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Family

  • fun and games!<br>two very happy dogs

    A crime has been committed, but don’t blame the dog

    Séamas O’Reilly
    Someone has shripped a parcel to shreds, but it can’t have been Dougie
  • Eva Wiseman

    Pillows, playlists and a gentle push… My birth plan was a joke

    Eva Wiseman
  • Penelope Tree in 2024

    Penelope Tree looks back: ‘I like to live a life that doesn’t depend on image or possessions’

  • Illustration of a yellow and brown snake, with venom dripping from its jaws, on a white background

    What is a snake’s venom made of and what is ochre? Try our kids’ quiz

  • Sad couple-01

    I’m yearning for a third child to recreate the large, loving family I grew up in

  • Ammar Kalia in Haridwar in 2019.

    A moment that changed me: Should I laugh or cry? When I scattered my grandmother’s ashes, I did both

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Opinion

  • Lucretia Grindle Lutyens

    No matter how I tried, I couldn’t get my stepchildren to accept me. So I stopped

    Lucretia Grindle Lutyens
  • Author Ariane Beeston has written a book about her experience with post-partum psychosis. She is a former child protection caseworker and psychologist with NSW's Department of Communities and Justice. Sydney, NSW, Australia. 15 May 2024.

    I have taken babies from their mothers. After my son was born I feared it was my turn to be punished

    Ariane Beeston
    Four days after my child was born, I began experiencing postpartum psychosis. What I learned changed my life
  • Zoe Williams

    My stepfather-in-law is still happy at work aged 90 – what’s his secret?

    Zoe Williams
  • Paul Daley

    So-called ‘school refusal’ must be tackled with compassion, not hard-hearted discipline

    Paul Daley
  • Young Boy Eating Barbecued Corn On The Cob<br>Posed by model A young boy with curly hair sitting at a table in his back garden and eating a barbecued corn on the cob.

    But where do you put your knife and fork? Etiquette lessons…

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Ranjana Srivastava

    A letter to my kids: sometimes, my love for you must feel conditional but on Mother’s Day, let me say that I love you

    Ranjana Srivastava

Advice

  • Sad couple-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m yearning for a third child to recreate the large, loving family I grew up in

  • ‘Intimacy is difficult.’

    Sexual healing
    My wife and I used to love sex – but now I’m out of shape and she has painful knees

  • The,Journey,Of,A,Thousand,Miles,Begins,With,A,Single<br>The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step quote and girl going far away by dirty country road; Shutterstock ID 375538585; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

    Ask Philippa
    I have a dream job and family, but I really want to write novels

  • A white SumUp payment terminal held in someone’s hand

    Consumer champions
    My SumUp card reader has been blocked and I can’t afford new one

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Love & sex

  • Will Stubbs and Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs in December 1994

    The moment I knew: she left $50 on my bed and a note that said ‘buy yourself another bottle of wine’

  • missionary position, from the feet

    This is how we do it: ‘I want missionary every night – but I’m trying to be more adventurous’

    Alice says she’s boring sexually, so she and Elliot are trying to spice things up
  • A composite photo of Laura and Paddy together, both smiling and wearing black.

    Blind date: ‘I’ve given up trying to understand the male psyche’

    Laura, 33, a PR consultant, meets Paddy, 30, a camera assistant and part-time gardener
  • Judge 25th May - WEB

    You be the judge: my parents want to donate their old furniture to us – should my partner accept it?

  • Painting: Au café, dit l’Absinthe by Jean Beraud.

    My wife has put on weight and I’m no longer attracted to her. What should I do?

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • ‘This was a Meat Loaf situation: I would do anything for love.’

    My summer of love and lust: I fell for a Ukrainian rocker – but was I just a groupie?

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