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Health & fitness

  • Kimberly Campanello pictured in Brussels

    A moment that changed me: I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 41 – and had to find a new look

  • The Pennine Way heading to Pen-y-ghent, Yorkshire Dales National Park

    Our highs and lows along the Pennine Way

    Letters: Paul Ince and Dr Angela Hilton share their memories of walking the national trail. Plus a letter from Tony Hufton
  • An adult couple and their sons enjoying a day outdoors in a public park

    The best day ever: have scientists found the secret of happiness?

    Six hours of family time, two hours with friends, plus extra socialising, exercise and work ... Does it all add up to a highly satisfying 24 hours – or just a very tiring one?
  • Rushing Commuters on the Millennium Bridge, London<br>Blurred commuters walking on the Millennium Bridge, and St Paul's Cathedral, London.

    ‘Cities trigger our imagination’: why a walk in town can be just as good for you as a stroll in the countryside

  • A baby napping

    Put your baby down to nap near a washing machine, expert says

  • ‘Remembering that we are nature is not a passive act’: Poppy Okotcha in her garden.

    Poppy Okotcha: ‘Plants taught me about myself’

  • ‘Some of us fall into wild, ecstatic infatuations that feel like a different operational mode for the brain’: Tom Bellamy.

    What happens when love tips over into the infatuated state of ‘limerence’?

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Advice

  • An illustration of a woman from behind on an orange background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My father threw out my box of memories, then took his own life. How do I move on?

  • A man in a white T-shirt looks troubled as he reclines on a sofa with arms behind his head

    Sexual healing
    Should I stay with my partner – despite the dull, dispassionate sex?

  • Man read newspapers

    Ask Philippa
    I’m nearly 60, but my father’s indifference towards me still stings

  • A red telephone on wheels, a mascot for Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, sits on a table as staff members talk in the background in Direct Line's offices

    Consumer champions
    Direct Line chasing me over dead uncle’s cancelled car insurance

Running & cycling

  • Alma Vii, Transylvania, Romania - 27 June 2021: Transylvania tour, cycling on Via Transilvanica<br>2G6365E Alma Vii, Transylvania, Romania - 27 June 2021: Transylvania tour, cycling on Via Transilvanica

    ‘A muddy ride into Romania’s dreamy countryside’: cycling the Via Transilvanica

  • A woman in overalls with bike and bridge in the background

    Sudden closure of Story Bridge to cyclists shows ‘car is still king in Brisbane’

  • Daffodils in spring backlit by sun

    Say hello to spring! 22 simple ways to refresh your home, wardrobe and routine

  • Family cyclists in Hyde Park, London, circa 1895.

    Cycling notes: snobbery, female riders and dispensing with a brake – archive, 1895

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Health news

  • A woman walking in a park

    Brisk walking linked to lower risk of heart rhythm problems, study finds

  • The silhouette of a woman standing by a window.

    Charges dropped against US woman found unconscious after miscarriage

    • Mother holding her newborn baby looking tired and resting her head on her hand

      Exercise and screen time advice for new mothers angers parenting groups

    • Word KINDNESS written in small wooden cubes

      Covid ‘benevolence bump’ endures as acts of kindness 10% higher than before 2020

    • Chapel Allerton’s Garden for Recovery was originally created for the Chelsea Flower Show.

      ‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

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