This week welcoming us for a new term at Bradford & Ilkley Community College are Adrian, 35, who works in advertising, and Catherine, 36, a yoga teacher. Read the full account in the Guardian and then ...

Aside from the weeks where somebody I love has died, this week has been one of the most terrible I’ve ever known so – in words that would send a jolt of lightning up both my grandmother’s spines were ...

After last week’s Belfast fairy-tale, the magical month of March finds us back in London, projecting our misguided need for love and happiness in troubled times on Yukari, 29, a freelance motion ...

In these serious times, there is a feeling of guilt attached to frivolity. A sense, perhaps, that you’re playing MarioKart while Rome frazzles. Political intrigue has rendered showbiz gossip ...

St Valentine may have packed up his giant helium balloons, petrol station flowers, grotesque life-size teddy bears with matted plush, and cheap massage oil, but your favourite romantic dynamic duo – ...

2. Buy a book I wrote All four of my currently released novels are £2.99 on ebook at the moment – get them wherever you prefer – but if you like physical copies, that’s fine too. My fourth novel ...

This week’s lovestruck strangers are Holly, 42, an NHS service manager, and Johnny, 45, a product manager, both of whom look a little like PSHE teachers you would definitely feel comfortable coming ...

Today’s contestants are Ella, who is 20 and a student, and 25-year-old John, a civil servant. Student of what? We may never know. What kind of civil servant? That’s classified. Readers, the word of ...

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They come around so fast, don't they – our second Saturday of 2022 already. This week's addition to the mille-feuille... Impeccable Table Manners ...

What a week, huh? Let’s never speak of it again. But before we Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind the last few days – or should we go back and do the last few months? – let’s spend an evening with ...

For reasons best known to the Guardian, this week’s Blind Date takes place in Berlin, which, for those who were busy nodding off in geography or off school altogether doing aerosols through a tea ...