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The pet I’ll never forget: Cocolo, the donkey who arrived unexpectedly at our door

An offhand comment from my mother meant we suddenly owned a donkey. I loved him – but was embarrassed when I had to ride him to school

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My favourite childhood outfit: ‘The coat I inherited from Grandpa became my teenage refuge’

After my grandfather died, I claimed his heavy, silk-lined overcoat and wore it with Doc Martens. I sat on it in parks, slept under it on people’s sofas. Then, one day, it disappeared ...

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‘Do you want a little experience of stalking?’: what happened when Bear Grylls offered to ‘hunt’ me in a jungle

Celebrity Bear Hunt sees Grylls track the likes of Mel B and Boris Becker through the jungle to teach them about survival. Sam Wollaston travels to Costa Rica to see what it’s like – but things do not go to plan

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Emotive insight into impact of long Covid

Letters: Rose Brown, Phil Turner and Linda Mills respond to Sam Wollaston’s article on a woman living with the devastating condition

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‘Teaching – how hard can it be?’: three writers put their relationships on the line and try their partners’ jobs

Have you ever secretly thought how easy it would be to do your partner’s job? Three journalists find out if they can hack it as a teacher, an eBay trader and a creative director

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‘You go to a job and it’s absolutely alive with rats or bedbugs’: on the road with a pest controller

It’s boom time in the world of extermination. With rodents rampaging through hospitals and bedbug infestations up 65%, one seasoned pro has never been busier. Our writer tags along to find out why

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The pickleball revolution: how a game for all ages became one of the world’s fastest-growing sports

A gentle cross between tennis, badminton and ping pong, pickleball is an easy game to pick up. Sam Wollaston has a little dink

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‘My board shoots off, like in the ad’: Sam Wollaston goes skateboarding

Our writer had a head start on the dad in the John Lewis ad: he’d skated a bit back in the day. How hard could it be to get back on a board?

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Carry on wild camping – and stay alert through the night

Letters: Alison Clarke recalls her honeymoon spent hiking on Dartmoor, while Val Mainwood remembers an eventful Girl Guides expedition in North Yorkshire and Jim Grindle calls for beauty spots to allow wild camping

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‘Doctors should prescribe it!’: the joys of wild camping – and why it is under threat in England

Designated areas of Dartmoor are the only places in England where you can camp out in the wild if you respect the environment. But for how long?

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