3 d. ago I suspect there's something poisonous about money. That’s why I’m embracing a gift economy | Kelley Swain

A slow and gentle lifestyle is possible; it’s just not sold to us, so it is harder to listen out forGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI’ve heard from a very wise friend that something she hadn’t previously considered, which she read in my “tiny house” article, was that the housing market requires most people to be in debt. It’s been a strangely positive experience to come to the concept of “economics” through living my life as a poet, novelist and medical journalist, because it allows me to critique things that might otherwise go unnoticed. Another very wise friend told me that her husband went to university to study economics, was told on day one that the entire model is built on a concept of infinite growth, and he quit to become a gardener. No wonder we’re friends.The first book of economics I read was The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The point of this beautifully written, small book (a long essay, really) is that different concepts of “economies” exist – we need...

Economics

5 d. ago Kate Spade 'tried to work things out' with husband before her tragic death

Kate Spade's close friend has said the late fashion designer and her husband, Andy, had been attempting to work through their differences before her death

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5 d. ago Pregnant Sophie Habboo debuts her baby bump in a green maxi dress as she attends childhood friend's wedding with husband Jamie Laing

The former Made In Chelsea star, 30, announced she was expecting her first child with Jamie, 36, in a social media post on Tuesday.

Society

7 d. ago Pregnant reality star is shot dead in front of her young daughter three years after finding fame in Love Island

Teodora Marcu, 23, was shot four times while out walking with her young daughter and a cousin on the outskirts of Bucharest at around 7pm on Saturday night.

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8 d. ago Sarah Greene found love with dead husband's friend after message from 'beyond the grave'

The Finish Line's Sarah Greene was left a widow in 2014 after her former radio DJ husband, Mike Smith, passed away – but she later found love with one of his oldest friends

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3 w. ago Dear Coleen: 'My old friend won't stop cheating on her husband'

Agony Aunt Coleen Nolan helps a reader our with her friendship predicament.

Politics

4 w. ago ‘I was nervous to travel after my husband died until I made a special friend on holiday’

Helen McGlashan, 59, from Manchester, pushed herself to head off on a solo holiday with Riviera Travel following her retirement and the death of her husband, Alastair

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