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I feel bad about enjoying the rain – but this sodden summer brings back such wonderful memories

Grey skies, gale-swept beaches, soggy donkeys: my childhood holidays were all wet, wet, wet. And, as a result, deliciously idle, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023

Chatbots, self-checkouts and the human touch

Letters: Readers respond to Emma Beddington’s piece about the move away from person-to-person contact in everyday transactions

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023

Billionaires yearn for a life free of human contact – and they are imposing this on the rest of us

The ultra-wealthy want to limit their interactions as they glide through life. But the rest of us want the ‘touch points’ they would rather avoid: ticket sellers, bank branches, customer service assistants you can actually talk to, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

It’s never easy knowing when to say goodbye to a much-loved pet

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Emma Beddington about her ailing dog

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023

I have given up grooming. Welcome to hot crone summer

I am not budging on my ‘feminist’ (lazy) decision to give up makeup, writes Emma Beddington. But I am busy testing perfumes that smell of goat, mushroom and seaweed

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

My dog is 14, ailing – and part of me. How can I tell when it is time for him to go?

Oscar is on four pills a day and hard of hearing and seeing. Some days, he won’t leave the house or eat. I am agonising over what to do next, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

The kids are back from university – and I’m counting on them to restore my sanity

There’s no getting away from it: my husband and I have really let ourselves go since the boys left, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023

I’m stressing about ultra-processed foods, when the real worry is that many people can’t afford a healthy diet

Cutting out junk food and eating 30 plants a week is a great idea. But until the food industry is better regulated, it’s out of reach for a large swathe of the population, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

You can get Sad in summer – as I know only too well

Half the country might be waiting for the heat to turn up, but for the rest of us, it’s a time of foreboding and dread, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

I moved from the city to the suburbs – and I can’t believe my luck

A new study says you are more likely to become depressed living in the suburbs than in the city. For me, though, it’s living the dream, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023