Elizabeth Weil wondered if she and her husband Dan could improve their nine-year union with couples and sex therapy – but what exactly would that mean?There are things about my husband that drive me crazy. Last spring he cut apart a frozen pig’s head in our basement. He needed the head to fit into a pot [...]
Nothing brings home the cruel distance between pre- and post-baby existence quite like a holiday. So Ickworth in Suffolk is a real eye-openerNothing brings home the cruel distance between your pre- and post-baby existence quite like holidays. Gone are those long, lazy lunches eating oysters with icy white wine at a table overlooking the sea; [...]
Davos: A panel on the global gender gap puts up some welcome challenges to the idea of women as shoppersOne of the things the Davos think-in is famous for is a optimistic take on world problems. Get the world leaders together and rethink, re-evaluate, rebalance, restore whatever it is and we should get somewhere. This [...]
Marco Pierre White’s commitment to new MPW-branded venues that he won’t actually cook in continues (unless you’ve £20k burning a hole in your morning suit, that is …). Should celebrity chefs feel guilty about not being in their kitchens?Are you getting married in 2010? Do you have a spare £20,000 knocking around? If so, here’s [...]
Does the way we sleep reveal the true nature of our relationships, wonders Tim Dowling, while writers and celebrities reveal their bedroom secrets• In pictures: which position do you sleep in?It’s one of the first things to go in the war of attrition between romance and pragmatism – the idea of spending all night nose to [...]
Everyday decisions are often the ones that we find most problematical. So why not have a few short cuts to help you reach the right ones?I feel slightly sorry for Suzy Welch, the self-help guru behind the book 10-10-10: A Life-Transforming Idea. Welch’s “10-10-10″ method for taking decisions (not to be confused with the 10:10 climate [...]