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Play your way to fitness

Mainstream sports can be too serious, but a new sport and social club makes exercise fun. Rachel Dixon makes a splash with inner tube water polo
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Testing teatimes

What failsafe recipes do you have up your sleeve for feeding toddlers? Leo Benedictus needs some expert help
- Should kids be vegan?
What to wear for festival season

Converse, pearls and ballet pumps are so over. Think espadrilles, feathers and florals for this year's festival fashion chic
- Get the festival look
Drinking in the seasons

Zingy ales for spring time, light golden thirst quenchers for summer. How do the seasons affect your beer drinking?
Overdoing it?

Simon Cowell is planning four weddings – that sounds about right to me, says Homa Khaleeli. In fact if anything, it's understated ...
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Food & drink
The perfect miniature fry-up

In the first of a new series celebrating individual foods, Oliver Thring praises the scotch egg
Is a vegan diet good for children?

It might be healthy for adults, but parents need to be aware of the risks, writes Joanna Moorhead

Fashion & beauty
Ask Hadley

Should Lib Dem voters wear yellow on election day? Plus, are dungarees a good look?
- Line-up: Short suits
How to dress: Party dresses

Video (5min 36sec): Jess Cartner-Morley, the Guardian's fashion editor, guides you through the latest trends. This week: party dresses with jackets

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Eco store

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Health & fitness
Frequent tanning may be rooted in addiction

Can sunbeds be addictive? They may be for some people, according to a new study
City marathons boom in popularity

Falling gym membership may explain sport's success as new events spring up around country
- More on running
Celebrity
I want to be famous

Once, children aspired to be teachers, bankers, doctors. Now they just want to be celebrities. As a new series of Britain's Got Talent kicks off, Emma Brockes asks why
Unbelievable truths?

Astounding revelations from the pen of Kitty Kelley, including the shocking news that Oprah is black!
- More from the Lost in Showbiz blog
Women
Woman on the verge

She was a media executive at the top of her game. But a debilitating midlife crisis forced Camilla Nicholls to hit rock bottom. She details her nervous breakdown - and her tentative steps back to recovery
'I want to save lives'

Martina Navratilova's breast cancer revelation is the latest in a long line of very public battles. She tells Julie Bindel why she is speaking out

Homes & gardens
Hidden treasures

If a Superman comic can fetch $1.5m, then how much could your clutter be worth? Emine Saner puts a price on it
The first taste of spring - at last

Lettuces from your garden may be ready to eat now, so plant beetroot, herbs and sweet peas in their place, says Dan Pearson
Family & relationships
When I order herring, why does it feel as if I have asked for crack cocaine?

Mariella Frostrup: returns to her native land and finds that food brings back memories of school sports days, skiing and her late father
The ex-files

Harriet and James married in the early 70s, but broke up a few years later. After another marriage ended, James eventually came out. He and Harriet were reunited as friends, and remain close to this day
Craft
How to reupholster a cheap chair

Reupholstery and a little TLC can transform an old chair. Jacqueline Mulvaney shows you how
A simple case

An easy-peasy pouch will protect your shades and leave you plenty of time to soak up the sunshine