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  • Watercolour illustration of a clump of grass in different greens, on a white background

    Why is the grass green and which was the deadliest dinosaur? The kids’ quiz

    Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes ​
  • Aardman Animation’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton in 2026, with their puppets of Fowler and Babs from Chicken Run, and Morph

    Aardman’​s Peter Lord and David Sproxton: ‘At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!’

  • An illustration of a woman speaking with her arms crossed, while a person in the background sits on a bench crying

    A childhood sexual abuse allegation has rocked our family – what should we do?

  • Polly Hudson

    💎 āļŠāļēāļ§āđ€āļ™āđ‡āļ•āđāļŦāđˆāđāļŠāļĢāđŒ: lifeandstyle/family - āļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™āļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™My mum has died – and there is one kind of response I can’t stand

    Polly Hudson
    The platitudes, euphemisms and cliches are excruciating. But the people who say nothing at all are the worst, writes Polly Hudson
  • Iman Amrani

    💎 āļŠāļēāļ§āđ€āļ™āđ‡āļ•āđāļŦāđˆāđāļŠāļĢāđŒ: lifeandstyle/family - āļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™āļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™The hill I will die on: A music festival isn’t a music festival without children

    Iman Amrani
  • Zoe Williams

    💎 āļŠāļēāļ§āđ€āļ™āđ‡āļ•āđāļŦāđˆāđāļŠāļĢāđŒ: lifeandstyle/family - āļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™āļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™My son is leaving home for university – and my severe denial has surprised me

    Zoe Williams
  • Bim Adewunmi

    💎 āļŠāļēāļ§āđ€āļ™āđ‡āļ•āđāļŦāđˆāđāļŠāļĢāđŒ: lifeandstyle/family - āļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™āļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™I thought having a second baby would be easier – but, from food to teeth to poos, I’ve forgotten so much

    Bim Adewunmi
  • Dave Schilling

    💎 āļŠāļēāļ§āđ€āļ™āđ‡āļ•āđāļŦāđˆāđāļŠāļĢāđŒ: lifeandstyle/family - āļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™āļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us?

    Dave Schilling
  • An illustration of a woman speaking with her arms crossed, while a person in the background sits on a bench crying

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    A childhood sexual abuse allegation has rocked our family – what should we do?

  • Composite of Mike and Caterina, both smiling, him on left with hand on chin wearing a pale shirt, her with hands in pockets wearing a cream waistcoat

    Blind date
    Blind date: ‘She’s one of the easiest people to talk to that I’ve ever met’

  • Illustration of two tiny people sliding joyfully between giant legs

    This is how we do it
    This is how we do it: ‘Since having cancer, I’m more open – before I was straight, now I’m queer’

  • Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier eloping on our wedding day, Mohonk Mountain House, upstate NY, 2001.

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: Days after September 11, we flew through turbulence – all I could say was ‘I love you’

Love & sex

  • An illustration of a man pulls a tablecloth so all the food slides off table into his mouth, while a dark shadow figure is under the table

    You be the judge: should my partner stop eating off other people’s plates?

    Helen says grabbing friends’ leftovers is a no-no. Bill thinks wasting food is wrong. You decide who should eat their words
  • A blond woman in a white t-shirt smiles while using an espresso machine to make coffee

    A moment that changed me: I sought out rejection. Instead, strangers met me with profound generosity

  • A smiling woman in a blue tie-dye dress and a smiling man in a light coloured suit and shirt

    Blind date: ‘There was a mature, polite peck on departure at a busy Manchester Piccadilly station’

  • An illustration of two people sprawled under duvets, limbs hanging off the bed, one with an eye mask on

    You be the judge: should my partner stop hogging my side of the bed?

  • Dave Schilling

    💎 āļŠāļēāļ§āđ€āļ™āđ‡āļ•āđāļŦāđˆāđāļŠāļĢāđŒ: lifeandstyle/family - āļ›āļĢāļ°āđ€āļ”āđ‡āļ™āļĢāđ‰āļ­āļ™Is dating draining your bank account? Here’s a cheap solution

    Dave Schilling

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