Technology
‘I turbocharged my career then pressed eject’: why couples are getting divorced later
Financial pressures, legal changes and shifting attitudes may help explain why couples are staying married for longer
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Lifestyle
The kindness of strangers: I was a ball of stress taking my four children on an international flight – then a passenger tucked a blanket around my sleeping son
Walking on to the plane with the kids in tow, I could almost hear people think, ‘Oh my God, I don’t want to be seated ne...
Cars
Hungry for connection? This is what we lose when we stop eating together
Mealtimes offer a pause in the day for parents and children to sit together, listen to one another and trade stories
Lifestyle
Singer Becky Hill looks back: ‘Aside from the music I was making, I hated every minute of my 20s’
The Brit award winner on being scammed by a model agency, coming to terms with sexual assault, and wrestling with impost...
Lifestyle
Our children may be surprised by what’s in our will – should we tell them now?
You don’t have to reveal the contents, but I’ve seen families torn apart by unexpected inheritance plans
Education
Water your plants and get an eye mask: 48 life rules every student – and adult – needs to know
If you’re a fresher, this may be the first time you’ve ever lived away from home. So how should you socialise, feed your...
Technology
The Black women who choose to have children on their own: ‘We’re going in eyes open’
With growing support networks online and in person, these moms say they’re changing the narrative around Black single mo...
Travel
The aunts, the ‘red peer’ and the Basque refugees
Letters: Judith Martin on a mural that commemorates the brave work of obituary writer Daniel Vulliamy’s aunts in the 193...
Lifestyle
The kindness of strangers: On a busy motorway, my child vomited in the car. I was overwhelmed – then a man came with a bucket of water
My son was inconsolable and the back seat was an absolute mess. After a few minutes of trying to clean up, a stranger em...
Lifestyle
Elkie Brooks looks back: ‘Before I went on stage I used to drink Guinness and a few shots of brandy’
The singer-songwriter on her rock’n’roll past, playing second fiddle to the Beatles, and the key to being an energetic p...
Lifestyle
My sister-in-law has published an unfair memoir. Should we cut her off?
She should have been much more careful, but everyone has their own version of the ‘truth’. Does your partner want a reco...
Gadgets
Tim Dowling: how not to interview eminent scientists – a control freak’s guide
It was supposed to be a meeting between a great mind and mine. Instead, I was plunged into darkness and did some swearin...