Sali Hughes in conversation with Jenny Valentine

How to buy jeans that fit. Thirty-seven things to have in your kitchen cupboard. Tiny acts for mental health. How to support a friend going through IVF. Why bad boys are an absolute waste of your time. How to cope with working mum guilt

This smart guide will help you navigate modern life, enabling you to save money and time. The Guardian beauty editor offers striking good sense on: home, food and drink, fashion, health and beauty, life and finances, friends, relationships and family.

From everyday tips such as how to cut your own fringe and how to buy great secondhand clothing, to the less talked about, agonising questions such as how to split finances with your partner and how to grieve, there’s advice on the big and the small, and everything in between.

She talks to Jenny Valentine, children’s and Young Adult novelist, author of Finding Violet Park, Broken Soup and Fire Colour One.