Living the dream

A furry hot-water bottle? Or a restless snoring pest? Sharing a bed with a dog isn’t ideal for everyone, but it certainly warms the soul, says Bethany Stone

Creating a room where guests want to spend time takes the pressure off busy hosts, says Arabella Youens

One in three adults in the UK struggles to sleep through the night; among them is writer Nick Pope. Could embracing the multibillion-pound sleep economy fix his night-time woes or would obsessively attempting to crack bedtime cause another problem altogether?

LET COUNSELLOR KEREN LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD

The late American anthropologist Dr Helen Fisher, who researched the chemical nature of human love, said that we need to focus on three areas in our romantic relationships: sex, attachment and romance

When did you last call someone a spinster? Chances are that the label, and all its tragic connotations, has vanished from your vocab. Thankfully, we’ve moved past the idea that unmarried women are con