‘I stopped talking to my parents – and life opened up’: Heather Graham on family, ageing and ‘creepy’ film-makers | Film

For almost all her life, Heather Graham says, she was a “people pleaser”. It was encouraged in childhood, she says, this obligation to put others’ needs above her own, and it endured even after the 1997 film Boogie Nights had made her a star and she had severed all contact with her “judgmental, authoritarian” parents. … Read more

‘At the lowest point, I lose the dog altogether’: my disastrous debut at a dog agility competition | Dogs

Before every dog agility event, the human handlers walk the course as a group – without the dogs – wandering slowly round the ring with one hand or the other outstretched. It’s an eerie thing to watch, like a crowd of bleary eyed tourists wearily progressing through an airport. Ga6789 But it’s important: the dogs … Read more

Jeremy Vine looks back: ‘What will I do after Radio 2? I don’t know. Die?’ | Family

Jeremy Vine dressed like a soldier, in red jacket and bearskin hat, in 1970 and 2025Jeremy Vine in 1970 and 2025. Later photograph: Pål Hansen/The Guardian. Styling: Andie Redman. Grooming: Neusa Neves at Arlington Artists using Lisa Eldridge. Archive photograph: courtesy of Jeremy Vine Born in 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, Jeremy Vine is a journalist and broadcaster. … Read more

Marathon essentials: everything you need to survive your first 26.2 – and what you can run without | Marathon running

The lure of the marathon – arguably running’s most heralded achievement – has never been as strong. A record-breaking 840,000 people signed up for the London Marathon 2025 ballot. Big city marathons, such as Berlin and New York, keep setting benchmarks for the biggest crowds toeing the start line. If you’re among the runners getting … Read more

Dining across the divide: ‘I felt awkward ordering a pork chop after she’d spoken about animal rights’ | Life and style

Ella, 27, London Occupation International development policy and communications Voting record Joined the Lib Dems aged 16, but when old enough to vote, consistently backed Labour until last year when she joined the Green party Amuse bouche Ella spent three weeks in Covid isolation on the 20th floor of a Bangkok hospital over Christmas 2021. “A depressing … Read more