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Five Great Reads: a tinned tomato taste test and a chat with Alan Davies

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · May 29

Cheers to the fight to save village pubs

Letters: Ian Williamson and Susan Gregory respond to an article by Sam Wollaston on pub closures and share experiences in their own communities

The Guardian - UK · May 13

Inside the Guardian: the stories and secrets in abandoned buildings

The Guardian’s Abandoned Britain series is using words and images to bring derelict buildings back to life. We spoke to the team behind it

The Guardian - UK · May 5

‘Teaching – how hard can it be?’: three writers put their relationships on the line and try their partners’ jobs

Have you ever secretly thought how easy it would be to do your partner’s job? Three journalists find out if they can hack it as a teacher, an eBay trader and a creative director

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2024

‘You go to a job and it’s absolutely alive with rats or bedbugs’: on the road with a pest controller

It’s boom time in the world of extermination. With rodents rampaging through hospitals and bedbug infestations up 65%, one seasoned pro has never been busier. Our writer tags along to find out why

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

The pickleball revolution: how a game for all ages became one of the world’s fastest-growing sports

A gentle cross between tennis, badminton and ping pong, pickleball is an easy game to pick up. Sam Wollaston has a little dink

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023

‘My board shoots off, like in the ad’: Sam Wollaston goes skateboarding

Our writer had a head start on the dad in the John Lewis ad: he’d skated a bit back in the day. How hard could it be to get back on a board?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

Carry on wild camping – and stay alert through the night

Letters: Alison Clarke recalls her honeymoon spent hiking on Dartmoor, while Val Mainwood remembers an eventful Girl Guides expedition in North Yorkshire and Jim Grindle calls for beauty spots to allow wild camping

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

‘Doctors should prescribe it!’: the joys of wild camping – and why it is under threat in England

Designated areas of Dartmoor are the only places in England where you can camp out in the wild if you respect the environment. But for how long?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022