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Why do we eat pudding last in a meal? Thomas, via email Send new questions to nq@theguardian.com. Readers reply To enhance the soul. bellaphon Because dessert/pudding is…

Summer puddings are a doddle: ripe peaches torn apart and dropped into glasses of chilled muscat; strawberries, halved and tossed with passionfruit juice; melon sprinkled with mint-infused…

Normal Sudoku rules apply, except the numbers in the cells contained within grey lines add up to the figures in the corner. No number can be repeated…

It was my worst nightmare. Setting a payroll, sorting out holidays and tax and national insurance for other people. Becoming an employer. But that’s what it had…

I’ve been very lucky with my genes. My mum worked in a circus. She was a contortionist and a trapeze artist, so I got my flexibility from…

The questions 1 The Aralkum in Central Asia is the world’s newest what?2 Which insect is thought to be named after the colour of one of its…

Summer has finally arrived, so we’ve dusted off the barbecue and are on the lookout for the next refreshing drink. Here’s a clever solution, combining something you…

Monday Hurrah! After an enforced three-year hiatus (there was this pandemic thing – I can’t get into it now), Glastonbury is back! The older I get, the…