Tag: Weekend
The best workout makeup
Though I’ve never worked out in my life, the recent humid weather let me replicate gym conditions
Read moreModern life is rubbish, but internet friendships are good
Before I even booked my ticket for my holiday, I’d contacted an internet stranger-friend to inform them of my plans
Read moreFrom Audrey’s brows to Meghan’s knees: this week’s fashion trends
My life in sex: ‘After taking antidepressants, my genitals felt numb’
How to grow tough plants for tough spots
How to grow peas
How to grow spring kale as soft as lettuce
‘I couldn’t hold my newborn son’: the families split by visa laws
You meet a foreign partner and dream of a life together. But unless you have enough money, UK visa rules make it almost impossible
Read more‘He saw our children as possessions’: my husband killed our sons
Claire Throssell’s sons were burnt to death by her husband. Now she is campaigning to help prevent others suffering as she has
Read moreHow to say no to your boss’s bad ideas
‘I felt I was being punished for pushing back’: pregnancy and #MeToo
Pregnant women are still being patronised, blamed for our bodies’ failings, and made to feel guilty about our choices
Read moreHow to grow radishes
My life in sex: ‘I’ve had sex only once, 20 years ago’
Stop racing. You’ll still get there just as quickly
Racing to get a task completed generally imposes a cost that outweighs the benefit, so you may end up completing it later, or doing it worse
Read moreThe day I lost my heart to a miniature kokedama pine
Kokedama bonsai are undoubtedly cute, but they’re not the easiest plants to look after at home, says our gardening expert
Read more‘Most of us are too busy to be better’: the lazy person’s guide to self-improvement
If you can really improve yourself in just 10 minutes a day, as the self-help gurus claim, Tim Dowling is all for it
Read moreThomasina Miers’ simple recipe for fish biryani
On Christmas Eve, you want something warming, comforting and light before the big day ahead, and fish curry ticks all those boxes in some style
Read moreWhat I wore this week: a floral dress in winter
A floral dress in summer is almost too neat. It is so appropriate that it feels a bit literal, and I am not a big fan of literal dressing
Read moreWhat I wore this week: low-heeled party shoes
I have finally graduated from being the barefoot woman who has kicked off her expensive new heels to the one in the sensible flats
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