Long Reads
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Why this A-list ‘beauty’ treatment could boost your immunity in winter
Nobody jumps for joy in January. With dropping temperatures, winter colds and a gaping, Christmas-shaped hole in our bank accounts,…
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Did I have a drinking problem – or was it caused by ADHD?
How much do you know about dopamine? You might be low on dopamine now, as you recover from your new…
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How the death of my father made me ring in the changes this Christmas
My father died in April after, to use the argot of obituary notices, a long illness bravely borne. Grief is…
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10 things you only know if you’ve been a vegan as long as I have
Just over the horizon, behind that last pig-in-blanket, veganuary looms. After the meat fest of Christmas, for many of us,…
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Why you are happier than you think – according to science
In the immediate aftermath of the loss of my 30-year career I feared I may drown in a river of…
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Inside Nato’s ‘museum of shame’ where Lenin planned bloody revolution
Welcome to the most hated museum in Finland.” This is not the usual greeting from the director of a museum,…
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Why every man like me needs a midlife MOT
The epiphany occurred at Vue Cinema in Portsmouth, in the middle of The Super Mario Bros Movie. I was there…
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Meet the ‘Elon Musk of cancer’ who says it’s time to start rethinking what a stage 4 diagnosis really means
Sixty years ago next month, in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, Chris Evans received his very first chemistry set…
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‘Betterment burnout’ is making us miserable – having fun is crucial too
January is the strangest month of the year, a month when nobody does what they want to do. Preachy TikTokkers,…
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Are we heading for World War Three – and is Britain’s military ready?
Grant Shapps, the Conservative’s seventh defence secretary since 2010, channelled his inner George W Bush to deliver his own “axis…
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