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Nappies, hefty mortgages, little job security: What being 40 means today
Life may begin at 40, but it’s a very different one to previous generations.
- Amelia Lester
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We went to Australia’s ‘most dangerous playground’ – and my kids loved it
You can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can judge a society by how it lets its children horse around.
- Amelia Lester
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A remedy to stop me lying awake? Let me sleep on it
Where can you turn when counting sheep, meditation apps and CBD remedies no longer send you to the land of nod?
- Amelia Lester
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So much at stake: Why I dragged my kids along when voting in the US
We went for ice-creams afterwards – because I want them to see democracy in action as a momentous occasion.
- Amelia Lester
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I finally found a wellness retreat I didn’t want to retreat from
Not all wellness retreats are about colonics, calisthenics and green juice.
- Amelia Lester
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The final push I needed to leave Twitter for good
Like a dive bar without the sticky floor, Twitter was a place where weirdos and journos tried out bad jokes and sometimes even made friends. Then Elon came in.
- Amelia Lester
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Interrupting isn’t necessarily rude – it’s just ‘conversational overlapping’
There’s now a new term for butting in when someone’s talking – and sometimes, it’s considered good manners.
- Amelia Lester
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My friend will only live in a home that’s ‘fresh out of the box’: Here’s why
You may never know who owned your home before you, but sometimes, they leave strange traces behind.
- Amelia Lester
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Easy listening: Why you can’t be lonely in New York
Do New Yorkers project more than everyone else when they speak, or are they all just closer to each other?
- Amelia Lester
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