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Thursday 19 September 2013
Far from the Madden crowd: have your say on subway etiquette

Madden-ing: The Games of Thrones actor on the London Underground. Photograph: via Tumblr

Open thread: The Game of Thrones actor snapped on the Tube with legs akimbo has sparked debate about mass transit manners
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14.37 EDT
What five dishes do you prepare over and over again?

Spaghetti bolognese was a hot favourite among those who responded to the survey. Photograph: Michael Paul/Getty Images/StockFood

Open thread: Britons typically have just five meals on rotation. Tell us if you get creative or end up tucking into spag bol more than once a week Continue reading...
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08.13 EDT
Why women have a right to sex-selective abortion

'Ann Furedi of BPAS ... has won outraged headlines simply by saying that abortion on the grounds of sex selection may be within the terms of the 1967 Abortion Act Photograph: Bwp Media/Getty Images

Sarah Ditum: As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter why any woman wants to end her pregnancy. If it's to select for sex, that's her choice
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07.40 EDT
10 things humans have to achieve before the end of the world

'Life on Earth will be wiped out ... because things are going to get too damn hot to live.' Photograph: Ruslan Olinchuk/Alamy

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: First thoughts: Scientists estimate we have as little as 1.75bn years to sort out gender equality, tangle-free headphones and an end to world poverty Continue reading...
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05.06 EDT
Wednesday 18 September 2013
Back up all your data – but memories worth keeping will live on in your mind

There are no images of the day someone first played me Marvin Gaye.

Our phones have become address books, diaries and visual records of our lives, but all that is digital melts into air
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Suzanne Moore
15.00 EDT
Black models are still barely seen or heard – why has nothing changed?

London Fashion Week. 'It has become a silent game for me over the past six years of attending various fashion weeks, to count the number of black models I see. As each one appears on the catwalk, I feel that pride and smile, almost telepathically screaming “WE ARE HERE!”' Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images

VV Brown: Naomi Campbell is right to point out the lack of black faces on catwalks. London Fashion Week was a reminder of the problem Continue reading...
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11.25 EDT
Tuesday 17 September 2013
From Bullingdon to the Cabinet Office, David Cameron has rejected women – now it's our turn

David Cameron … even posh women don't like him. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Bridget Christie: A Mumsnet study reveals that women are deserting the prime mininster in their droves. We might change our minds if he supported a ban on Page 3 – and stopped going on holiday Continue reading...
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11.47 EDT
Don't give me this 'if Lehman Sisters had been in charge …' nonsense

Harriet Harman's quip about Lehman Sisters 'is not only a tedious slice of benevolent sexism, it also misdirects the finger of blame.' Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

Ally Fogg: Blaming masculine risk-taking behaviour for the financial crash puts men and women in boxes and does everyone a disservice Continue reading...
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Ally Fogg
09.33 EDT
What's the best hangover cure?

How do you deal with hangovers? Photograph: Getty

Open thread: New research suggests that younger people suffer more after heavy drinking. Tell us how you handle a hangover
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08.46 EDT
Is it time to turn on the central heating?

Some Britons hold out on heating their homes until 1 November as a matter of principle. Photograph: Jeffrey Blackler/Alamy

With weather changing in the UK from a heatwave to single figure temperatures in a matter of weeks, it is tempting to turn on the central heating. Is this acceptable in early autumn?
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06.16 EDT
Yes, I am a Slapper. And I'm proud of it

‘We reckon it was a case of immigration misspelling – that the original was something like Schleperovski – from the Yiddish "schlepper".' Photograph: Erhan Dayi/Alamy

Hannah Slapper: There's a parallel between bearing the burden of this name and its Yiddish origin. But really, it could have been so much worse
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02.00 EDT
Monday 16 September 2013
Obituaries. Full of 'eccentricities' and 'devotion'. Time for a bit of honesty

'All but the unquestionably evil get the soft treatment. That sends the wrong message to society about the consequences of our actions.' Photograph: Zefa RF/Alamy

Mona Chalabi: A true representation of human complexity is something to be respected in life. So why are the dead treated so differently? Continue reading...
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10.53 EDT
Is Britain on the right track to become a nation of cyclists? - five-minute video debate

Liberal Democrat transport minister Norman Baker discusses the UK's cycling policy with Peter Walker
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Phil Maynard, Peter Walker, Ken Macfarlane, Norman Baker
08.18 EDT
Sunday 15 September 2013
How to cure a sexist boss: insist on equality at home

‘In 2013, on both sides of the Atlantic, women fill fewer than 15% of leadership roles. And they’re still paid less than men for similar work. Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

Sharon Meers: When and women share power 50-50 at work and at home, everybody's better off. We need to be pioneering in both places Continue reading...
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14.45 EDT
Should South Bank skateboarders welcome a new park?

The Southbank Centre intends to open shops and restaurants in the undercroft. Photograph: Andy Hall

Plans to relocate the world's oldest surviving skate spot to a new site are debated by Adam Spensley and Richard Holland
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19.07 EDT