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Health & wellbeingUV damage means I bruise easilyNatural health therapist Emma Mitchell answers your questionsI am a fit man in my early 50s. I suffer from thin skin on the backs of my hands and lower forearm, which bruises very easily. I suspect this is caused by UV radiation damage. Are there any natural remedies? It would be impossible to reverse the damage, but taking a good antioxidant should lessen further thinning - try Antioxidant Plus and add Bio C, which contains bioflavonoids and vitamin C to prevent bruising and strengthen skin; both from Blackmores, 08707 700976.

Australian Open This article is more than 11 months oldAustralian Open: Aryna Sabalenka swats aside Linette to reach first slam finalThis article is more than 11 months oldNo 5 seed overpowers opponent in 7-6 (1), 6-2 victoryBelarusian will face Elena Rybakina in Saturday’s finalThe first-set tie-break said it all – Magda Linette lost it 7-1 and she had not done anything wrong. Until then it was toe to toe and anyone’s guess who would leave Rod Laver Arena with an appointment to see Elena Rybakinaon Saturday.

Music blogPop and rockThe Hard Rock Cafe is known for a few things: dithering over the minimum wage, selling something called Joe Perry's Rock Your World Quesadillas, and cabinet displays of gold discs for Boston's More Than A Feeling, as well as Peter Frampton's favourite frightwigs. What it's less known for is its range of merchandise which - while we're not saying it's tacky and ugly - makes that picture of Jordan in her shocking pink dressage look classy.

Pop and rockReviewAO Arena, Manchester The swaggering, 66-year-old punk-rocker’s candid new material is just as warmly received as the inevitable hits that made him a global superstar William Broad was a bespectacled Bromley schoolboy teachers dubbed “Billy Idle” before punk and contact lenses triggered his transformation. He became a Top of the Pops regular with Generation X and then an MTV-era global superstar. Now 66, he remains as indefatigable as ever, yelling “Manchester, England: let’s dance!

Big oil uncoveredNew York This article is more than 4 months oldNew York University will divest from fossil fuels in win for student activistsThis article is more than 4 months oldOne of largest private universities in US, with endowment of over $5bn, takes steps to address climate crisis after years of student protest New York University plans to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian has learned, following years of pressure from student activists.

The ObserverThrillersReviewChampioned by QAnon conspiracists, this well-intentioned thriller about child sex-trafficking is crass and full of pantomime villains The extent of chatter around the Colombian child sex-trafficking thriller Sound of Freedom – a cause celebre of QAnon conspiracy junkies; a US box-office smash dogged by rumours of number fiddling; a platform for star Jim Caviezel’s messianic tendencies – makes it hard to get a clear-eyed look at the film itself. Plus, there’s the fact that negative reviews have acted as a lightning rod for reactionary bile on the internet.

Texas This article is more than 2 months oldTexas chemical plant explosion causes fire and triggers evacuationsThis article is more than 2 months oldExplosion and subsequent fire happened at petroleum processing plant in Shepherd, Texas, about an hour outside Houston A major explosion at a Texas chemical plant has caused a massive fire, triggering evacuations and stay-at-home-orders. The explosion and subsequent fire happened on Wednesday morning at a chemical plant in Shepherd, Texas, about an hour outside Houston, the San Jacinto county office of emergency management said in a Facebook post.

Nicholas Lezard's choiceTravel writingReviewIn the final book in his trilogy about landscape and the human heart, Macfarlane turns his attention to sacred encounters and wild walksFinding a bad word to be said about Robert Macfarlane is no easy task. The inside front cover of the paperback lists 15 authors who made The Old Ways one of their books of the year last year; the next four pages contain quotations from 35 reviews, all saying, essentially, "

Life and styleSome travelers who spend longer periods of time in India exhibit a curious condition: a spectrum of behavioral and psychological changes that can be all-consuming In 1985, Régis Airault arrived in India to work as the resident doctor of psychology at the French consulate in Mumbai. At the time, travelers from France, upon arriving in India, could visit the consulate to place their passport and return plane ticket into safe-keeping.