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Suffering from app fatigue or could just do with a few dating new-to-knows? Olivia Petter presents our thoroughly modern guide to finding the one

Do you spend more time watching Netflix than having passionate sex – and, if you do, should you be concerned? According to Ita O’Brien, author of a new book on the subject, when it comes to lasting happiness, there’s something much more important than sex: intimacy. Leah Hardy finds out more

Ali Roff Farrar shares expert advice, ideas, stats and the newest research on all things wellbeing, including an antidote for brain rot, how to create your own ‘fourth space’, a fun way to ward-off Alzheimer’s, yoga poses for tech-neck and an easy way to live longer...

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight