Jason Williams, known as the cloud gardener, is campaigning for green spaces in new builds and rights for tenants to grow plantsDevelopers and landlords should give tenants a “right to garden”, a leading horticulturist has said as he campaigns for more green spaces in new-build homes.To inspire those who live in homes without gardens, Jason Williams...

Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionalsThe tobacco company Philip Morris has sponsored courses for doctors in multiple countries, in what critics have called a “grotesque” strategy.Medical education programmes on quitting smoking and harm reduction in...

In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong finds that mastering the Chinese martial art is a matter of mind over navelGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailFor the first 15 minutes of my tai chi class, we remain entirely in one spot to warm up. From afar, it probably looks as though we’re standing with...

I bought it for just under £3,000, and it developed a fault just before the warranty expiredIn October I bought an electric Brompton bicycle for just under £3,000. Initially all was well but about three months before the two-year warranty expired, it started suffering intermittent power problems.It would work on the electric assist, and then wouldn’t....

1 May 1899: The Guardian’s weekly cycling column questions a police officer’s evidence in a speeding cyclist case and reassures riders that brake blocks cause little damage to rimsPerhaps the most audacious piece of evidence ever adduced by a police constable in proof of the speed of cyclists charged with furious driving was that sworn to by an officer...

He’s ashamed and embarrassed at his reaction – but he seems unable to get past it. And I am not going to changeMy partner does not like going down on me. He says it tastes quite bitter and that my pubic hair leaves an unpleasant sensation. Unlike some women, however, I am not willing to shave. I did when I was much younger, but I didn’t like it.This...