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Do the scent and style of your bed sheets drive your dog crazy? Here's how to soothe your pet and save your sheets

Editorial: Nan Goldin’s top spot on an art world power list concludes a strong year for female creators. But beware complacency about their recognition

Lydia Davis is known for her minimalist fiction – “economy, precision and originality” is how the author Ali Smith once described her style. Her shortest story, Index Entry, amounts to just four words:

Every autumn, the UK participates in an astonishing commemorative practice: the annual charity drive of the Poppy Appeal. From its origins during the first world war to the purple poppy commemorating animals in wartime, the artificial poppy has become a fragile but enduring symbol of remembrance.

Unlike many animals, humans can’t see biofluorescence unaided – but with a UV torch, a night stroll looks very different

Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski made a number of good saves.

100,000 more girls are playing football in England than they did in 2017. At a training session near Ipswich, we meet the under-12s who love the game

An open letter signed by more than 50 authors including Zadie Smith, Ali Smith and Katherine Rundell calls for investment firm Baillie Gifford to be dropped as main sponsor for 2024

Kicking off our new monthly series about emotions in literature, Sophie Ratcliffe finds the best literary descriptions of hopefulness

A magistrate for nearly 30 years, David Rose describes the feeling of exclusion after not being able to enter certain legal buildings

Four people who lost loved ones recall the chaos of the response – and share why they think Britain was so unprepared