The Marie Kondo backlash has begun, even as we struggle to achieve the minimalist interiors heroed on social media. Alexandra English digs through the psychological clutter to reveal our inner magpie and our counterbalancing urge to purge
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There is you, then there is work you, and then there is Instagram you. Are we trying so hard to be likeable in every area of our lives that we are forgetting ourselves?
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The boom in virtual valets lets us outsource irksome tasks in the time it takes to send a text. Or so Alexandra English thought …
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If the raging chaos of 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that the whole world needs an adult
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The Oscar-nominated, floral-suit-wearing statistics rap prodigy is ruining my life
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Music fandom has evolved from peaceful gatherings outside recording studios to congregations of keyboard warriors, fighting on the frontline, protected by touch screens and quirky nom de plumes. Alexandra English takes a look at how online anonymity has changed fan groups.
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While the thought of someone reading my diary mortifies me, I jump at the chance to read someone else’s, like some kind of literary voyeur trying to catch a glimpse of someone’s secret life
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My relationship with the Olsen twins began like any childhood friendship: tentative before turning into complete obsession
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In a world of limitless entertainment options, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by choice and fall back on what we already know we love and will enjoy
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for all their benefits, motorbikes in several East African countries, like Kenya and Uganda, mixed with congestion and poorly maintained roads, bring serious problems, they are commonly called ‘silent killers’ causing staggering death tolls
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The royals need her for their new millennium image, but protocol also demands she sit down and keep quiet
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You have better things to do than read through the hundreds of 2017 predictions that are circulating in print and online. I, on the other hand, do not. Here’s a round-up and in-depth analysis of your stars according to Rookie, Oyster, Elle, Marie Claire, and Body and Soul
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