The prosecution: Paul I don’t mind Mum wanting to visit Vietnam, but why at Christmas, a time our family is always together? Mum recently booked a Christmas holiday to Vietnam with her partner, Mike. I don’t mind that she wants to go away with Mike, who I like. But she booked the trip without saying … Read more
Running can seem both approachable and daunting. On one hand, it’s simple: all you need to do is throw on some shoes, step outside and run. On the other: you have to run. “People think running is intimidating for a couple of reasons,” says Martinus Evans, founder and CEO of the Slow AF Run Club. … Read more
More than a quarter of Britons run weekly, which suggests many of us are likely to know someone – from marathon runners to parkrun enthusiasts – who would enjoy a running-related gift. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. You might think that … Read more
Whether you’re 16 or 60, shopping for your own mum or someone else’s, Mother’s Day gifts needn’t be formulaic. In fact, we’d argue that they should be thoughtful, fun or useful (but possibly not too useful), or provide a moment of escape. There’s no worse gift than one bought out of obligation, unconsidered and, therefore, … Read more
Sierra Nevada adventures, Spain Sierra Trails, run by Dallas Love and her brother, Mordecai, based in Bubión, two hours’ drive from Málaga, offers exceptional village-to-village rides in the Sierra Nevada. Dallas paired us with well-schooled Spanish horses that we rode across varied terrain, stopping to picnic under trees and staying in lovely family-run hotels. After … Read more
Lizzie, 29, Oxford Occupation Teaching assistant and trainee teacher Voting record Always votes Green, but would tactically vote Labour if she lived anywhere but Oxford Amuse bouche Is an avid salsa dancer; performs world music in many languages Richard, 55, Tunbridge Wells Occupation Teacher Voting record Pretty centrist; has voted for all three main parties. … Read more
‘She was sitting at the kitchen table, eating raw cauliflower. For dinner.” It’s September 2024 in London and my friend is reflecting on her time sharing an apartment with fellow models in Paris the previous year. I am grimly amused, but unsurprised. This is the type of story models are always telling. I would know, … Read more
I recently moved overseas by myself and I’m desperately lonely. I moved for better weather, proximity to nature and a calmer, healthier way of living but I’ve really struggled to make any friends. This isn’t the first time I lived abroad. I moved around in my 20s and they were some of the happiest times … Read more
Robert E. Ginna Jr., a founding editor of People magazine, a book editor and a film producer whose 1952 Life magazine article provoked a frenzy by validating the idea that flying saucers might exist and could have visited Earth from outer space, died on March 4 at his home in Sag Harbor, N.Y. His death … Read more
The green tidal mudflats are noisy with gulls and lapwings as the ferry sails towards Yarmouth. Far out on sparkling water, a white sail stands out against misty downs. The Victorian poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson regularly tramped over those chalky hills, declaring “the air is worth ‘sixpence a pint’”. There is no need to … Read more