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    ‘Women feel like failures if they haven’t had a “normal” birth’: how the NCT has shaped childbirth in the UK | Childbirth

    In May, charity representatives, campaigners and MPs gathered in parliament to hear the then Conservative MP Theo Clarke launch the UK’s first national...

    One price for locals, another for tourists: Lisbon restaurants’ secret tax on out-of-towners | Overtourism

    Name: The Lisbon tourist revolt.Age: Hard to know when it started, but it’s having a big summer.Appearance: Discreet.What are they doing to the...

    One lick is all it takes: can Dua Lipa conquer the world of ice-cream as well as pop? | Dua Lipa

    Name: Dua Lipa.Age: 29.Are you talking about the English and Albanian singer, winner of seven Brits and three Grammys, and included this year...

    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...

    New Zealand culture is booming around the world – do we have Jacinda Ardern to thank for it? | Nell Frizzell

    When I was growing up, the sum total of New Zealand’s contribution to global culture was, essentially, the singer from Crowded House and...

    ‘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,...

    I’ve finally got round to fixing up my house – and it’s given me a radical idea | Nell Frizzell

    Here is a short and by no means comprehensive list of things that have been at the bottom of my fruit bowl for...

    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...

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