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Summer trends, summer reads, summer colours … This insufferable season needs to wind its neck in

Call me a grinch, but at no other time of year are we told quite so much how to behave, dress or eat. It’s time this frankenseason was reined in, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

We were promised a 15-hour working week. What’s the hold-up?

More UK companies are about to trial a four-day week, and all employees could soon get the right to switch off. It’s still just baby steps, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

DIY smear tests sound great – but a gynaecological exam could save your life

Letters: Readers respond to Emma Beddington’s article about having the option of at-home smear tests

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2024

We’re all familiar with BFFs and frenemies. Here are six other friendship types you need to know

Do you have a friend you contact only when you need to be mean-spirited? Or someone you would categorise as a chaos friend? If not, you just might be one, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

I want to survive the apocalypse – but not if it’s just me and some terrible billionaires

Since the pandemic, remote properties have been marketed for off-grid living. But a life spent gardening and eating cormorants is not for me, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Will my sons vote this year? I hope so – or Rishi will conscript them

How many young people will rush to the polling stations on 4 July? A good number have registered, but it remains to be seen ...

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2024

No wonder overloaded women try to marry rich

Letters: Shamin Vogel sets out the stark reality for today’s young women who face ridiculous societal expectations and high living and childcare costs. Plus letters from Rachel Fowler and Claire Elizabeth Brown

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2024

Are all cats Tories? I considered the politics of my pets – and they’re not pretty

My assumption that all dogs vote Labour or, at a pinch, Lib Dem, was shaken by two people who identified theirs as likely Reform voters, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024

Young women are telling each other to ‘date rich’. How terrifyingly retro

‘I’m looking for a man in finance’ is the viral hit of the summer. Will the irony be lost on those who see all women as shallow gold-diggers, asks Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024

Sure, the Taylor Swift millipede is the least of our problems – but what we call wildlife matters

The SpongeBob Squarepants fungus and Shakira wasp might sound funny, but there is a rising acceptance that eponyms in the natural world are a legacy of empire and oppression, writes Emma Beddington

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024