Lifestyle - Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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The Guardian Lifestyle • 30 days ago

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The Guardian Lifestyle • 30 days ago

Washington Post food critic Elazar Sontag entertains your restaurant questions, rants and raves.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 30 days ago

Alterations that don’t cost a fortune can transform old trousers, jackets or shirts into bespoke pieces When I started shopping in vintage stores, I fell into the trap of thinking that if something wasn’t in my size there was nothing to be done. I’d still buy beautiful shirts that were huge, but never end up wearing them. I persevered with trousers that were three sizes too big a...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 30 days ago

From private labels to big-name regions, here’s what you need to know to find great bottles wherever you shop.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 30 days ago

Why waste the tastiest bit of the cheese? Although parmesan rind is tough, it has just as much, if not more flavour than the cheese from inside the wheel itself. It can be used just as it is to flavour stock or risi e bisi (Venetian pea risotto), but grating it opens up a whole range of other uses, such as in my mac and cheese “rinds ” and today’s parmesan rind pesto. The flavour is very powerful, though, so add i...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 30 days ago

Just a few years ago, women would fight for other women whatever their background or politics. Today, many loudly dismiss the struggles of those who are not like them. But the solidarity is still there, if you look hard enough One June day in 2015, I stood outside Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre near Bedford and heard the women inside singing. “Set her free,” said the graffiti on the walls. “Shut it down.” ...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 30 days ago

The regeneration of historic warehouses has transformed this former red-light district into one of the port city’s most vibrant areas A thin peninsula just south of Rotterdam’s centre, Katendrecht was once at the heart of the world’s busiest port, home to continental Europe’s first Chinatown and a lively sailors’ quarter. Its later reputation as a red light district has been shrugged off – part of the city’s wider...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 30 days ago

Constant pointed questions about marriage and kids make it hard for the letter writer to hear her inner voice.

Washington Post Lifestyle • 31 days ago

As a teenager, I was so ashamed of my speech disability that even my family didn’t know about it. When Scatman John came on the radio, celebrating his own stammer in a hit about self-esteem, I knew I had to meet him For most of my life, I had one goal: don’t get found out. I was a covert stammerer (or stutterer). Nobody realised I had a speech disability, because whenever I felt I was going to get stuck on a word,...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 31 days ago

The gooseberry makes itself welcome in both sweet and savoury settings: in a tarte tatin, in a lively salad for spicy, herby pork chops and in a crumble custard cake In the summer glut of saccharine fruits such as strawberries and peaches, gooseberries may not be the ones you reach for first. But behind their strange burr of fine fuzz, these translucent, marble-like fruits offer a complex, defiant flavour. They ar...

The Guardian Lifestyle • 31 days ago