When you take time to learn how to do your own plumbing, it really does show. There's a defining quality in learning to care for your home, but plumbing is…
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‘I feel hurt that my life has ended up here’: The women who are involuntary celibates
When a woman named Alana coined the term “incel” in the late 90s, she couldn’t have predicted the outcome. What started as a harmless website to connect lonely, “involuntary celibate”…
Olivia and Oliver remain most popular baby names as Archie hits top 10
Oliver and Olivia retained top places in the most popular baby names of 2020 in England and Wales, but fast risers included Maeve and Otis, possibly influenced by the comedy-drama…
British households will be £1,000 worse off next year, thinktank warns
British households will be £1,000 worse off next year from a cost of living squeeze created by rising energy prices and shortages of workers and supplies caused by Covid and…
Gourmet haddock and lilac skies: a car-free break in Grimsby and Cleethorpes
The beach at Cleethorpes is next to the railway station. Kids are riding donkeys, digging castles and playing football on smooth, endless sands. There’s a waft of vinegar and frying…
Puppy perks: should workers get three weeks of paid leave to bond with a new pet?
Name: Pawternity leave. Age: At least five years old. Appearance: None, for up to three weeks. No appearance where? At work. It’s like paternity leave, but for dogs. My dog…
Meditation, vodka and vinegar: can the morning routines of the rich and famous make me a better person?
Are morning people better than night owls? I was delighted to discover that they are not. The “morning morality effect” – the notion that our capacity to resist lying and…
Jean therapy: putting them in the freezer doesn’t work – so how do you make jeans last?
A stylist friend of mine often laments over poorly dressed but otherwise handsome men. “I wish they knew, all it takes is a good pair of jeans and a white…