoscope flipped the script on their real-life relationshipFind more stories from the moment I knew seriesAnne and I met...
Read MoreThe AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting backDale Johnston opens the gate to his neat suburban garden on the western fringes...
Read MoreThe Derry Girls actor has always loved food, so who better to take over as the new presenter of the Guardian’s Comfort Eating podcast?Siobhán McSweeney is teaching me her preferred way to enjoy a packet of cheese and onion...
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Read MoreHumble breakfast staple at heart of trend stirred up by health concerns and hearty spoonfuls of nostalgiaThe clocks may be going back in the UK this weekend, but the biggest sign winter is coming is a steaming bowl of porridge...
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