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Family

  • Happy smiling mother holding her newborn baby after being born in a bath

    Water births do not increase risk of complications, study finds

    Using a water pool during labour for low-risk pregnancies is as safe as giving birth out of water, research shows
  • Birthday boy: my memory of that time is etched in dark marble

    My son is passing many early milestones but there’s one that’s for me to reflect on

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Eva Wiseman

    Why is it so hard to book a holiday?

    Eva Wiseman
  • Posed by model Rear View Of Man Working From Home On Computer In Home Office Stretching At Desk

    Why do I keep falling in love with totally unavailable people?

  • Headshot of presenter Angela Scanlon in 2024, recreating a childhood communion photo

    Angela Scanlon looks back: ‘I thought motherhood would make my career disappear overnight’

  • Illustration of a couple sitting on either side of a window, with a mother and child in the background

    I got married knowing I didn’t want children, and that my husband felt the same. Then he had a change of heart

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Opinion

  • Zoe Williams

    How much do you love your children? With prom season approaching, it’s time for more competitive parenting

    Zoe Williams
  • Emily Mulligan with her niece, Catherine Mulligan.

    Becoming an aunty unlocked a deranged kind of love. It’s a pleasure to cop the moods and mess

    Emily Mulligan
    For a few years my devotion was met with contempt and, if I was lucky, indifference. This only encouraged me
  • Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk: Ring Of Fire - Fight Night<br>RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - MAY 18: Oleksandr Usyk punches Tyson Fury during the IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO and Undisputed Heavyweight titles' fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk at Kingdom Arena on May 18, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

    My two-year-old can’t even say her own name, but she’s already boxing clever

    Séamas O’Reilly
    Somehow she managed to order the pay-per-view fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Should we follow Lily Allen – and let our partner control our smartphone?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • fun and games!<br>two very happy dogs

    A crime has been committed, but don’t blame the dog

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Eva Wiseman

    Pillows, playlists and a gentle push… My birth plan was a joke

    Eva Wiseman
  • Lucretia Grindle Lutyens

    No matter how I tried, I couldn’t get my stepchildren to accept me. So I stopped

    Lucretia Grindle Lutyens
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Advice

  • illustration of man standing alone

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My daughter took her own life, and I can’t face talking to anyone about it

  • Illustration of two pairs of male legs in bed

    Sexual healing
    I used to be a top, but it no longer works for me. How do I tell my partner I’ve become a side?

  • Posed by model Rear View Of Man Working From Home On Computer In Home Office Stretching At Desk

    Ask Philippa
    Why do I keep falling in love with totally unavailable people?

  • Samsung Galaxy Book3 360

    Consumer champions
    Is my Samsung laptop not all it’s cracked up to be?

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Love & sex

  • Bibi Lynch – journalist, writer and broadcaster –wearing a leopard print coat and sunglasses smiling leaning over a railing with pretty houses behind her

    A moment that changed me: I’m 58 and single since 1997. A Sex and the City meme transformed my life

  • 'Sexy Book' cover illustration for pass notes

    The sexiest books of all time: Goodreads has ranked them – and Mister Orgasm is on top

    The popular book site has determined the 45 sauciest stories ever written. The results may surprise you
  • Three woman holding their mobile phones outside and looking at the screens

    No dating apps, no dates, no exes, no hookups: what’s driving the ‘boy sober’ trend?

    Lisa Portolan
    Women continue to bear the brunt of online harassment and abuse. A reckoning is overdue
  • Emma Beddington

    Young women are telling each other to ‘date rich’. How terrifyingly retro

    Emma Beddington
  • Greg Tanner and Leigh Shelley at their wedding in Sydney, 1983.

    The moment I knew: I burst into the living room with his letter held high and screeched, ‘I’m getting married!’

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    A male birth control gel is one step closer to reality, and that’s worth celebrating

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Isla and Benjamin

    This is how we do it: ‘Our open marriage has strengthened the sexual connection between us’

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