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Embrace the fog, savour the dawn, light up your home: readers’ top 10 tips for combating winter gloom

It can be hard to retain a sunny disposition when it’s grey…

Misrule and martyrs: 10 dark midwinter traditions

We spend much of our midwinter in joyous celebrations – of Christmas,…

Experience: I was bitten by a spider – and nearly lost my leg

One night, while in my recording studio in Tucker, Georgia, my ankle…

I want a relationship before it’s too late, but I don’t trust myself to stay safe | Ask Annalisa

I would love to be with a partner but am held back…

Buying up baby: five baby products to avoid, and two that are worth the money

A bottle warmer? A baby food maker? A breast pump? If you’re…

‘Creating our own utopias’: the Black cycling revolution sweeping the globe

This is an edited version of The Long Wave newsletter, to sign…

I wake up aroused – but can’t maintain it to make love to my wife

I often wake up with a good erection, but when I try…

What does the tightness of our clothes say about our emotions? You’d be surprised

Now that winter has arrived, with its bone-chilling winds and dark nights…

The brain microbiome: could understanding it help prevent dementia?

Nine years ago, Nikki Schultek, an active and healthy woman in her…

‘Absolutely outrageous’: wealthy residents living in shadow of Harrods wage war on e-bikes

Anyone popping into Harrods for a lobster roll at lunch or to pick…

I want to end my stifling marriage – but can’t bear how much hurt I’d cause | Ask Annalisa

I am in my late 40s, married for 20 years with two…

Irregular sleep pattern raises risk of stroke and heart attack, study finds

Failing to stick to a regular time for going to bed and…

I feel deflated by my £336 Virgin hot air balloon ride vouchers

At the end of 2022 I was given two Virgin hot air…

Health, happiness … and romance? How running could help you find love

Name: Running. Age: People have been doing it since there were beasts…

All scenery and no sweat: an e-biking adventure in the New Forest

‘No one,” says Clare, grinning broadly and handing me a cycle helmet,…

I’ve written a diary every day since I was 14. What does that say about me?

“Hello! I said to myself today that if I do five handstands…

Makeup, floss and hair dye use in pregnancy leads to more PFAS in breast milk – study

Higher usage of personal care products among pregnant or nursing women leads…

Is it true that … an apple a day keeps the doctor away?

Surprisingly perhaps, Dr Emily Leeming, a dietitian at King’s College London and author…

Keratopigmentation: why is eyeball tattooing on the rise?

Name: Keratopigmentation. Age: First described in AD150, but not in a way that…

Enterprise Car Club fined me for someone else’s unpaid fuel

On 27 July, I hired a car with Enterprise Car Club to…