‘Nepo baby’ was just the start: inside the expanding nepo universe

Meet the nepo boyfriends, nepo parents and double nepos, who get a boost from both sides of the family tree

The zero-waste wardrobe: five writers try sustainable fashion fixes

How can you lessen the climate impact of your clothes? Our writers spend a month selling, tailoring and mending to find out

A new start after 60: I lost my husband, spoke my mind – and became an Instagram star at 97

Dorothy Wiggins was devastated when her husband died. But she was determined to embrace life, and quickly found fame when a journalist friend started filming her escapades in New York

Why do photographs of beautiful scenery never do it justice?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The 12 best apps for Christmas – from what to cook to tracking Santa

Let technology lend a hand this year, whether it’s sourcing presents, balancing the books or providing new ideas for recipes and cocktails

‘I left the cinema, walked home and announced I was moving’: films that made people emigrate

If The Lord of the Rings had you yearning for New Zealand, or Julia Roberts on a bike made you fall in love with Bali, you’re not alone. But did you grab your passport and start packing? Meet the people who did

Elf review – Will Ferrell is still Santa’s biggest helper in Christmas comedy favourite

Ferrell brings manic energy to this tale of an oversized elf called Buddy and it’s still a charmer after 20 years

Gwyneth Paltrow: is her life a work of performance art?

How else do you explain the $15,000 vibrator, rectal ozone therapy and vaginal steaming? Perhaps the actor is giving her greatest performance yet ...

Hot chocolate, woolly socks and a good book: why cosy living is good for you

When it’s dark and cold outside (not to mention existentially troubling), our sense of survival kicks in and we withdraw to that place we feel safest – home

Santa Claus: The Movie review – Dudley Moore sparkles like a bauble in Elf prototype

Playing an early iteration of the fish-out-of-water elf in the corporate world of New York, Moore has just enough perky charm to redeem an otherwise forgettable seasonal offering

‘It’s not a public service, it’s toxic’: welcome to the world of gossip surveillance

TikTokers are sharing strangers’ conversations, hoping to expose gossipers to the very people they’re talking about. Is the humiliation worth it?

I Am the Tigress review – nuanced portrait of female bodybuilder’s strength and resilience

This detached character study is neither a feelgood story of empowerment, nor a grim look at a life on the margins and is more powerful for it

Forget Debrett’s. Here is my phone etiquette advice – whatever your age

From Gen Z to boomers, each generation engages in some truly reprehensible smartphone behaviour. Don’t get me started on voice notes…

For which tasks is artificial intelligence least well suited?