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Snap happy: your memories of the summer of 1976The ‘biggest hole ever’, a makeshift pool and a Scottish honeymoon: we asked you to send us your stories and photos from 1976. Here are some of our favourites -
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I must face my fear of doctors for my children’s sakeI have been poked, prodded and scanned, have given armfuls of blood and endured a colonoscopy – all so I can thwart the grim reaper -
Family life: With my sister Lou last winter, Neil Young, and Mum’s Old Favvy puddingReaders’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes -
Childless at 52: How sweet it would be to be called DadAlthough it’s still biologically possible for him, Declan Fitzsimons wonders if men feel grief over not having children in the same way that many women do
opinion
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'A baby made his first sound on the 106 bus': readers share amazing birth storiesCelebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife Jools let their eldest daughters watch the birth of their sibling this week. You told us about the births you’ve witnessed
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The Guardian view on granny orcas: nothing to do with humansEditorial: Fascinating work is being done on the family life of killer whales. But like research into New Caledonian crows, it has nothing to do with the way we live our lives
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Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queriesWhy does love hurt? You asked Google – here’s the answer
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My five-year-old thinks he’s having fun rolling tuppences into oblivion in the amusement arcade, but he’s actually playing with our futureWe’re on holiday. And yes, I’m teaching my son how to gamble
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It's high time we looked at the care of vulnerable children. NSW is failing themMore than half of the children in out-of-home care in NSW are being looked after by NGOs, with little government oversight and no measure to assess that care
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I panicked when my phone broke. But now I’ve found an inner serenityI could never bring myself to turn it off voluntarily, but now it has shattered, it feels like a blessing in disguise
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaWe planned to have sex – then my new boyfriend vanishedGhosting is on the rise, says Mariella Frostrup, so take heart, you’re not alone
love & sex
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We planned to have sex – then my new boyfriend vanishedGhosting is on the rise, says Mariella Frostrup, so take heart, you’re not alone
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Young people have found other things to entertain them – mainly their phonesGoodbye to sex: a short and heartfelt eulogy
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What I’m really thinking: the sex therapistManaging my own internal responses includes frustration at society for not being more understanding
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Listener feedback with Miranda Sawyer - Close Encounters sex podcastEpisodes one to four of our Close Encounters provoked a big reaction. Here we share listeners’ own tales, comments and questions
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Blind date: ‘She didn’t judge me for talking about giraffes’ necks’Did digital communications consultant Lucy, 23, click with waitress Charlie, 20?
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My teenage daughter has blackmailed me over my new partnerHer behaviour has cost me an amicable divorce with her father and led to the breakup of a new relationship. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
Tim Dowling: we’re off on holiday without the children. What could possibly go wrong?