Where did you learn it was up to you to make things better? Now focus on healing yourselfI had a lockdown romance with someone I met through online dating. He was the first man I’d dated after coming out of an abusive relationship, and it was refreshin…
‘I might delete it’: Facebook’s problem with younger users
According to leaked research, the firm has found engagement among a key demographic is in declineOliver Coughlan embodies Facebook’s problems with teen and young adult audiences – a growing number of them do not like it. The 23-year-old says he stopped…
You be the judge: ‘Can I ask my tenant to stop working out on the front porch?’
In our new column, we air both sides of a domestic disagreement – and ask you to deliver a verdict.• Have a disagreement you’d like settled? Or want to be part of our jury? Click hereMy lodger works out on our front porch, but it’s on a well-lit road a…
A new start after 60: ‘I had the most dishonest dark hair imaginable. So at 65 I shaved it all off’
When her daughter’s hair began to turn grey, Marsha Coupé decided she had to say goodbye to her own dyed locks. It was like being rebornFor her first 65 years, Marsha Coupé had dark hair. She wore it in a blunt pageboy style, with red lipstick. She was…
Asos offers staff flexible work and paid leave during menopause
Fertility treatment, pregnancy loss and other health and life challenges covered in retailer’s support policyStaff at the online fashion store Asos will be allowed to work flexibly, as well as take time off at short notice, while going through the meno…
Vrimp your shrimp: Nestlé launches faux seafood product made from seaweed
Swiss food firm says product boasts ‘authentic texture’ as it seeks to capitalise on rise in meat-free dietsCadbury to launch vegan Dairy Milk alternative called Plant BarFirst Vuna salad was added to the menu, now Vrimp is on there too as the world’s …
Tulsi Vagjiani: the woman who lost her family in a plane crash – and found the beauty in her burns
After a tragedy that killed her father, mother and brother, and left her severely scarred, she endured years of taunts and rejection. Now she is fighting for all those with facial disfigurementsTulsi Vagjiani was 10 years old and had been in hospital f…
Keep up the pub invites and don’t ‘sober shame’: how to support a friend to stop drinking
There are plenty of ways to make it easier for someone who wants to cut out the booze this October – and beyondThose of us who don’t drink, whatever the reason, know that being alcohol-free doesn’t mean the end of socialising or having fun. But for som…
Intimate data: can a person who tracks their steps, sleep and food ever truly be free?
Big tech now encourages us to monitor everything from our heart rate to our glucose levels via smartphones and watches. How much privacy have we lost to the promise of self improvement – and is it time to stop?First we counted our steps, then our heart…
Core needs: wellbeing holidays bounce back to tackle ‘pandemic posture’
Wellness tourism continues to grow with demand driven by the ageing boomer generation and health-conscious millennialsAt 8am, six women and one man are saluting the sun in an airy barn in Sussex. They are focused on their breathing, visualising their i…