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A moment that changed me: I thought I was about to die – and realised how much my friends mattered to me | Life...

When I heard the sound, I thought it was a stack of dishes crashing on to the cafe floor. Turning, I expected to...

Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills | Time management

However distant our schooldays, the start of the academic year makes everyone want to turn over a new leaf, to work harder and...

The kids are eating us out of house and home – and I couldn’t be happier | Emma Beddington

“How many of these cookies can I eat?” my older son texts (he is downstairs; I am up). “They’re really good.” My fingertips...

Why bother going on holiday when you can watch other people’s on social media? | Emma Beddington

I haven’t been on holiday this summer, but don’t start tuning the tiny violins. I derive an unusual satisfaction from working when others...

Of course Kirstie Allsopp is happy for her 15-year-old to go Interrailing on his own. It’s ‘character-building’! | Zoe Williams

Following a post on social media about letting her 15-year-old son go on an Interrailing trip, Kirstie Allsopp should definitely be investigated by...

The reluctant camper: 15 easy tips to make you love life beneath the stars | Camping holidays

In my experience, the world is divided into people who love camping and people who hate it. In the second group are those...

‘It felt shameful’: the profound loneliness of modern motherhood | Parents and parenting

One of the weirdest experiences for me in early motherhood was a recurrent image or sense, when I was walking down the street,...

Toxic people: is avoiding them the real secret to longevity? | Friendship

Name: Toxic people.Age: They can be any age.Appearance: They can look like anyone.Then how am I supposed to know who they are? You...

What does it mean to be 16 today? It is totally different to when I was growing up | Zoe Williams

Ah, August, the month where you have to hear again what Jeremy Clarkson got in his A-levels, to be juxtaposed delightfully (he thinks)...

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