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Now we live in the world's greatest cycling nation, it's crucial that we look good in the saddle

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Chelsea players such as Joe Cole have been in for the Ole Henriksen Purifying Facial

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The cycling hero who helped to smash an Olympic record loves speed on four wheels too – but he drives like an old lady

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The high cost of wedding

The wedding season is over and I’m much relieved because I don’t like weddings any more

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Richard Hammond takes you through everything you need to know about All-terrain vehicles

Tough love with Kathy Brewis

My girlfriend and I have incompatible views on the ideal holiday. Is our relationship doomed?

On the Move: Terence Stamp

He hasn’t owned a car since his 1960s heart-throb heyday, but that has its advantages, he tells Gill Pringle

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Brideshead gets revisited again this autumn when a new film version is released

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Guyliner: the future or just a blast from the past?

Emo boys love it, REM wrote a song about it, but do real men really want eyeliner?

Talking Trousers: Summer jackets

Now is a good time to buy a summer jacket - a relaxed, unstuffy one, just like Brad's.

Is there such a thing as green fashion?

There's nothing sexy about organic cotton, notes our mutton dressed as lad. But you can sport stylish solar-powered gadgets and accessories fit for an environmentally concerned secret agent

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How to own up to an affair

Our relationship expert says although an affair can feel right, you may have suspended a lot of guilty feelings to keep it going

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Are we a nation of wusses?

To avoid extortionate heating bills this winter, shouldn't we just put on extra cardie? No need if we learn to be energy efficient

Why I hate Facebook

Facebook damages relationships, harms job prospects and ultimately turns users reclusive

Best man's speech guide

Sebastian Lander attempts to overcome his phobia of public speaking to be best man at his friend's wedding

How to seduce women: the chat-up rules that turn chumps into charmers

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Health: insect bites and stings

Summer is a time for picnics and garden cocktails at dusk. It’s also the time when insects attack your exposed flesh

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Health: hypno-anaesthesia

Hypnosis is best known as a means of inducing stage-show volunteers to act the fool but is also employed by some doctors

Health: travel sickness

The trigger is when the brain receives conflicting information about the body’s physical environment. Here's what you can do about it

Health: epilepsy

Epilepsy is one of the most misunderstood neurological conditions yet also one of the most common

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As Superdrug launches a range of men's cosmetics, we celebrate boy beauty pioneers

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Six decades of the bikini

Women dressed in bikinis pose for a photographer on Sydney's Bondi Beach

As the bikini turns 60 this month, we select some iconic shots from its history

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Is this the end of premature baldness?

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The beard is back

George Clooney is rumoured to be attending the Open

Good beards, bad beards

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