You be the judge: should my husband stop slapping food on my plate so artlessly? | Life and style

The prosecution: Lynsey When Jim makes curry, it’s dolloped with the precision of a toddler doing finger painting My husband of 25 years, Jim, doesn’t…

The best Father’s Day gifts: 83 thoughtful ideas for £50 and under they’ll actually want | Father’s Day

Dads can be tricky to buy for. They often have everything already, or profess to want nothing. But beneath the smiling veneer of a man…

Houseplant clinic: has my yucca been overwatered? | Houseplants

What’s the problem?My daughter has a yucca plant on her landing, and while the lower side looks fine, the taller side is struggling. She suspects her…

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for cornmeal and butter biscuits | Food

A book that I hope gets translated into English is Alberto Grandi and Daniele Soffiati’s La cucina Italiana non esiste – bugie e falsi miti…

A cookbook taught me everything I know about home – and sobriety | Joseph Earp

If there was a single feeling that defined my 20s, it was a generalised allergy to the very concept of home: I learned it’s a…

A moment that changed me: I saw my first wild water bear – and snapped out of my despair at the world | Insects

Less than a millimetre in length, the squishy, transparent animal was completely unaware of my presence, my entire existence, while I watched it in awe.…