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    ‘There’s no longer a heartbeat’: the couple whose twins were stillborn – and the ‘birth keeper’ they blame

    Soon-to-be parents hired a woman they believed would act as a licensed midwife. But she in fact belonged to a radical society that was linked to baby deaths around the world
  • Anna Maxwell Martin as a child, with a patch over one side of her glasses

    Anna Maxwell Martin looks back: ‘I was bullied a little bit, but it didn’t affect me because I was a happy weirdo’

  • Illustration of people playing a board game

    Roll with it: the 30 best board games for Christmas 2025

  • Illustration of an ear and side of face

    What does your earlobe do and are there wild camels? The kids’ quiz

  • tim dowling with a cat and a dog

    Tim Dowling: our dog is bottom of the class at dog school

  • Christmas day kicking beach ball on Bondi beach

    You don’t need alcohol on Christmas Day. It may be far more enjoyable if you stay sober

    Antonia Saunokonoko
    Imagine what a relaxing and special celebration it could be if it was tailor-made just for you
  • Emma Beddington

    Forget Hadrian’s Wall. The UK citizenship test should ask about Corrie, bus queues and Greggs

    Emma Beddington
  • Children having fun at a birthday party

    Kids’ parties are hell on earth, but may be the cure to the world’s ills

    Emily Mulligan
  • Zoe Williams

    Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

    Zoe Williams
  • Naoise Dolan

    What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery

    Naoise Dolan

Advice

  • An illustration of a woman with long black hair, seen from behind, wearing a red jumper, against an orange background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I want to become a single mum, but feel envious of peers with partners

  • Composite image showing two women unable to communicate about their problems

    Sexual healing
    My wife and I don’t have sex and she refuses to talk about it. Should I just give up?

  • HMRC letterheads under pound and two-pound coins and on top of notes

    Consumer champions
    HMRC owes me £2,200 but says it could be 33 weeks before it pays me back

  • Painting: Portrait of a Boy by Sir William Beechey (circa 1790).

    Leading questions
    My son is a voracious reader, but he judges books by their covers. How can I help him see past them?

Love & sex

  • Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau cheek to cheek and smiling

    The art of going ‘Instagram official’: how 10 celebrity couples shared their love with the world

    Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau are the latest A-listers to announce their relationship status online. But there are many ways to do it - from fancy dress to panicked deletions
  • a woman being dangled off a foot

    This is how we do it: ‘Her work crush led to us having clinging-on-for-dear-life sex’

  • Miranda and Darcy in Scotland, 2019.

    The moment I knew: we were discussing Jane Austen when I told her I wanted to be with her for ever

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    The truth about the ‘gender care gap’: are men really more likely to abandon their ill wives?

  • Paul and Amanda

    Blind date: ‘The waiters wanted an on-the-spot review of what we thought of each other’

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