Return of the big breakfast

Open thread: A hearty morning meal can help you lose weight, apparently. Do you go to work on an egg, a full English, or nothing?

Drop that spoon!

Britain is one of the world's largest consumers of puffed, flaked and sugared breakfast cereals. How did that happen when many were said to contain less nutrition than the boxes they come in? Felicity Lawrence investigates

What I see in the mirror

Petula Clark: On a good day, I see good skin, good bones and nice, blue-grey eyes. On a bad day, I see a few more wrinkles

Could you make 28 meals from this?

A new book claims it can save you time and money and reduce your eco impact - with its seasonal shopping and cooking plans. Zoe Williams gives it a go

Bombs, bullets & our daily bread

Tonight, over four million Palestinians, and more than eight million others across the world, will eat supper as refugees. For this special report, Alex Renton visits Gaza, where every day brings a new struggle against hunger

Hard to swallow

A report saying that certain dietary supplements may do more harm than good has prompted howls of outrage from the vitamin and health-food lobby. So who exactly should we believe? Sarah Boseley reports