13 h. ago This is how we do it: ‘Nobody’s enjoyed a night at the Premier Inn Milton Keynes more than us’

Beth’s liberated and open-minded attitude to sex has helped Alex reignite his passion after his former wife came out as a lesbian• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyWe’re always letting our hands wander under restaurant tables, or on the escalator in the Tube Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lottery winner 'was most miserable man I met' just two weeks after becoming millionaire

A financial planner who offered advice to Lottery winners shared a story of how one couple were left devastated after their life took a turn for the worse following their huge win

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5 d. ago How ‘delay after delay’ at Essex hospital led to early death of cancer patient

The retired history teacher from Chelmsford, identified only as Mrs S., passed away in 2023

Science

7 d. ago ‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?

As Alzheimer’s tightens its grip, we have started making our way through the hundreds of albums in my childhood home. But some are too painful to revisitA couple of months ago, my mother moved into a nursing home. Her Alzheimer’s has progressed to a point where it’s no longer safe for her to live alone, and she now needs round-the-clock care. It has been my task to empty out her house, where she lived for more than 50 years.It’s not a job I would have asked for; it requires that I trawl through memories that aren’t mine, or shared memories that are painful for one reason or another. But my mother is no longer able  to make these decisions herself, about which of her possessions are worth keeping hold of and which should be discarded, either for practical reasons of space or necessity or because a continued attachment to the stories behind them might do more harm than good. By deciding these things for her I’m curating her life story. Continue reading...

Society

9 d. ago Sarah Moss: ‘I never liked Wuthering Heights as much as Jane Eyre’

The author on the trouble with the Brönte novels, what she gained from reading John Updike and Martin Amis – and the brilliance of Barbara Pym My earliest reading memory Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome, aged seven. I didn’t learn to read in the first years of school and became entrenched in illiteracy until my grandmother, a retired primary school teacher, intervened. I loved the Swallows and Amazons series, and especially Swallowdale in which a shipwreck is redeemed and the adults provide exactly the right support when the children mess up.My favourite book growing up The Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose politics I now find obviously objectionable. I often tell students that what you don’t get is what gets you, and I’m sure the obsession with rugged independence and the repression of foundational violence did me no good, but I liked the landscapes and the combination of domesticity and adventure. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jesy Nelson says doctors initially dismissed her fears for twin babies 

The former Little Mix star said ‘it’s been the most heartbreaking time of my life’ after revealing her daughters Ocean Jade and Story Monroe have been diagnosed with a devastating genetic disease

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2 w. ago London mass stabbing horror as man fights for life and emergency services swoop

Three men were rushed to hospital from the busy West London road at around 12.50am this morning (Sunday, January 4) with one fighting for his life - this is a breaking news story

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2 w. ago Jesy Nelson inundated with support from pals including ex Chris Hughes after diagnosis

Former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson announced the heartbreaking news that her baby girls, twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, have been diagnosed with life-limiting illness spinal muscular atrophy

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2 w. ago This is how we do it: ‘After 50 years together, I’m more orgasmic than ever’

Valerie and Max have discovered the secret of maintaining an active sex life in your 70s – and are happy to pass on their tips• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyI’ve actually found that age has affected sex in a very positive way. Now I can have five orgasms in a row Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Netflix viewers 'emotionally beaten up' as true crime documentary tops charts

Netflix's latest true crime documentary has left viewers 'emotionally beaten up' and 'deeply disturbed' by the real-life horror story

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2 w. ago Coronation Street Glenda star's love life from 'dating prats' to finally finding love

Coronation Street star Jodie Prenger plays Glenda Shuttleworth on the cobbles, but her real-life love story with her fiancé is very different to her character's romances

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2 w. ago Retired teacher who has never smoked fined for dropping cigarette in Nottingham

Ray Weatherburn, 76, was eating breakfast in Normandy, France, when he was accused by Nottingham city council of littering from his silver Vauxhall Corsa.

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2 w. ago Real life story behind Harlan Coben's Netflix thriller Run Away

The author's latest adaptation is available to stream on Netflix

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2 w. ago Meet The Traitors cast including Scots nursery teacher, retired detective, crime writer and a psychologist

Scot Netty, 42, is a nursery school teacher and mum and wants to win the cash prize to travel more with her seven-year-old

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2 w. ago 'Greatest movie ever' inspired by intense real life story is now streaming

The 'modern-day masterpiece' with a cast and story described by fans as 'unforgettable' is available to watch now.

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2 w. ago Where is Jodi Hildebrandt from Netflix's Evil Influencer doc now?

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story is a Netflix true crime documentary exploring how Mormon life coach Jodi Hildebrandt influenced YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke, leading to their 2023 child abuse arrests and convictions

Technology

3 w. ago This is how we do it: ‘As we’re newlyweds there’s a pressure to always be at it. We’ve even had sex in a train toilet’’

Maddy feels insecure if Luke isn’t in the mood, while he worries that he doesn’t measure up to her exes. But ultimately, their marriage has given the couple new freedom• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyI would tell him about my hook-ups, including a threesome I’d had Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago ‘It’s the story of my life’: how a retired teacher transformed his memories into a miniature world

From postcards to 3D models of nativity scenes, Ken Bonham has spent decades crafting the vast collection of dioramas that fill his home in BirminghamA miniature world can be found hidden inside a one-bedroom flat in Birmingham. For decades, Ken Bonham, a retired teacher, has made memory boxes of places he has visited with his dressmaker wife of 54 years, Maggie, each made up of items they have collected on their travels or Bonham has made.Models of barns, castles and churches are also crammed into the property – made from cork, balsa wood, styrofoam – or 3D card elevations from Bonham’s photos. Each Christmas, Bonham delights his neighbours by crafting nativity scenes from items he has collected and crafted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Song Sung Blue review – Neil Diamond tribute act gets sweet treat of movie thanks to Jackman and Hudson

Film that follows a Milwaukee married couple as they rise to fame with a real-life band called Lightning and Thunder is undeniably entertainingHere is a startlingly strange, undeniably entertaining true-life story from the heartland of American showbusiness; a lovable crowdpleaser whose feelgood flavour won’t prepare you for the way the plot repeatedly and savagely twists like an unsafe fairground ride. I actually had my eyes closed and mouth open at certain key points, and was grabbing the seat in front of me with both fists. It also may yet prove that, yes, Hugh Jackman really is the greatest showman (his role here is much more interesting than his bland impersonation of PT Barnum) and his co-star Kate Hudson brings just the same performance megawattage.Mike and Claire Sardina, terrifically played by Jackman and Hudson, were a Milwaukee married couple with kids from previous relationships who in the 90s formed a cheesy Neil Diamond tribute act called Lightning and Thunder; they be...

Culture

3 w. ago Zvonimir Boban: ‘If I didn’t do this it would be a betrayal of every value I have lived for’

The Croatia legend on his return to Dinamo Zagreb, his fall out with Uefa and the ‘shameful’ actions of Gianni InfantinoAn afternoon mist is descending over Maksimir Stadion, enhancing the severity of its dramatic, precipitous angles. In a building across the way, Zvonimir Boban is explaining what brought him back. We are eating squid ink risotto in one corner of a room now configured as Dinamo Zagreb’s canteen; diagonally opposite is the spot where, fighting through the club’s youth system, a young arrival from Dalmatia used to sleep. “Emotionally it’s the biggest story of my life, this one,” Boban says, memories of this former dormitory leaping into his mind’s eye. “Where, if not here?”He has, in some shape or form, been almost everywhere else. Boban has burned brightly but briefly in each of his various lives as a football administrator. The sport would look different were it not for his influence in senior roles at Fifa and Uefa across the past decade. Almost two years have pass...

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