How not to be rude in 2026
Do you keep your headphones on at the checkout? Or chat people up then never follow through? You need our expert guide to the new social faux pas – and how to avoid them*** Continue...
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My holiday from hell: my teenage daughter was drunk – and we had a 12-hour car journey to get through
The five of us were supposed to leave for Cornwall at 9am. But it was noon before we set off and past midnight when we arrived. No wonder two of the family left the next morningIt was a last-minute May half-term break. We knew...
Read MoreThe one change that worked: I banned myself from social media – and my children have never been happier
I used to think my phone helped me to relax. But setting strict limits on my usage has improved my mood and my relationshipsI am a psychotherapist who works with frazzled, snappy parents, and spend my days writing about why we...
Read MoreTalk is of newlywed Taylor Swift taking a break from music. Did I take a nap and wake up in the 1950s? | Laura Snapes
After exchanging vows with Travis Kelce, the workaholic pop star probably won’t be staying home to admire the wedding silverwareNo speculation is too harebrained when it comes to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s...
Read MoreExperience: I’ve found a four-leaf clover every day for three years
Decades after my father’s death, I was still angry about losing him. Finding a good-luck symbol set me on a new path Sumter, South Carolina, where I grew up, was nicknamed “Murk City”. It’s not all bad,...
Read MoreMy mother was an excellent care worker. Why did she end up marching with the EDL?
Nicola Wilding’s mother was a Labour voter, who specialised in treating those with chronic memory disorders. Then she started supporting the far right. In a new family memoir, Wilding explores how this happened – and...
Read MoreMy dad bragged online about sexually abusing me. But he was making it all up
When police came to arrest Mark because of acts he’d described in a chatroom, it came as a shock to all who knew him. Then it turned out nothing he had posted about was true – and he walked free. With ‘fantasy...
Read MoreDutch children are unusually happy and healthy. Is it because of this walking ritual?
Once a year, Dutch kids, parents and teachers take part in a walking festival, heading out for four nights in a single week to explore their neighbourhoods, exercise and make friends. It’s a tradition that seems to be...
Read MoreDutch children are unusually happy and healthy. Is it because of the Avondvierdaagse?
Once a year, Dutch kids, parents and teachers take part in a walking festival, heading out for four nights in a single week to explore their neighbourhoods, exercise and make friends. It’s a tradition that seems to be...
Read MoreMy mother was forced to give me up for adoption. But when we finally met decades later, it was far from a fairytale ending
Thirty years after my parents were pressured into placing me with an adoption agency, I finally reconnected with them. But it was nothing like the neat stories you see on TVOne morning in late September 2023, I discovered...
Read MoreI feel a lot of affection for a friend at work – could I be in love? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
Would you want this to become sexual? If the answer is yes, then think about what might be holding you backI don’t know whether I am in love with my friend or not. We hang out a lot, because we work together in the same...
Read More‘There were bad moments and bad behaviour’: Alan Davies on booze, ego, comedy and cancer
At 60, Davies is less of a hell-raiser than he once was – but a great deal happier. He talks about the excesses of the 90s, the sexual abuse that made him such an ‘angry boy’, his recent bladder cancer, and...
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