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Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
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He wouldn’t be the first married man going to the shed to write dating site messages on his phone …
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When Rob Biddulph’s daughter Poppy started at school she was a little anxious about having lunch there, so he decided to draw a Post-it note for her to open with her lunchbox every day
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Don’t do it, said a colleague, a man beaten down by cranky poolside babies and his failure to mime the word ‘Calpol’ to Spanish pharmacists
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As Alzheimer’s took hold of her mother, Jenny Downham had to rebuild their relationship from scratch, and when she showed her photos from her past she realised it was a lifeline for her mother
opinion
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Serena Williams isn't just an athlete – she shows black girls their bodies are perfect
Victoria BrownThe tennis star is a cultural touchstone for everyone, but for young girls of color, she is as necessary as air -
Children in pubs? There are more annoying things
Amy FlemingThe Good Pub Guide is right that pubs aren’t playgrounds, but that doesn’t mean considerate families shouldn’t enjoy them -
Marketing must do more to accommodate mums
Karen WebberWith 71% of mothers in marketing polled saying children had a negative effect on their career, the industry needs to become more flexible
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Every month brings a new study about how pregnancy, labor, breastfeeding or parenting affects a woman’s health, and often for the worse
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Before we laugh at those duped by the dating website, we should remember that nobody is exempt from vanity or vulnerability
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The power of being surrounded by black people is that the sheer sense of community is enough
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Letting parents take time off to care for newborns is good for the economy and for women, but it’s also good for men and children, and we must note that
advice
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Ask Molly RingwaldAsk Molly RingwaldAsk Molly Ringwald: our agony aunt’s final piece of advice‘Recently, I read back over many of your letters, and if there was a consistent pattern to be found in my responses, it was: listen more, talk more’
love & sex
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What’s worse than an impending 23rd wedding anniversary? Watching a bleak film about a 45th wedding anniversary, that’s what
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Massachusetts bans crimes against chastity, morality, decency and good order but does not include sex with a dead person – Aaron Vega wants to change that
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‘Recently, I read back over many of your letters, and if there was a consistent pattern to be found in my responses, it was: listen more, talk more’
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He acknowledges that her behaviour is unacceptable, but when I gently alert him to their similarities, he gets defensive. I fear it will cause us to fall apart
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A moment that changed me – a chance encounter in war-torn Germany
Harry Leslie SmithHamburg in 1945 was a tough, broken place, reeling from the war. Off duty from the RAF I stumbled into a black market – and met the love of my life -
Whether you’re a virgin or not, your sexual history and your feelings about it are not nearly as strange as anyone might try to make you feel
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Why we should let our children fail