I found out the hard way the secret of Sunak’s Monday blunders – a 36-hour fast

Admire his discipline if you must, but should a PM make vital decisions when he’s starving?

Share the chores, send a nostalgic text and have a little dance: surprising ways to boost your sex drive

Couples are having less sex than ever – so how do you reignite the spark? Experts share their top tips to up your sexual desire (and, no, it’s not about lacy lingerie)

Bootcamp with rants: the workout where you air a grievance, then get in the sea

Every Friday at 6.30am, a group aged from eight to over 70 gather on Sydney’s Manly beach to trade jokes and insults, then race into the surf

Elmo’s big question: how an adorable puppet asked how everyone was doing – and opened the gates of hell

The Sesame Street monster was just being friendly on X. Now, he’s drowning in election anxiety, relationship troubles and existential dread

UK fertility treatment comparison tool featuring IVF data launched

Dashboard allows people to explore data including egg and sperm donors from 1991 onwards

The real meaning of Rishi Sunak’s 36-hour fasts? ‘I’m a terrible PM but I’d be a fantastic tech bro’

Voters may not care about Sunak’s ability to go without food – but employers will lap it up when he’s looking for work in Silicon Valley, writes Coco Khan

Pliers, abscesses and agonising pain: Britain’s dental crisis – as seen from A&E

With ‘dental deserts’ all over the UK, hundreds of thousands of people now flock to hospitals or GPs each year for treatment. And the problem is only getting worse

Should I worry about drinking diet soda?

Do artificial sweeteners encourage bloating, raise insulin levels and encourage obesity? We asked the experts

My path to inner peace, via ‘Dalifornia’ in southwest China

How leaving Beijing for Dali, home of China’s urban escapees, was a step on my route to finding serenity

‘Don’t do’ lists and a protein hit: 20 ways to become a morning person and feel like a winner

Early risers know only too well the smug satisfaction of getting up and getting going. But what if you’re more of an owl than a lark? Here’s how to change your body clock and seize the day