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‘Plot twist – I’m still a fat person!’: meet the people proving you can be fit at any size

It is an autumn evening and a group of women have assembled…

My boss treats me like a lazy teenager. How can I set some boundaries? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

I’ve recently shifted careers and started a new job in a big…

Ofgem’s energy price cap doesn’t cover our LPG supply

I read that the energy price cap is going up again in…

My partner doesn’t know I take Viagra – and I worry that one day it won’t work

Twenty years ago I had a bad breakup with the mother of…

Is it true that … eating yoghurt can heal your gut?

‘Healing the gut” is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot.…

After decades studying Spanish, a chatbot language tutor is helping me lift my game | Spenser Mestel

I’m gassing myself up to say agarra la barra, the Spanish phrase…

The truth about cholesterol: 12 things you need to know – from eggs to weight to statins

High cholesterol can cause heart problems and strokes – but levels can…

Covid ‘benevolence bump’ endures as acts of kindness 10% higher than before 2020

The world experienced a “benevolence bump” of kindness during the Covid-19 pandemic…

I am insanely jealous of my husband’s ex-colleague. How can I move on? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

I’m a woman of 50, married for 30 years to the best…

Dining across the divide: ‘She casts meditation as a cult. I don’t think retreats mean harm’

Lizzie, 29, Oxford Occupation Teaching assistant and trainee teacher Voting record Always…

‘It brings you in and shelters you’: NHS creates ‘recovery gardens’ for staff and patients

For Hayleigh Austin-Richards, it is a place to have a cry, breathe…

My wife is my best friend. How do I tell her I want an open marriage?

I am a thirtysomething woman and have been with my partner for…

‘The longer I left it, the more it was going to freak me out’: how Will returned to the water after a close call with a shark

It was a beautiful Friday afternoon in April 2010 when Will Salter…

Virtual reality goggles helped me on the path to physical recovery

If you had asked me a month or two ago if I…

I haven’t told my parents I have cancer, as I fear they will say something hurtful | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

Last year, I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. I have told…

‘Talk about it, focus on your values and … stay stoic’: how to cope with rejection

Rejection is an inevitable part of the human experience, but despite suffering…

I do aqua aerobics with women in their 80s – it’s the most fun I’ve had exercising | Kate Leaver

At my first class, we sang Barbara “Happy Birthday”. She was turning…

Mobile top-up firm dragging its feet over fully refunding my mum £1,900

Last month, my 84-year-old mother spotted a £47.56 charge from a company…

My boyfriend wants us to move in together – but I need my independence and his dog won’t let us have sex

My boyfriend and I are in our late 50s. He never married…

I was crying, anxious, exhausted – why did no one warn me about the new-pet blues?

As I sat on the sofa with my sister, my gorgeous and…