10 h. ago Did people have lots of sex during the plague? Meet KATIE KENNEDY, the TikTok star spreading history's hottest gossip

Was Henry VIII's fourth wife Anne of Cleves really that ugly? Sophie Hines meets KATIE KENNEDY, the postgrad bringing history's juiciest titbits to the world

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36 h. ago Meet the people who believe AI is their friend: ‘It’s given me clarity on the mystery of men’

Increasing numbers of people have admitted to talking to ChatGPT like one of their mates online. Lydia Spencer-Elliott explores whether we should heed the bot’s pally advice – or if it’ll come back to bite us

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4 d. ago DWP cuts 'fair path' Liz Kendall says as one in 10 lose PIP worth £4,500

There are 1.3 million people currently receiving PIP daily living payments who would not meet the new criteria

Economics

4 d. ago Meet the terrifying ‘haunted dolls’ said to lash out at people they don’t like

Any doll can be creepy – but these are downright horrifying. Ahead of new film M3GAN 2.0, meet the sinister toys said to be possessed by restless spirits

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2 w. ago Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’

An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connectionGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThe 18th-century English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote, ‘He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others’. It’s a sentiment eagerly embraced by The Dull Men’s Club. Several million members in a number of connected Facebook groups strive to cause dullness in others on a daily basis. In this club, they wear their dullness with pride. The duller the better. This is where the nerds of the world unite.“Posts that contain bitmoji-avatar-things are far too exciting, and will probably get deleted,” warn the rules of the Dull Men’s Club (Australian branch). Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Floods kill at least 111 as northern Nigeria battles climate change, dry spells and heavy rainfall

Officials say torrents of predawn rain unleashed flooding that drowned at least 111 people in a market town where northern Nigerian farmers meet with traders from the south

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