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Life inside a therapeutic prison: ‘Look, we’ve done some terrible things …’ | Prisons and probation

December 18, 2024

The end of the post-work pint: why drinks with colleagues are over and out | Pubs

August 13, 2024

Name: The post-work pint.Age: Probably as old as work itself, but “Happy Hour” was a scheduled period of entertainment in the US navy...

Can menopause be fun and sexy? Yes, according to Miranda July | Zoe Williams

August 12, 2024

We went 1,000 years, or maybe 10,000, without anyone ever mentioning menopause, and then we started mentioning it all the time – which...

I have sciatica — now I never go anywhere without a small, hard, ball | Adrian Chiles

August 10, 2024

I never go anywhere without a small, hard ball about my person. Sciatica, you see. In my case it involves a shooting pain...

Young lovers making out in Pisa – Sherrie Nickol’s best photograph | Art and design

August 8, 2024

I always take my camera when I go to a new place. I observe how people relate to each other – whether alone...

A moment that changed me: I quit my PhD – and left my severe impostor syndrome behind | Life and style

August 7, 2024

In 2018, I decided to walk away from a part-time PhD in creative writing. I was thousands of pounds down, with nothing to...

‘I went straight to whisky at 14’: David Ireland on tackling booze and porn addiction on stage | David Ireland

August 6, 2024

David Ireland is a worried man. The Northern Irish playwright’s darkly comic, deeply political works about the Troubles have prompted trigger warnings and...

My weeks of reading hornily: steamy book sales have doubled – and I soon found out why | Romance books

August 6, 2024

I spent a fortnight reading nothing but smut and I don’t need to give you a reason. But since there is one, here...

Reuse that teabag! Ignore that special offer! It’s time to join the underconsumer revolution | Emma Beddington

August 4, 2024

‘I never want to own anything again,” messaged my son, packing up after a year abroad. He was experiencing the self-loathing rite of...

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