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I was sitting in a cafe a few weeks ago when I overheard a rare bit of sunny talk about advances in medicine and technology when a woman said: “Nobody…

The rise of social media, disappearing third spaces, displeasure with dating apps: in 2026, there are plenty of possible culprits when it comes to loneliness. But what makes people feel…

It was 2023, and Dr Jennie Young was sick of online dating. She was looking for a partner, and instead all she found in the apps were inappropriately sexual come-ons…

An old friend – we first met over 50 years ago – used to be kind, supportive and good company. But she has become a self-absorbed and petulant know-all. She…

The sun is out, and the sensible ones among us are already wearing hats and SPF. Not a hat person? Try a slogan cap. They work with almost anything Continue…

A new study from Oxford University is raising hopes for a potential non-invasive endometriosis scan that could help give women an earlier explanation for their symptoms. And while the research…

“Getting to be a mom is the best Mother’s Day gift in and of itself.” We all know the deferential cliche moms trot out when asked about Mother’s Day gifts….

The first thing Becca Gold noticed was her pants. Throughout the spring and summer of 2023, her pants stopped fitting. Her legs became puffy, with a rippled texture and heavy…

I’ve just read Polly Hudson’s piece about shaking hands and I disagree (Teenagers are calling time on the handshake. I salute them, from a safe distance, theguardian.com, 26 April). A…

My first viral personal essay was titled: “In Defense of Casual Sex”. It was 2008. I was 24, living in San Francisco, and working at the online magazine Salon. I…

Researchers in Montreal have developed a way to help control severe bleeding and improve treatment for people with clotting disorders, though they say it could still take time before it’s…

From a country cottage with double-height bookshelves to a new-build flat in London with ‘period’ panelling hiding tech Continue reading… Source link

The National Gallery was the grand setting for the party that followed The Devil Wears Prada 2’s London premiere this week. Donatella Versace held court in a roped-off area beneath…

Wireless earbuds are all about freedom and convenience. Why wrestle with cables when you can pop in wireless buds and go about your day as if they aren’t even there?…

It is time for the Thursday news quiz – and this week marks our fifth birthday. Like the elephant in our illustration by Anaïs Mims, we have a long memory,…

My copy of the River Cafe Cookbook is silver, having lost its original blue sleeve some years ago. Naked, the hardback cover is completely plain, so it is my handwriting…

The prosecution: Carol double quotation markFood should not fall out while you eat a sandwich, and your hands shouldn’t be sticky with sauce I grew up in Ireland and, to…

When the LA wildfires burned last year, playwright Dave Harris watched as everyone’s “crisis personalities” emerged. “Mine,” he recalls, “was that I was incredibly horny.” During that period, when the…

Hippodrome It doesn’t look like much from the outside. An inelegant, industrial redbrick block; if you didn’t know, you might guess it’s a biscuit factory. Make that a former biscuit…

I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where we had lots of family and friends around, which meant lots of people to feed. On those occasions, if…

Minestrone (Pictured above) Here, the vegetables, beans and pasta are roughly the same size, so every spoonful is heaped and satisfying. Nothing to poke the roof of your mouth or…

The onset of sunshine has caught my limbs by surprise. I went out in short sleeves last week and my neglected, greyish arms looked as if they were recently freed…

Three years ago, I helped my friend, the chef Sam Webb, set up Babette, a street food stall at Newquay Boathouse. Webb and his team make everything from scratch and,…

It only took nine seconds for an AI coding agent gone rogue to delete a company’s entire production database and its backups, according to its founder. PocketOS, which sells software…

I have identified my worst character trait. In such a crowded field, this has been no easy task. This one wins out because it’s two equally unappealing traits rolled into…

You know those round deli containers people love to keep after getting takeout pho? Recently, I’ve been using some new food storage containers in the same shape that stack the…

Health Canada approved the first generic version of brand-name semaglutide drugs like Ozempic on Tuesday, becoming the first G7 country to do so. Manufactured by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories in India,…

Wellness culture is coming for your vagina. On Instagram, in the vitamin aisle, and even on the subway, the billion-dollar “feminine probiotic” industry promises healthier, better-smelling, infection-free genitalia. The proliferation…

Mother’s Day deals are popping up everywhere, but one of the best I’ve found comes from Field Company, the maker of the premium skillet that I said “fixed everything I…

Wake up, 100 messages from group chat overnight about something – what? another assassination attempt; a village destroyed in Lebanon; the football result in England; the weather in Iran being…