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Consider ice lollies

Sometimes the memory of an ice lolly is better than the reality. What was your favourite as a child, and which do you eat now?
The war on weeds

Video (4min 25sec), Stop weeds wreaking havoc on your allotment, says Alys Fowler. Some make a tasty lunch ...
Fearing the worst

Health anxiety - or hypochondria - is on the increase. You may laugh, but it can ruin lives, says Emine Saner
Three wheels bad

Tom Cruise and Madonna made three-wheeled buggies fashionable, but sales are now plummeting
- Personality and birth

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Food & drink
Binding love

How many Italian cookery books will you admit to having, asks Catherine Phipps. And if you could only keep one of them, which would it be?
Simple coconut and seafood curry

A Malaysian treat from Rick Stein, who will be answering your questions on seafood in a live chat tomorrow at 1pm

Fashion & beauty
Ask Hadley

Are boots that make you look like Bambi a good idea? And should 40-year-olds ever wear ripped jeans? Hadley Freeman replies
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The fashion briefing

Gallery (5 pictures): From Rihanna's look of the week to next season's men's shorts. By Simon Chilvers
- Five of the best ... new-season looks to get now

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Health & fitness
HIV cases double among the over-50s

Changing sexual behaviour and new partnerships increases the number of HIV and Aids cases in older generation, research reveals
Doctor, doctor

Can teenage vocal cords cope with pop industry pressure? Plus: I can't shake off the pain in my knee. Dr Tom Smith answers readers' questions
Celebrity
Eamonn Holmes gets BBC jokes banned

Marina Hyde: 'Fierce hungry' Sky presenter wins public apology from craven Beeb
- Lost in Showbiz blog
Lindsay Lohan - saviour of kids in need

Let's call Lindsay Lohan's rehab clinics something inspirational such as Whatevas, says Marina Hyde
- Mike Tyson hankers after the bad old days
Women
'I was a virgin until the age of 32'

Sophie Atherton had her first kiss at 15, yet waited 17 more years before having sex. She says it made her stronger - and more appreciative of men
Why it's never too late to be a lesbian

More and more women are discovering after years of marriage to men, and having had children, that they are lesbians. Were they always - or is sexuality more fluid?

Family & relationships
Dear Mariella

My daughter, 16, had a party when home alone. I found out that she had sex and is smoking. How will I confront her?
I grew up in a world without parents

Delma Hughes spent most of her childhood in care. She didn't realise she had a mother and father, but her big sister meant the world to her
Homes & gardens
Fragrant, elegant and radiant

If you place your plants with care, you can savour every note of perfume as it drifts on the summer breeze, says Dan Pearson
- More on gardens
Space solves

Eggshell is best for good-looking tile edges, plus the search for an antidote to Nigella
Craft
Good enough to eat

Gallery (6 pictures): The craft exhibition that features woolly bunnies in a knitted pie and sequinned sardines
- Woolly thinking
Tea cosy craft

Brighten up the breakfast table with a handcrafted tea cosy. Lisa Stickley shows you how