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Family

  • Father reading bedtime stories to child. Dad putting son to sleep. Quality family time. Parent reading book to child

    Almost all nursery rhymes are utter doggerel and I loathe them, sadly my daughter doesn’t

    Séamas O’Reilly
    My daughter must have nursery rhymes… It is one of her gravest crimes
  • Man on bench

    My big brother used to beat me up. Now I’m scared of being loved

  • Desiree Akhavan - American filmmaker, writer and actress. Hair and Make up by Alanna Chelmick.

    I was voted ‘ugliest girl’ at my high school. Would a nose job change my life?

  • Frank Skinner in 2024

    Frank Skinner looks back: ‘I liked being famous – I felt noticed for the first time. But at some point it has to end’

  • Saturday magazine Lifestyle Divorce feature

    How to make a relationship work – and when to call it quits: 10 lessons in love from divorce lawyers

  • Illustration of the globe with a red and white name badge sticker on it, reading "Hello, my name is Earth"

    Who gave Earth its name and what is a blood moon? Try our kids’ quiz

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Opinion

  • A girl using ice-cream in a cone to paint a mess on a window

    Of course I love my children – just don’t assume I’ll like yours

    Sunil Badami
  • Chloe Aslett

    When lots of your friends still live at home, renting isn’t just expensive – it’s lonely too

    Chloe Aslett
  • Finger art of family during quarrel

    Learning how to deal with dysfunctional family members is key to emotional wellbeing

    Leanne Schubert
    Catherine’s mother’s relentless criticism wore down her self-esteem. Setting boundaries changed their relationship from damaging to supportive
  • Viv Groskop

    The hunt for a missing date, the numbers I’ll never forget: we’ll never match the magic of a landline

    Viv Groskop
  • Stuart Heritage

    A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

    Stuart Heritage
  • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

    When is inconsolable crying a sign of something worse? Parents aren’t getting the advice they need

    Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
  • Emma Armstrong

    I used to apologise for my unruly children – but there’s no shame in being a working mother

    Emma Armstrong
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Advice

  • Confused-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m jealous of my husband’s relationship with his sister

  • An image of a man and woman lying side by side

    Sexual healing
    My wife has no libido. Should I sleep with other people, as she suggests?

  • Man on bench

    Ask Philippa
    My big brother used to beat me up. Now I’m scared of being loved

  • A FlixBus bus under the Pont de Bercy

    Consumer champions
    Our FlixBus to Paris will not be stopping in Paris

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Love & sex

  • Camellia Ling Aebischer and Rob at Zhangjiajie national forest park in China in March 2024

    The moment I knew: when he couldn’t decide between the poutine or macaroni, he ordered both

  • Elle and Jay

    This is how we do it: ‘After trying spanking, role-playing and bondage, we decided to go back to basics’

    Elle and Jay’s sex life was once fetish-focused. Now they enjoy simpler pleasures
  • Blind Date comp Anwit Pandit & Kassondra Cloos

    Blind Date: ‘He let it slip that he has a thing for writers’

    Anwit, 32, a scientist, meets Kassondra, 33, a travel writer
  • Jeff Goldblum smiling, behind a table full of orange flowers

    Jeff Goldblum, eccentric as ever at 71; the fallacy of ‘tradwives’; and ‘My dying wife found me a girlfriend’ – podcast

  • ‘Presently he is off porn but is still not sexually interested in me.’

    I crave sex with my husband – but his porn addiction gets in the way

  • Alissar Gazal and Barbie in 1994 at the start of their relationship

    The moment I knew: she grasped my hand – and we went from political comrades to lovers

  • Two lower arms touching each other

    This is how we do it: ‘I bought a book on tantra – erections are not necessary’

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