Shift your vibe! 60 quick ways to make yourself slightly happier
1 Go on that second date(Remember, people are often nervous on their first.) 2 Borrow a dogIt will force you to get outside, says Rhik...
Italy’s Tonina Torrielli: ‘I didn’t know I was singing at the first Eurovision’
When Tonina Torrielli represented Italy in the Eurovision song contest in Lugano, Switzerland, in May 1956, not only did she never discover how well her...
The man who killed a stranger with a single punch, and then turned his life around
Jacob Dunne loved getting into fights. Every weekend he and his friends would go into Nottingham city centre to start a ruck. One night in...
Coffee bad, red wine good? Top food myths busted
Modern nutritional science is only a hundred years old, so it’s no surprise that we’re constantly bamboozled by new and competing information about what to...
‘What an unpleasant man’: Alan Partridge interviews Steve Coogan
Full disclosure. I don’t like Steve Coogan. But when the Guardian asked me to interview the controversial funnyman, I jumped at the chance – and...
India bans all wheat exports over food security risk
India, the world’s second largest producer of wheat, has banned all exports with immediate effect after a heatwave affected the crop. A notice in the...
Harry Potter and the secret sketches: JK Rowling’s first drawings of boy wizard
When JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone she didn’t just bring the characters to life with words, she also drew illustrations. They...
Zahawi rejects idea Oxbridge should ‘tilt system’ to accept more state pupils
The education secretary has pushed back against the idea elite universities such as Oxford and Cambridge should “tilt the system” to accept more pupils from...
Two people diagnosed with monkeypox in London, health officials say
Two more people have been diagnosed with monkeypox in London, health officials said. The pair live in the same household and are not linked to...
Fifty migrants to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson said 50 migrants have been told they will be sent to Rwanda within the next fortnight, and insisted he was ready to fight...