Lifestyle - Tuesday, July 14, 2026

What you take with you, or leave at home, can have a big influence on how much you enjoy the experience Yeti Rambler v Owala FreeSip: which trendy water bottle actually deserves the hype? Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better things I treat attending a sports event at a stadium much like going to an airport: check the rules, pack light and practical and prepare for the wai...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

Rapid scientific progress has given us the tools to stop time more convincingly than ever – but lurking behind these claims is the same fear of ageing Andrea holds a PhD in literature and works for a non-profit in Dallas. She’s in her late 40s and tells me that the pressure to remain youthful in her city is palpable. Almost completely irresistible. “You don’t know what it’s like here,” she said. “Everyone has a fa...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

Heartbreak Hotel draws on the wisdom of Céline Dion, Prince and Elvis, as well as a rich repository of literature about grief and recovery In 1983, the Japanese doctor Hikaru Sato diagnosed the first medical case of “broken heart syndrome”. Seen in patients after a significant physical or emotional stressor, such as grief, the condition results in a sudden, temporary weakening of the heart’s muscular wall . Sato n...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

The Guardian’s Saturday magazine is interested in hearing from couples, partners and former lovers to talk about their sex lives How often do you have sex? The Guardian is looking for couples to talk honestly – and completely anonymously – about what they get up to in the bedroom for the Saturday magazine’s much-loved This is How We Do It column. The idea behind the column is to provide a counterpoint to the airbr...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

Jerk aubergines, lentil-stuffed courgette, griddled pineapple with maple syrup … Meat-free doesn’t need to mean treat-free when it comes to barbecue season I’ve recently turned vegan. How do I have a great barbecue? Nia, by email Happily, most vegetables benefit from a bit of barbecue action, but the key is not to get too carried away, says Genevieve Taylor, author of How to BBQ : “There’s a real leaning for peopl...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

Five minutes, one pan—and the sauce I’m currently putting on everything. The post Shishito Peppers With Romesco Might Be The Perfect Summer Appetizer appeared first on Camille Styles .

Camille Styles • 6 days ago

Would walking buddies convince reluctant children that hiking can be fun? A group trip with an Enid Blyton vibe proved a hit with the whole family “I’m not going to wake her up,” I hiss at my 12-year-old son who’s standing half naked in a dark corridor of a Victorian house. “Please, Mum. She said we could come at any time! I don’t want to get Lyme disease,” he begs. This is not the kind of drama I was expecting wh...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

This often underrated but hugely versatile vegetable can be cooked in copious delicious ways. Here are two of them Courgettes are an early summer delight, when, such is their appeal and versatility, you often can’t move for them in my kitchen. Even so, I am not entirely sure they get the full recognition they deserve in the UK, not least because we grow some marvellous varieties here. I use courgettes in everythin...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 6 days ago

When is it OK to go shirtless? What time can you start drinking on holiday? And can you ask a stranger to apply your sunscreen? Experts explain the behaviour that’s hot this summer – and what’s really, really not Summer means a loosening of rules and norms. Eating with your fingers is suddenly encouraged, near-nakedness is everywhere and a 6am airport pint is unremarkable. It’s a hot, sticky recipe for social chao...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 7 days ago

A sweet-savory mix of apricot jam, ginger and miso does double duty slathered onto pork chops, then used as a drizzle for the meat and wedges of napa cabbage.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 7 days ago