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  • ‘I sometimes found myself languishing in the romanticism of the past’: Agnes Arnold-Forster.

    That yearning feeling: why we need nostalgia

  • Observer Magazine<br>Lauren Bensted pictured with her baby - her story of a bowel disease triggered after child birth.

    ‘I felt myself split into before and after’: how giving birth triggered a life-changing illness

    Having a baby led to an unexpected disease and then surgery that altered Lauren Bensted’s body for ever. She talks about the pain she felt in being separated from her newborn, and her journey to learn to accept her new life
  • David Harewood portrait

    Weekend podcast: ‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on ‘tetchy’ Rishi; the answer to insomnia hell; and Baby Reindeer fall out

    Beware of ‘Tetchy Rishi’ – the prime minister struggles to control his anger during the Rwanda bill press briefing; David Harewood on acting, racism and mental health; the surprisingly simple solution to insomnia hell; and the dangerous fallout from Netflix’s Baby Reindeer
  • illustration of woman cradling baby as she sits on what looks like a tiny island under her

    Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid. Has anything changed since?

  • Phil Daoust, covered in electrodes for his polysomnogram.

    My insomnia hell: sleeplessness is a curse – but I think I finally have the answer

  • OM ARCHIVE COVER_31st October 1971

    Longing for a baby in 1971

  • Close up of a bald man looking up

    Hair yesterday, gone today: why we are happily bald

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Advice

  • Unsympathetic - man woman illustration

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My brother bullied me, which has had a lifelong impact. Can I build bridges with him now?

  • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

    Sexual healing
    The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

  • Senior woman sitting on the bench<br>Lonely senior woman is sitting on the bench in park

    Ask Philippa
    I’ve lost contact with my brother. Is it too late to reach out?

  • Saga home insurance website promising a good deal on insurance.

    Consumer champions
    Caring for the elderly? Not with Saga’s 220% price hike

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Running & biking

  • Critical Mass cyclists taking part in May Day 2002 protests in London.

    After 30 years, Critical Mass is still fighting for cyclists on London’s roads

  • picture of coins, notes and HMRC envelopes

    Salary sacrifice: how British workers can take home more by getting paid less

  • Saturday magazine MARCH 23 2024 ULTRA SPORTS FEATURE - Main cover image Cody Lind from the USA running above the clouds on the mountainous splendour of Madeira

    Move over, marathons: the ultra-endurance sports that are redefining fitness

  • Bike near medieval buildings in Brent Eleigh on the Wolf Way

    In the company of wolves and kings: Suffolk’s new medieval cycle trail

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Health news

  • A group of people walking

    Grey wave of walkers spearhead record activity levels among England’s over-55s

  • Sito Mendoza, left, with Ramón Álvarez in Fisterra, Galicia.

    ‘It’s eating what the sea provides’: Galicia’s Atlantic diet eclipses Mediterranean cousin

    • Black woman

      Black women in England suffer more serious birth complications, analysis finds

    • Chipiliro Kalebe-Nyamongo

      ‘I had no idea my baby was at risk’: The fight to raise awareness of pre-eclampsia

    • Closeup shot of a woman getting a back massage

      ‘Spas and longevity clinics’: private members’ clubs shift focus to wellness

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