Science and philosophy

WELLBEING advice is a popular and enduring topic for magazines to cover, but few titles can claim to have been doing so for as long as the “Friend”. In 1885, we took an often philosphical approach to

Back in May, I was reading the May 3 edition and noticed the item about Gary Barlow being on tour on the “This Week We’re Loving” page. I looked up the venues and discovered he was going to play the E

Here is a photo of my great-grandchild, Margo, in my sink, bringing back all the memories. Sixty years ago, I would be bathing my own children in the very same sink. Wonderful times. Ms V.H., Cornwall

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

“Is interrupting discourse by repeated kisses rude and unmannerly and more apt to create aversion than love?” This question, asked anonymously, appeared in October 1691 in the Athenian Mercury, a Lond

Our pick of your best letters and some wise words from our favourite stars…