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**Author:** Kirsten Lie-Nielsen

**Description:** After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly.



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**Description:** My homesteading journey began with self-sufficiency and a dream, but it evolved through loss and social media fame.



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**Description:** The comedian on being a people pleaser, her painful early gigs and the joy of trampolines.



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**Author:** Phil Daoust

**Description:** Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled.



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**Description:** One afternoon, as he passed a train station bench in Chicago, the street photographer spotted young men in uniform …



#### 7. ‘I find gardening therapeutic until the roses rip me to shreds’



**Author:** Tim Dowling

**Description:** My wife is not convinced I work as hard in the garden as she does – but she doesn’t have to deal with the destruction wreaked by the dog.



#### 8. Push-up power! The exercise you need for a healthy, happy life – and eight ways to make it easier



**Author:** Phil Daoust

**Description:** Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled.



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**Author:** Jonathan Freedland

**Description:** The diagnosis may have brought up feelings of anger and unfairness about the care you didn’t receive as a child. Could your brother offer you solace and support?



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**Description:** The comedian on being a people pleaser, her painful early gigs and the joy of trampolines.



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**Author:** Phil Daoust

**Description:** Fast, free and phenomenally effective, push-ups are an unbeatable way to build the muscle you need every day – all the way into old age. Here’s how to master them, even if you’ve previously struggled.



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