Stop all the clocks: why are we so bad at going to bed?

Putting off bedtime for one more boxset episode, or some ‘me time’? You may be a sleep procrastinator – and doing yourself serious harm

’You feel like a child again!’ Would exercising at 5am make you a happier person?

While 99% of us are still fast asleep, members of the Win the Morning, Win the Day movement are throwing themselves into a dawn walk or swim. We join them where it all started, on a beach in Hampshire

You be the judge: ‘Can I ask my tenant to stop working out on the front porch?’

In our new column, we air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict.

Core needs: wellbeing holidays bounce back to tackle ‘pandemic posture’

Wellness tourism continues to grow with demand driven by the ageing boomer generation and health-conscious millennials

The wonder stuff: what I learned about happiness from a month of ‘awe walks’

Feeling down? You need to experience more awe, psychologists say. So I set off every day to explore my local area, leaving my phone behind

Emma Beddington tries … the Cyr wheel: ‘I’m about as supple as an ironing board’

I have always dreamed of joining the circus and thought this could be the skill for me. Do I have the guts and grace to start spinning around?

Fit in my 40s: I suck at table tennis. Instead, here are my final seven fitness lessons

My last observation – of everything from boxing to circus skills – is that competition between beginners is a mug’s game

‘I felt my body wasn’t good enough’: teenage troubles with Instagram

As research emerges on the harmful effect of the app, three people discuss its impact on eating disorders

Move of the week: how to have happier hips

Pigeon pose stretches tight glutes and opens the front of the hips

Fit in my 40s: a game of petty and enjoyable malice? Step forward, pétanque

It’s extremely meditative. By the end of the week, my capacity for Zen-like calm was epic

Move of the week: how to improve your arms

This tricep push-up will help you develop a more athletic physique and better defined arms

‘I was sliding towards the drop and couldn’t stop’ – the writer who fell from a mountain

It is every climber’s worst nightmare. In this extract from his thrilling book about the glorious – and treacherous – Cuillin Ridge on Skye, Simon Ingram recalls the day its wild peaks almost took his life

Move of the week: how to support your lower back

This exercise will benefit desk-bound lower backs and hips – it’s low-impact, but you’ll feel the burn if you do it properly

Move of the week: how to ease bad posture

The straight leg hip lift simultaneously activates hamstrings, glutes and core

The Mediterranean diet: why it could lead to a more satisfying sex life

Eating plenty of fruit and vegetables and cutting back on red meat can counter erectile dysfunction – and reduce farting