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I’ve been avoiding the question since her death, but some tough love from a friend forces my hand
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Jenny Hulme inherited her father’s desk, which turned out to be a delightful treasure trove for her and her children
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Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
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Could it be that we have been making our children sick by being too clean?
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On a Swiss holiday in 1937, Liz Jensen’s grandmother and 19-year-old uncle had a row. He stormed out and vanished. Four days later, she was found dead. Eighty years on, the family is still in the grip of the mystery
opinion
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The number of relationships under strain is rising, mirroring deep political divisions across the country. The ‘social recession’ is in full swing
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Years after divorce, women are still treated as if under the spell of their ex-husbands. It’s time we allowed them to move on
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Why was I attracted to charming, older and unavailable men? The Hoffman process showed me I had placed my unreliable, dangerous father on a pedestal
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Jenny Rohn finds that child-rearing and a career in research are not easy bedfellows. But she does still bake cupcakes
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Why it's OK to be seen as a bad mother
Eva WisemanStruggling for perfectionism is no place for mothers -
Jamie Oliver’s obesity advice? Procreate or just keep mum
Catherine BennettThe food campaigner’s insistence on school-run credentials for Theresa May and anyone else in public life is hard to swallow -
All fights with your partner will now be the same fight over and over, and that fight is ‘I do more for the kid(s) than you and you don’t give me any credit’
advice
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Dear MariellaDear Mariella‘I’m menopausal, having great sex with my ex-husband – and confused’A woman who split from her husband seven years ago finds that, as she struggles with her mental health, he is by her side and in her bed. Mariella Frostrup responds
love & sex
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Will web developer Paul, 27, hit it off with innovation consultant Jim, 26?
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Eleanor Margolis was the result of a bout of food poisoning during which her mother vomited that day’s birth control pill. She muses on disrupting family dynamics as the surprise youngest child
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We have two young children and I’m willing to change to rebuild the relationship, but he just keeps saying I’m an awful person and he was unhappy
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There are surprising benefits to locking gazes with another person, but that’s easy to forget in the age of scrolls and swipes
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I hate intimacy and can only tolerate partners who are not ‘lovey dovey’. What is wrong with me?
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A woman who split from her husband seven years ago finds that, as she struggles with her mental health, he is by her side and in her bed. Mariella Frostrup responds
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