Our marathon trainees share their top 10 running tracks. What do you have on your iPod when you're exercising? The improver: Matt Kurton Music is my constant companion when I run. It is there urging me forward when things get tough. It is there to put a smile on my face when the rain beats down and ...

Rachel Platt thought boxing was the preserve of thuggish men. But the lure of flat abs and a pert bottom finally convinced her to step into the ring I've always sat on my high horse when it comes to boxing. I've had no problems expressing my oh-so-middle-class distaste at such an aggressive, thuggis...

High heels cripple your feet, give you bunions and do terrible things to your back - and what's worse, they are getting ever higher. So why on earth do so many women inflict such pain upon themselves, asks Hadley Freeman Personally, it's always the veins that get me: those poor, popping veins strain...

For years the identity of the author of the much-loved Living with Teenagers column has been a mystery. Becky Gardiner explains why she kept the secret – and why the writer has come clean I still remember how I felt when I read the first instalment of the ­Living with Teenagers column, which ran ...

Hospital admissions for teenagers with anorexia have risen 80% over the last decade. Laurie Penny, who had the condition for years, explains why more help is needed for this most deadly of mental illnesses In 2003, I was intent on avoiding mirrors. They were the enemy. They reflected back wasted lim...

It was a hard-fought battle, but we can finally reveal the results of our online search to find Britain's top dog. And the winner is ... Tosca, the most heroic dog! In pictures: The six shortlisted dogs Ladies, gentlemen, canine friends, we have a winner. After we posted our Grufts shortlist of six ...

She can ease your fashion pain Why on earth are big shoulders back in fashion? They were bad enough the first time around. Sally Miner, by email Ms Miner, I hear your exasperation and I feel your pain. Many theories have already been propounded on the re-emergence of big shoulders in fashion, and th...

Logically it doesn't make sense for men to worry about baldness - it's largely inevitable, entirely unremarkable and doesn't hurt. And strictly speaking, feeling insecure about losing your hair is in itself unmanly - a real man should deal with anything short of international armed conflict as part ...

With a new venue opening every week, lap dancing has spread into British culture. Rachel Cooke talks to the men behind the boom, the women lured by the promise of easy money, and the campaigners battling to stop the clubs opening on your doorstep The lap-dancing industry will tell you that its 10,00...

I first knew something was wrong when I was seven weeks pregnant with my first child. For a couple of days I had experienced a kind of delay when I was searching for a word I wanted to say. We all know what it's like to draw a blank when trying to remember a certain word, so I assumed it was pregnan...