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Your bank balance looks fine on Monday. By Friday, it’s a riddle wrapped in Deliveroo fees and “quick” Amazon add-ons. You ...

Cold rain tap-taps on the shed roof. Your seed tin is still half-full. And the thought of crunchy greens and sweet pods in ...

The living room looked harmless: a soft sofa, a plant that refuses to die, a glowing rectangle on the wall. Then I opened my ...

You turn the cold tap and trust what comes out. That trust was built over decades, yet the pipes under our streets — and ...

Scraps of paper on front doors are becoming a thing — “No cash kept on premises”, “Nothing to steal here”, even “Please don’t ...

Living alone looks like freedom: your playlists, your plates, your pace. For many single Britons, it also looks like ...

You can feel it in the garden right now: birdsong thinning, hedges a little too tidy, the patio quiet at dawn. We want nature ...

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There are two ways a fondue night goes wrong: the oil smokes and stings your eyes, or the meat turns out grey and dry. Both ...