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The Guardian - Saturday Magazine, 23 May 2026

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Interviews, modern life, culture, and lifestyle

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ArticleSmart shot

Johan van Aarde Yes­ter­day, Today & Tomor­row, 2021 Shot on iPhone 12 Max Pro Arya the great dane was two when this image was taken, at home in Pre­toria, South Africa. “It was May 2021, our winter sea­son,” Johan van Aarde says. “The court­yard...

Smart shot

ArticleTom Burke

Born in Lon­don, Tom Burke, 44, trained at Rada. In 2008, he won the Ian Char­leson award for his role in Cred­it­ors at Lon­don’s Don­mar Ware­house. From 2014 to 2016, he appeared in the BBC series The Mus­ket­eers; his other TV work includes War &...

Tom Burke

ArticleExper­i­ence

In the sum­mer of 2000, I could never have ima­gined becom­ing a father. I was 34, liv­ing in New York City, with a good job in social care, but still in a tiny apart­ment. I had been with my part­ner, Pete, for just over three years; we were...

Exper­i­ence

ArticleDin­ing across the divide

Joe, 20, Southamp­ton Occu­pa­tion Geo­graphy stu­dent Vot­ing record Green in the last gen­eral and local elec­tions. Describes him­self as a “demo­cratic social­ist” Amuse bouche The res­taur­ant where Joe and Eddie met is a ret­ro­fit­ted old...

Din­ing across the divide

ArticleFlash­back

Born in Bed­ford­shire in 1980, cyc­list Vic­toria Pendleton is one of Bri­tain’s most dec­or­ated ath­letes. As well as win­ning nine world cham­pi­on­ship golds, she won the gold medal in the sprint at the 2008 Olympics and the gold medal in the...

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