Life and style
Canine carer: how guide dog school dropout Marcus came to comfort cancer patients for a living
Marcus is a very good boy.He’s a four-year-old, 32kg labrador with lustrous black hair, soulful brown eyes and a bodacious...
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My best friend’s ex is turning my partner against her. How can we heal our friendship group? | Annalisa Barbieri
I’ve been best friends with Ellie for more than half my life. She’s truly one...
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‘I’d hoped to capture the graphic chaos in the window. What I found was an even more tangled scene’: Michael Krupka’s best phone picture
Michael Krupka had passed Philadelphia’s Via Bicycle repair shop for years before he ventured inside. As a photographer rather than a...
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‘Watching my six year old deadlift 35kg was pretty cool’: meet the children who work out
Most parents remember the first time their baby smiled or when they took their first steps. Eve Stevenson recalls different...
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I am in my 30s, unmarried, and afraid I’ve missed my chance. How do I make peace with my fear? | Leading questions
I am in my early 30s, unmarried, and increasingly afraid that I may have missed my chance at the life...
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NHS maternity units often cover up harmful errors in childbirth, report finds
Hospitals that cause harm and injury to women and babies during childbirth often resort to a “cover-up” of their mistakes,...
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A moment that changed me: I was hit by an SUV – and it made me reconsider my drinking and screen time
The SUV slammed into me at a crosswalk, where I had right of way. It was 2024 and I was...
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The stranger secret: how to talk to anyone – and why you should
It started with two incidents on the same day. In a fairly empty train carriage, a stranger in her 70s...
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A rush of blood to the penis – and vaginal tenting: what happens to our bodies when we get turned on
What turns you on? Depending on the person, the answer to that question will vary wildly. But what is really...
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Is it true that … men need to consume more calories than women?
‘Generally speaking, yes,” says Bethan Crouse, a performance nutritionist from Loughborough University, but it’s not a one-size-fits-all rule. Humans burn...
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