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Government has broken vow on bereavement benefit cuts, says MPFrank Field wants ministers to explain why policy will save £100m a year despite pledge not to slash funding for parents
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Modern tribes: the art gallery show-offSlow down darlings, I think the kind gallery man thinks you’re going to spill your drinks on the nude with poppies -
Was my grandmother a witch?Nan’s wellspring of herbal lotions and spirit stories made childhood a spooky mix of fantasy and reality -
After great loss, it’s kindness that sees us throughBrendan Cox’s good sense born out of bereavement as he talked about the Westminster attack shows how kindness can work wonders
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Family life: My parents’ wedding, Donald Where’s Your Troosers?, and lentil slopReaders’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
opinion
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There’s a food poverty crisis in the UK. And the government is starved of ideasAs the cost of living rises and wages stagnate, for many food is becoming harder to afford. We’re returning to an era where a healthy diet is aspirational
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'An unrealistic pressure': mothers on what it's like to breastfeedThe majority of women stop breastfeeding after two months, despite health experts’ advice to continue to at least six. We speak to mothers about their experiences
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Jordan Peele’s film has provoked discussion of issues about race and relationships that often remain too sensitive or uncomfortable to exploreAs Get Out shows, love isn’t all you need in interracial relationships
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Mum would hate the gush, but it's hard being apart on Mother's DayOn a recent episode of Australia’s Bride & Prejudice, a mother rejected her son for being gay. Gary Nunn has been thinking of his mum in the UK ever since
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Romantic love is all very well, but when it comes to the tough stuff it’s often your friends that get you through, says Eva WisemanWhy shouldn’t the modern family be a team effort?
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A moment that changed me: my coming out letter to my mumAfter years of bickering between me and my mum, it was an argument about a school trip that broke us. That’s when I wrote her
advice
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Private livesPrivate livesMy partner believes in homeopathy. How can I convince her that vaccinations are a good idea?Her alternative-leaning mother has raised her to have faith in massively diluted plant extracts but, if we are to go travelling or have kids, surely we need to trust science to keep us safe
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Dr Dillner’s dilemmasDr Dillner’s dilemmasHow long should you stay on antidepressants?As many as 5.4 million people in the UK may be taking pills to help with anxiety and depression, but does that mean they are hooked?
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaMy dad left, then my aunt told me he tried to seduce her - do I tell my mum?Mariella Frostrup says the information may not be news to her mother – and warns against aportioning blame as her parents’ marriage is picked over
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Sexual healingSexual healingSince my hysterectomy, we haven’t had any sexual intimacyMy partner would never commit to a family before I was ill, and now I can’t have children, I resent him
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Problem solvedProblem solvedI'm worried that my elderly father is in an abusive marriage and is being isolated from meMy father’s new wife was violent and he thought she was drugging him. Things seemed to settle down, but I feel he is being made to drop contact with me. Annalisa Barbieri advises a reader
love & sex
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Since my hysterectomy, we haven’t had any sexual intimacyMy partner would never commit to a family before I was ill, and now I can’t have children, I resent him
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Our ‘sexperiment’ and other methods of improving our sex lifeAfter Jancee Dunn and her husband became parents, their sex life was non-existent. Rather than ignore the problem, they decided to do something about it
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Can an app help mend a broken heart?Break-Up Boss, a new app, aims to guide users through heartbreak. Surely there’s a limit to what you can achieve with a phone?
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More middle-aged men taking steroids to look youngerExperts warn about growing number of men in their 40s and 50s taking drugs to fight signs of ageing and boost sex drive
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How not to spend £129 on a dateHaving a strategy for a date is hardly sexy or fun, but if couples are spending this much on a date then a little guidance is needed
My dad left, then my aunt told me he tried to seduce her - do I tell my mum?