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Fashion family feuds

Fashion Statement looks at lawsuits, prison sentences and murder in the Gucci clan. Plus sale bargains and the latest shopping and event news
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Fluid sexuality?

More and more women, after spending years with men, are forming relationships with women
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What price?

Would you be prepared to pay exclusively for the opinions of a restaurant critic, and what would you expect for your money?
Smelliest names

Jennifer Aniston's new perfume was going to be called Lolavie. But it would have been far from the worst choice ever ...
How to make

Richly flavoured, yet light as air, there are few more ideal ways to end a meal than a chocolate mousse
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Food & drink
Supper on a plate

No time to plan what to eat in the week ahead? Run out of meal ideas? Bibi van der Zee sends for Spoonfed Suppers…
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Are you a picky eater?

Are there some food you hated as a child and still can't stand? Alex English has grown out of her youthful pernickety ways, but not everyone does ...

Fashion & beauty
The unstoppable cult of the tattoo

One fifth of British adults are now 'inked'. So when did a minority artform go mainstream - and why? Jon Henley finds out
- Getting inked at Woody's tattoo parlour
How to wear next season now

Autumn is on its way, with a whole new set of trends, but you needn't spend a fortune - most of next season's looks are already in your wardrobe
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Health & fitness
Life on the waiting list: dialysis

As James Hipwell waits for a kidney transplant, the time has come to start dialysis again. Here he describes the torturous procedure
The drugs don't work

A new book suggests a change of lifestyle could cure our depression epidemic. Jake Wallis Simons reports
Celebrity
A Short History of Celebrity

Fred Inglis argues that even most nauseating manifestations of modern celebrities are shaped in the past, says Lara Feigel
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Once we were teenagers

Grayson Perry was sulky, Sara Cox awkward and uncool, Stephen Fry thought that he'd never fit in ... celebrities look back at their formative years
Women
It's all right for women to get older, on one condition

Deborah Orr: Famous beauties may embrace the ageing process, but they continue to place undue importance on looking good
Can a woman really have 104 hairstyles in a lifetime?

A new survey says that is the average number - and Laura Barnett, a brunette who went blond and back again, reckons it's true

Family & relationships
Men & marriage: the honeymoon

Tropical island or music festival? Couples only or group holiday? What's your idea of the perfect honeymoon, asks Steve Busfield
Would you rent a friend?

Feeling lonely? Then a friend rental service could be just the thing you need. So what's it like to spend a day with someone you're paying to be with you? Tim Dowling finds out
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Homes & gardens
Respect your elders

They're happy in all soils, love sun or shade and make a great summer cordial. Three cheers for our elders, says Dan Pearson
My own private hidey hole

It's every dad's fantasy: a state-of-the-art studio at the bottom of the garden. John Crace explores one man's masterpiece
Craft
Good enough to eat

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

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