Amid Trump, #MeToo and rising hate crime, science writer Melinda Wenner Moyer decided it was time to learn how to stop her kids becoming ‘assholes’. Her research became an unusual, much-needed parenting bookWhen Melinda Wenner Moyer looked around in th…
My kids are at war over how often to wash. The only thing they agree on? I’m disgusting
This summer, a mighty row on cleanliness broke out online, after Ashton Kutcher said he washed his crotch and armpits daily ‘and nothing else ever’. These arguments have now, inevitably, reached my bathroomIt was the last full day of a summer holiday t…
Electric sleep: the gadgetry tracking and hacking the way we rest
As activity tracking goes mainstream, an arsenal of consumer technology is rolling out for sleep. But how much do these interventions help?At 2.16am, I stumble to the bathroom. I catch a glimpse of myself. The light from the red bulb is flattering – I’…
Life being put on hold was just the spur this writer needed to fulfil her youthful ambition
Charlotte Northedge wrote a new novel in lockdown. She considers others who have realised the dreams of their youthI wrote a novel in the last lockdown. To be clear, it wasn’t one of those creative outpourings some people had in between yoga with Adrie…
Readers reply: what evolutionary advantage comes from women having considerably less body hair than men?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhat evolutionary advantage comes from women having considerably less body hair …
‘Somehow we’re still here’: one parent’s shocking story of survival
Faced with danger, we act without thinking, as Nicola Kelly found when a day out with her family almost ended in disasterWe were running late that day. Three months into parenthood and time seemed to be perpetually against us – a constant battle agains…
California in Norfolk: British destinations that sound like foreign holidays
Fancy a trip to Moscow, or maybe Melbourne? For British travellers our picks offer the exotic, without the actual overseas bitThis charming Georgian market town owes its name to the Victorian prime minister William Lamb (2nd Viscount Melbourne) rather …
Bosses turn to ‘tattleware’ to keep tabs on employees working from home
The pandemic prompted a surge in the use of workplace surveillance programs – and they’re not going away any time soonDavid, 23, admits that he felt a twinge of relief when the first wave of Covid-19 shut down his Arlington, Virginia, office. A recent …
We love: Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures
Fred Perry teams up with Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY, JW Anderson releases an Oscar Wilde-inspired collection, and Roscomar launches a new range of sustainable trainers Continue reading…
Do as I say, not as I do: the struggle to follow your own advice
From a cardiologist with a penchant for snacks to a life coach coping with burnout, five professional advice-givers share their difficulties walking the talkIt’s easy to imagine the professionals we turn to for help are paragons of virtue. That doctors…