Lifestyle - Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Whether you’re nursing a joint, have an existing condition or just don’t feel like running, these exercises help get your cardio in The runner’s high might be contagious. In 2024, the fitness tracking app Strava recorded a 59% increase in users attending social running events and run clubs globally. Applications for London’s marathon have increased 40% since 2024, while New York City’s received about 20% more appl...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

Georgian spices can be hard to come by, but Alice Zaslavsky has some seasoned substitutes for her cosy soup Check out more Alice Zaslavsky recipes In one of my favourite recent releases by a Georgian-born author, Leo Vardiashvili’s Hard by a Great Forest , the protagonist is told that meeting a Georgian outside Georgia is so rare it’s akin to winning the lottery. “Because the odds of winning the lotto are much bet...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

The easy, nourishing meals we whip up when we don't feel like cooking. The post What to Cook When You’re Just So Totally Done appeared first on Camille Styles .

Camille Styles • 38 days ago

Sure, it’s about jealousy, infidelity and paranoia, but the Killers’ biggest hit is a dancefloor banger: any marriage that starts without it is guaranteed to end in divorce I’ve been to two weddings where the bride and groom refused to play the Killers’ pop-rock hit Mr Brightside , and both ended in divorce. Well, not yet or anything – but I’m sure it’s coming. How happy can a couple really be if they’re not willi...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

There is no exact plant-based substitute – the ideal option will depend on the dish. But, ultimately, it’s easiest to choose a recipe that doesn’t require gelatine How do I go about substituting gelatine sheets for a vegetarian setting agent? Sarah, Aberdeen “The truth is, there’s no exact substitute for gelatine, because it has an incredibly unique texture,” says Richard Phillips, head of pastry at Timberyard in ...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

Humans are the only animals whose faces redden with embarrassment. Should we see that as an affliction, or as a blessing? ‘Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions,” Charles Darwin once wrote, and he wasn’t wrong. Though certain species of bird pinken up as a means of communication, and uakari monkeys have red faces when in good health, we seem to be the only animal that flushes as a sign of...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

Anna Cazenave Cambet’s adaptation of Constance Debré’s novel is a superbly acted and affecting – if restrained – portrait of child access and interpersonal strife Vicky Krieps gives an intelligent, finely calibrated and sensitive performance in this marital-breakdown drama from writer-director Anna Cazenave Cambet. Cambet has adapted the autobiographical novel of the same title by Constance Debré, about her bitter...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

Over two nights in Larrakia country, Darwin Aboriginal art fair’s annual runway event showcases the work of 21 designers and art centres. A cast of First Nations models and performers walk beneath a boab tree on the forecourt of Charles Darwin University’s Danala campus. ‘It’s a massive show, we could be mad to be doing it but the opportunities it creates for mob in this space is important, needed and our motivati...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

This sensitive adaptation of Jansson’s 1972 novel, set in the beatific Gulf of Finland, is a quiet treatise on life and death Glenn Close brings her totemic presence to this gentle movie – as well as a makeup-enhanced grandmotherly face. This is a sweet-natured adaptation of Tove Jansson’s 1972 novel; it has charm, though it’s sometimes becalmed in its own sensitivity. Close plays a tough, wise, humorous-yet-canta...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 38 days ago

Levantine summer magic in a herby and moreish Arabic frittata with a peachy fruit, red onion and rocket salad I’ve always loved food that can be enjoyed at room temperature, or even cold the next day. As the UK, along with many other parts of the world, swelters through another hot summer, these are exactly the kinds of dishes I want to cook and eat. Fresh, light and unfussy, they require little effort, yet never ...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 39 days ago

It’s easy to lose your cool when you’re crammed into a train, bus or plane with a bunch of strangers and one of them is playing music without headphones or fighting you for the armrest. Here are the rules everyone should be following Public transport can be a hot, noisy, cramped and stressful environment – and that’s before you add in people with pungent food, questionable hygiene and giant backpacks. Most of us k...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 39 days ago