6 d. ago Voices: Give Meghan a break – it’s little ‘cheats’ that make the social whirl go round

As the Duchess of Sussex leaves fans baffled by a photograph showing off her 'garden haul' of unmuddy vegetables, Charlotte Cripps asks who among us hasn’t done things to convince our friends we’re better gardeners, cooks or party hosts than we really are?

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7 d. ago Meghan's suspiciously perfect life: After her baffling 'garden haul' of home

Meghan Markle will often share wholesome content with her Instagram followers - delighting in 'garden hauls', sweet clips of writing in the sand and footage of ducks passing by her Montecito mansion.

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1 week ago She dreamed of the perfect life – then vanished without a trace: New book explores Jennifer Dulos’s life before her disappearance

When Jennifer Dulos vanished on May 24, 2019, in the middle of a contentious custody battle, the story focused on her estranged husband Fotis Dulos and his socialite girlfriend Michelle Troconis. Journalist Rich Cohen tells Andrea Cavallier that his new book Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story delves into her past, using her own writings, along with court documents and interviews, in an effort to return Jennifer to the center of her own story

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1 week ago Jennifer Dulos dreamed of the perfect life – and then everything fell apart: A new look into her life before she vanished

When Jennifer Dulos vanished on May 24, 2019, in the middle of a contentious custody battle, the story focused on her estranged husband Fotis Dulos and his socialite girlfriend Michelle Troconis. Journalist Rich Cohen tells Andrea Cavallier that his new book Murder in the Dollhouse: The Jennifer Dulos Story delves into her past, using her own writings, along with court documents and interviews, in an effort to return Jennifer to the center of her own story

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2 w. ago ‘Had I poisoned my children?’ How a widow’s grief sent her spiralling into delusion

When Mary Ann Kenny lost her husband, she hoped therapy or medication would help. But soon she was losing touch with reality – and panicking about what she might be doing to her two young sons Mary Ann Kenny first met her husband in 2000, at a conference in Dundee. “It was a coup de foudre – ‘a bolt of lightning’,” the 60-year-old languages lecturer says with a smile. “We had finally found what had taken both of us a very long time to find.”John was from Chester, Kenny was from Dublin, and the couple had a long-distance relationship until he moved to Ireland to live with her in 2008. “We had our two small kids, our lovely house, our friends; it just seemed like we had all our ducks in a row. It had taken a long time to get there – we had our kids a little bit later in life – but I felt that everything was perfect. Then John left my life just as suddenly as he entered it; one day he was there, then he was gone.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Republican Texas is a surprising model for solving the UK’s prison crisis – but it just might work | Gaby Hinsliff

Jails in England and Wales are in overcrowded meltdown, but justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has a rare chance to flip the script. She shouldWhat should become of the two idiots who took a chainsaw to the beloved Sycamore Gap tree? Obviously it was thuggish, a pointless desecration of something that gave countless people joy, judging by the outpouring of unexpectedly deep emotion that followed. Landscapes work their way into the soul. But so does the thought of two children whose father is about to be jailed for what the judge warned would be a “lengthy period”. Though a line obviously has to be drawn, is this really the best way we can think of to punish a heartless act that nonetheless posed no danger to human life?Now is the perfect time to wrestle with questions such as this, about whom we send to prison and why, and whether doing it differently would lead to a more humane but more effective prison system and ultimately cut crime. For this government is – shock, horror – finall...

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4 w. ago I left my husband after meeting a dashing tour guide on holiday. It was the perfect romance... until I discovered he was juggling two other wives: CAROL EL HAWARY

The second I met Atef, I realised two things with absolute certainty: love at first sight was real, and passion wasn't done with me yet. The one emotion I didn't feel was guilt.

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4 w. ago I left my husband after meeting a dashing tour guide on holiday. It was the perfect romance... until I made a shocking discovery: CAROL EL HAWARY

The second I met Atef, I realised two things with absolute certainty: love at first sight was real, and passion wasn't done with me yet. The one emotion I didn't feel was guilt.

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4 w. ago 'I had the perfect life but secretly went to Zoom calls with a mug full of wine'

Pia Clinton-Tarestad, 42, had it all - a great career in healthcare policy, a loving family, a beautiful home, but she was hiding a secret: her two-bottle-a-day wine habit

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