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I woke up on the couch feeling nauseous and groggy, with a needle-jabbing-my-temples headache. Was it the flu? Did I eat something bad? There was drool on my cheek, and …

At the risk of sounding melodramatic, all toy shops give me a cold sweat and none make me feel remotely nostalgic. Toys R Us takes me to Christmas Eve circa …

David Attenborough’s description of Biddy Baxter, when he presented her in 2013 with a special Bafta for her 25 years’ work on Blue Peter, was easily the best: dedicated, passionate …

Many of us know this experience too well: we stand up from a long dinner or a movie and immediate fear strikes as we question if we’ve leaked through our …

I can’t make gazpacho without thinking of Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend that you do, and not …

Welcome to Money Diaries where we are tackling the ever-present taboo that is money. We’re asking real people how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and …

I’m an ambivert. No, it’s not some made-up personality type. I enjoy spending time with others and socialising, but I need time alone to recharge. Starting conversations and keeping them …

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Teen summers before the internet were supposed to be wild and free, but mine were mostly boring, spent clumsily painting my toenails, eating Quavers, alone in a rain-battered tent. The …

There’s probably no face, voice or collection of exuberant, patterned shirts more recognisable than those belonging to Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. The bespectacled science communicator has been answering curly listener questions …