In 2011 I was in my mid-30s and had just arrived home in Kent after spending two years working and travelling abroad. I had a new teaching contract coming up …
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“Everyone knows she’s the most misbehaved dog on the river,” Myf Warhurst says as we reach the bank of the Yarra, well north of the city in the outer Melbourne …
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Mark SavageMusic correspondent Jack Robinson Sam Ryder wrote most of his new album in Nashville after relocating from Essex A couple of months ago, I found myself in a field …
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Culture
‘It felt like a scene from The Handmaid’s Tale’: US comics on the dangers of political satire | Edinburgh festival 2025
In April, comedian Jena Friedman had a strange encounter in Vancouver airport. She had just performed a Ted talk about the future of comedy and was heading home to the …
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Lifestyle
The one change that worked: I felt self-conscious – until I started complimenting strangers | Social etiquette
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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Megha Mohan Gender and identity correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images During a meeting at her office in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, 24-year-old Faith suddenly became nervous – reluctant to …