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‘I carved until my fingers bled’: inside the baffling world of pumpkin obsessives

Fans of the orange vegetable are flocking to farms to pick their own, commissioning intricate lanterns and even dressing their kids up as the gourd. How did the humble pumpkin become October’s overlord?

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One Bladder After Another: why bros are finally having to queue for the loo

There are few things more irritating than waiting outside the Ladies while men sail in and out of their own facilities. A new, very long film has changed all that, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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996 work culture is sad and inhumane. Whatever’s wrong with 888 – or even 000?

Silicon Valley is keen, once more, on a working pattern of 12-hour days, six days a week. It really is time for a new approach, says Emma Beddington

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£6.50 for a coffee? I’m going back to instant

It’s not just prices that are out of control – I can’t take the way fans talk about their favourite brew, or my own coffee machine’s reluctance to just do its job, writes Emma Beddington

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Tech bros want women to have more babies. But they’re going about it the wrong way

Dropping birthrates are worrying Elon Musk, JD Vance and the like. But their proposed remedies are risible. Here are some surefire winners, writes Emma Beddington

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Try again. Fail again. Fail better: eight things I’ve learned in my year of ‘lifting heavy’

I didn’t expect to enjoy heaving chunks of metal. But lifting has paid off for me in surprising ways – and shown I can change my life dramatically, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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The ‘Great Lock-In’ is here. Are you ready to commit ruthlessly to your fitness goals?

The latest super-earnest trend demands we concentrate all our willpower on exercise and healthy eating this winter. It is not the kind of lock-in I was hoping for, says Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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A new dream man has dropped – the laid-back, confident beefcake

The archetype of this ideal man is Mr Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce. Maybe Swift is on to something, writes Emma Beddington

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Ready to give up social media? ‘Advice pollution’ might just get you there

I almost admire the confidence it must take to tell people what to do online. But I long for the days when the internet wasn’t just lists of bossy self-optimisation plans, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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I don’t believe we’re a nation of neighbours at war – despite what the headlines say

From the glamorous Harrods-shopping widow, to those offering mountains of cherries from their tree - I’ve met many fantastic people because we happened to live next door to each other, writes Emma Beddington

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Chillies are so hot right now – in every sense

Increasingly bored of bland ‘white people food’, our palates crave more intense stimulation. But as I learned the hard way, you can have too much of a good thing, writes Emma Beddington

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Why have I been hoarding 39,674 emails?

We can save water and help the environment just by clearing out our inboxes – so what am I doing with all these old takeaway receipts, ask Emma Beddington

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Are heterosexuals OK?

It is the question du jour – and a lot of people are teasingly interrogating it, writes Emma Beddington

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The best way to age? Forget the longevity bros – and be more Mariah Carey

The singer has a reputation for cancelling anything she takes against, from stairs to overhead lighting. When it comes to our increasingly toxic obsession with wellness, she’s absolutely right, writes Emma Beddington

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Have you been a victim of the ‘gen Z stare’? It’s got nothing on the gen X look of dread

Those aged between 13 and 28 have been accused of deploying a bored, superior expression. As a woman in her 50s, let me tell you I can do a slack-mouthed look of bafflement better than anyone, writes Emma Beddington

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The very worst thing about And Just Like That? The contents of Carrie Bradshaw’s bathroom cabinet

Cheap sunscreen, sponges, old soap … it’s laughably off-brand. And I’m not the only one who has noticed, writes Emma Beddington

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Could you love someone who believed in fairies, wanted an open relationship or even took up golf?

Everyone changes – even the person you’re hoping to spend the rest of your life with. But some changes are too much to bear, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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I’m not keen on the Clooneys’ ‘no phones’ rule for guests. But I’d still accept an invitation

Amal Clooney says the policy allows for ‘safe and frank’ conversation, writes Emma Beddington. But what if you want to show George a cool meme of an anteater posing?

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How do I feel about air conditioning? On the one hand, I’m extremely hot. On the other, it’s destroying the planet

Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking instead, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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The worst thing about AI? That stupid Samsung ad where the guy adds ‘way too much sugar’ to his pasta sauce

Only a robot would attempt to turn it into ‘tasty cookies’. A human would just scoop the sugar out again, writes Emma Beddington

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Is ‘princess treatment’ a harmless trend – or yet more fuel for misogyny?

A life of passive ‘perfection’, in which you minister to your partner and don’t speak unless spoken to, is a nauseating prospect that leaves women dangerously vulnerable, writes Emma Beddington

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What’s it like to be 23 and starting a new life? I’m unpacking a lot of emotions as my son heads to the US

Can he really be that old? Was I ever that young? A trip to clear out his student flat has brought back so many memories, writes Emma Beddington

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Are you a woman dreaming of a career change? Here’s my advice

Two-thirds of women apparently think about doing something different with their careers. Personally, I think I’d make a fantastic archaeologist or opera singer, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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‘Chic’ is dead, says Vogue. Is it time to revive ‘jazzy’, ‘snazzy’ and ‘swish’?

The word has lost all meaning, we are told, writes Emma Beddington. Could my favourite dad-jectives replace it?

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Working from home? It’s so much nicer if you’re a man

Ever since lockdown we’ve supposedly all been in it together, doing conference calls in our slippers. But in straight couples, guess who gets the spare bedroom and the proper desk, asks Emma Beddington

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