Family recipes: making samosas with Seema Pankhania and her mum

While the other schoolboys were playing rugby, Rhys Thomas worked on a skincare counter testing concealers

A complicated relationship with my Asianness made me consider the nature of ‘home’, and the power of fashion

The purveyor of cheeky British rap-pop emerged from the mid-00s burnt out and rootless. Not anymore

The dos and don’ts to helping people love through one of the toughest moments of their lives

Writer Thelma Chuwa shares her emotional and physical journey to acceptance and self-love

Banish ideas of masked soirees and sweaty orgies– here’s everything you really need to know

Lo-fi hip hop, curated classical music, and ambient courtesy to power you through the work day

Perfume makes us smell good, but can it make us feel good too? We take a look at the science behind scent

A chance to dive into Mexico’s freshwater sinkholes came with one tiny problem – I’d forgotten how to swim

Sound, breath, and emerging tech can help us experience the benefits of tripping without breaking the law

Like Headspace, but for wanking – sex audio platforms are making unique, stimulating, and inclusive experiences

Menstrual cups, CBD chocolate, and wearable hot water bottles for a stress-free and sustainable period

Can tiny crystals in your ears reduce stress? One writer puts ear acupuncture, or auriculotherapy, to the test

Psychedelics are shifting from club drugs to at-home wellness experience

From cult players like Pat McGrath to ethical independents, plus Michaela Coel’s hairstylist’s pioneering brand

From Grimes to Alicia Keys, artists are exploring the positivities in the science of sound

Pop culture and the club have long captured the allure of the pole

From philosophers to psychics, woo speaks to a cross-section of ‘experts’ about the elusive state of happiness

The beauty industry’s long-standing exclusion of people with disabilities is bust open in Gabe’s joyful TikToks

Reducing stress, improving your focus, and gaining energy… just add water

From soft furnishings in sunshine yellow to novelty smiley door knobs, make your space smile

Brighten up your surroundings with some entry level chromotherapy

Embrace the embarrassment; you’re not writing for anyone else

Luxe sportswear, sustainable cottons and innovative textiles to get you looking good without feeling bad

Can you really have better skin and increased energy pumped into your veins? If it works for Adele...

Friends should enhance our lives and push us as people – are you experiencing the opposite?

Getting wrapped up has became both a trend and a balm; meet the style successor to normcore and gorpcore

‘As a Beauty Editor, I often consider the ways we self-fashion to communicate how we’re feeling to the world’

Amid climate crisis and culture wars, psychedelic experiences could create the unity we’ve been waiting for

The thrill of nature’s call is revitalising a hobby once reserved for old men in anoraks. Aaron Sterling shares the joy of birding