Is it rude to cancel plans last minute?

Your out-of-office is on – but now you have to navigate the tricky dynamics of holidaying with other people. Hattie Crisell has some advice….

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

When a close friend cuts you out of their life, it can be as devastating as the end of a romantic relationship. Maureen Rice looks at why it happens – and how to cope

Our Antonella tells it how it is

IT was one of those conversations on the bus that makes you keen to hear the rest of it. “You know, I really wasn’t in the mood to go,” the woman on the seat in front of me was saying to her companion

IS IT TIME TO GIVE UP GOSSIP? LAURA ANTONIA JORDAN EXPLORES THE EVOLUTION OF TATTLE AND WHY NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO QUIT THE LOOSE LIPS