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The prosecution: Eleanor We should make a house fund for garden stuff. We already have one for a cleaner, so what’s the difference? Living in a shared house with Raheem and one other flatmate is a bit of a balancing act with splitting bills, dishes, and deciding who gets the good shelf in the fridge. … Read more
Sad, dizzyingly over-scheduled and suffering a serious case of “thumb fatigue”, midway through last year, Anne* decided to delete her dating apps. For the previous four months, the 31-year-old Sydney resident had been attempting to achieve two big adult milestones at once: finding love and finding a place to buy. Every Saturday, it felt as … Read more
Rachael on George What were you hoping for?A lovely evening with a guy who felt comfortable and knew how to ask questions of their date. First impressions?A bit nervous, but very friendly and chatty, easy to get into a conversation with. What did you talk about?Cats. Travelling. Skiing and ski seasons. Our jobs. Running into lamp-posts. So … Read more
On the day he took this image, French photographer Michel Kharoubi was on his way to visit his father in a medical retirement home. This was shot in Les Olympiades, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, but Kharoubi notes that the specific location is not important to him. “I don’t practise realistic or documentary street photography, but try to capture iconic urban images,” he says. “I positioned … Read more
Born in London, Milton Jones, 60, won the Perrier best newcomer award at the Edinburgh fringe in 1996. He went on to appear on shows such as Mock the Week and Live at the Apollo. He is currently making his 15th series for Radio 4, regularly performs on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, and has won … Read more
The spring tour of the band I’m in is winding down: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Winchester, Brighton, and back to London. The next time we get out there, things will be different. There will be new songs, and some long neglected tunes will be resuscitated. But the chat between the music – the jokes and anecdotes and wordy … Read more
If hell is other people, then its ninth circle must be Other People At The Gym. Where else can one experience the full gamut of human depravity – from farting on the treadmill to taking conference calls on the cross trainer? And that’s before we get to “gymtimidation.” A recent survey found that one in … Read more
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You don’t need a luxury patio set, a subscription to a seed club or a pair of fancy gloves to have a great garden. Some of the most charming outdoor spaces have been created with hardly any budget at all – just a bit of time, a few innovative ideas and maybe the occasional raid … Read more
The questions 1 Which father and son footballers both have more than 100 international caps?2 In 1907, who opened her first classroom in Rome?3 Which mythical beast had a human face, lion’s body and scorpion’s tail?4 What becomes the Padma within Bangladesh?5 Used in the 14th century, the pot-de-fer was an early type of what?6 … Read more