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Life
Aussie Life
Kerry Wakefield
Harpy. Shrew. Harridan. Virago. Vixen. Hellcat. Scold. Fishwife. Fury. The English language has no shortage of words for belligerent and…
Aussie Life
Kel Richards
We are still at the beginning of 2025, but Brendan O’Neill has already named his ‘most irritating phrase of the…
Drink
Bruce Anderson
We were discussing civilisation, as one does, and its relationship with cuisine. Pasta in Italy, paella in Spain, the roast…
The Wiki Man
Rory Sutherland
The discourse around ‘flexible working’ has degenerated into a narrow debate over whether people come into the office on three…
Dear Mary
Mary Killen
Q. This may sound ridiculous but I have an issue with the Big Issue seller near me. I am in…
Mind your language
Dot Wordsworth
‘My heart will melt in your mouth,’ said my husband gallantly, unwrapping some leeks from a copy of the Sun…
Bridge
Susanna Gross
I wish I’d been at the teams event held last week by the World Bridge Tour in Reykjavik. The sights,…
No sacred cows
Toby Young
When I first heard that Angela Rayner had been tasked with creating an advisory council that will draw up an…
Real life
Melissa Kite
The pilot of the Black Hawk told me I could recline the seat if I wasn’t comfortable. ‘Oh, great!’ I…
Still Life
Catriona Olding
My eldest daughter and her family are moving from a three-bedroom Art Deco semi with a garden and garage on…
More from life
Olivia Potts
Isn’t it awful that the older you get, the more you know yourself? It’s supposed to be a good thing,…