The pre-university shop is the moment you find out how much domestic wisdom you’ve managed to impart. In my case, noneI have yet again found my ultimate tribe in a high-street shop, this time Ikea. As far as the eye could see,...
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Read MoreThe pressure to self-optimise at the start of the new school year can lead to disappointment and burnout. Instead, here are seven ways to slow things down and reap the benefitsIt is a hangover from our school days that September...
Read MoreThere’d been no morning sickness, cravings or tiredness. My mum didn’t believe I’d had a baby – even after seeing her on FaceTimeWhen I was 19, I went to college in Texas, where I met my boyfriend Preston. It was 2023 and I had...
Read MoreThe platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worstLuckily, I already knew having a comic thought at a tragic moment is a natural stress response, or I might have worried....
Read MoreBloody noses, ear cleanings, the first sproutings of armpit hair … the photographer reveals how he captured his two babies growing into boys and then menNot many family photo albums open with images of the twin towers on fire....
Read MoreI’ve started writing to my sister, my mum, my friends … Not everyone writes back, but when we connect it’s on a deeper level than any group chatLast January, I received a letter. Most of my post was predictably boring – a...
Read MoreDaniel’s boyfriend thinks his youthful complexion is down to fancy skincare, and Jessica’s nearest and dearest still don’t know she’s had a breast enhancement …Jessica was at a spa with her friends of more than 20 years when she...
Read MoreThe British writer is known for his unique ability to get inside the heads of serial killers. But a Guardian investigation reveals multiple accusations of assault and child sexual abuse. What is the truth about the man described...
Read MoreThe joy, disbelief and shock of discovering I had a brother the same age as me came with a million questions. How were we separated and why?In 1975, my parents saw an advert in their local Australian newspaper. With the Vietnam...
Read MoreHow can our understanding of mortality shape the way we live? Palliative care doctors and death doulas share the lessons they have learnedWe will all face death one day, but our attitude towards this is individual. How can our...
Read MoreExclusive: Pay increases to two weeks in England and Wales after Guardian revealed officers ‘mocked’ for taking time offPaid paternity leave for police in England and Wales is to double, after the Guardian revealed last year...
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