Note to No 10: one speed doesn’t fit all when it comes to online safety
Legislation to protect children in the digital realm is essential. But if it results in the loss of small cycling and cancer-care forums, something’s gone wrong
From oatzempic to mouth taping: does science back up TikTok health tips?
Here are some of the more curious health hacks circulating on the social media platform – and what the evidence says
The best slow cookers in the UK for effortless homemade meals, tried and tested
Whether you’re making comforting curries, casseroles or chilli con carne, we’ve tested the top slow cookers for serving up winter warmers
‘Can you be my mum?’ Students turn to TikTok for a taste of home
Content creators are easing young people’s homesickness with familiar flavours and step-by-step recipes
Jackie Briggs obituary
Other lives: Advocate for parents of LGBTQ+ children, passionate community volunteer and actor
More fizzle than pop: the limits of Nicole Kidman’s erotic drama Babygirl
Despite bold scenes for mainstream American cinema, the sexy dom/sub age-gap film can’t quite figure out what it’s saying about desire
Are you falling for wellness misinformation online? Here’s how to tell
Social media is rife with alarming advice and warnings – experts share red flags to avoid
‘Full bush in a bikini’: the sudden rise of pubic hair positivity
Online, young women are singing the praises of dense, luxuriant pubic hair. Time to ditch the depilation?
Babygirl review – Nicole Kidman sex-positive erotic thriller fails to bring the menace
Kidman’s CEO submits to Harris Dickinson’s hot intern in an age-gap drama that lacks any real danger or transgressive bite
‘People feel they don’t owe anyone anything’: the rise in ‘flaking’ out of social plans
Some call to drop out of events at late notice – even weddings and funerals. Self-care? Others call it selfishness
My petty gripe: thumbs-up emojis say ‘I don’t care’ – please stop using them on my big news
It doesn’t matter if it’s Mario Party or my fictional promotion to junior regional manager, my texts deserve more than a digital eff-off
I was lost in the cesspit of social media. Then Jane Austen showed me the way out
Why spend every evening fighting trolls on X when you could be working your way through the greats of literature? No more online rage, recriminations, doom-scrolling …
‘Friends keep me tethered’: actor Joe Alwyn on fame, dating Taylor Swift and keeping his feet on the ground
Joe Alwyn has had an astonishing rise. After his breakthrough with Ang Lee, he wowed in Conversations with Friends and now stars in The Brutalist. Throw in his ex, Taylor Swift, and you have a redhot A-lister ready to go
I’ve been waging war on my phone addiction
My progress has been painfully slow, but at last I think I’m winning
At 41, was Isabella Rossellini too old to be beautiful in 1994?
Lancôme announced they were dumping the world’s highest-paid model, although they didn’t say so quite so bluntly