HOW DO WE CARVE OUT A LIFE THAT SUITS US – NOT SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS? ON ENTERING HER 40S, Poorna Bell DECIDED TO EXAMINE EVERYTHING SHE’D BEEN CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE AS A WOMAN… AND THEN DO IT DIFFERENTLY

For more than a decade, social media ruled my life, says Sathnam Sanghera: it helped with my work, gave me an instant group of witty friends, and made me feel at the centre of things. But its attractions are wearing thin – and I’m not the only one feeling this

When old men are getting hitched more than men in their prime, it seems fair to ask if society has taken a wrong turn. Are they discovering the joy of commitment, intimacy and stability late in life?

I was born in 1975, so not quite one of Thatcher’s children, but almost. I grew up in a time when the narrative around women and work was changing: more women were going to university, entering the jo

Welcome to Anxiety on Your Mind , the series where we explore the reality of living with anxiety. In this edition, Jessica Ward, 29, from north-west England, shares her experience of anxiety after being made redundant…

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