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How to choose a duvet: tog, filling and size explained
Most of us use one every night and replace it almost never. What the tog, the filling and the size really tell you.
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109 pieces on clothes, rooms, books, food and the ordinary business of taking up space.
Home
Why do we tidy up before the cleaner comes?
Plenty of people clean before the person they pay to clean arrives. It says a lot about who a home is performed for.
Notes
Splitting the bill evenly is not as fair as it sounds
“Shall we just split it?” sounds like the relaxed option. It usually costs the person who ate least, and she is the one least…
Plus-Size Living
The spa robe should fit you too
A spa day is sold as pure rest. For many women in bigger bodies it can feel like an exam. The questions worth asking…
Relationships
How to talk to your parents about getting older
Most families have this conversation too late. How to begin it early and gently, what matters most, and where help comes from.
Life
How to explain a career break on your CV
A gap feels bigger to the person who has it than to the person reading it. How to name it, show what you did,…
Food
Cooking for one without wasting half of it
Food is sold for households of four. How to shop, store and cook for one so that most of what you buy gets eaten.
Life
Not every hobby has to become a side hustle
Be good at something outside work and someone will tell you to sell it. The case for keeping some pleasures unpaid.
Relationships
What to say to a friend who has had a miscarriage
A clumsy sentence said with care is almost always better than silence. What helps, what hurts, and how to keep showing up.
Beauty
Do you need sunscreen in winter?
The advice to wear it every day, all year, is repeated everywhere. It is not quite what UK skin specialists say.
Relationships
How to change the way you eat without teaching your children to diet
Children notice what is on your plate. They take in far more of what you say about it.
Life
The little treat is doing a lot of work
Nothing is wrong with the pastry. What bothers me is the job it has been given.