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There’s an App for everything these days but a fun new digital tool has worked out the poshest names in the UK. And it’s not good news if your name is – like my middle name – Maureen. Or indeed if you

What do women want in a man? It’s often assumed that physical strength would be high on the list. After all, bulging muscles indicate health, strength and the ability to protect from harm. Yet a new s

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

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

When I was a child, we had a tortoise called Winnie who had belonged to my father when he was a boy in the 1950s. He called his pet Winston after Churchill, but this name had to be changed when he dis

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