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It’s not just haiku writers who feel a yearning for autumnal frost
The changing weather is not only having repercussions for our gardens. It is wreaking havoc with literary endeavours
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The young’s love affair with self-service may not last forever
A drive-through boom is underway, brought about by the changing habits of Gen Z. But they may come to appreciate convivial feasting in time
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Maps are greater storytellers than any novel. That is their wonder
The popularity of the London Metro Memory Game is just one indicator of how we have fallen for cartography
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What’s in a name... or 25? Infant monikers are now big business
A Spanish Duke was told to call his daughter something less elaborate, while consultants are springing up to advise indecisive parents
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Tone deaf: Why The Proms is no place to be scoffing popcorn
Let's restore audience solidarity by ending toxic individualism – and perhaps tackle the obesity crisis at the same time
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TV executives are turning heroines into cookie cutters
If the only role models in popular culture are feisty females, what hope for the frail, delicate or even soppy rest of us?
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France may be on holiday, but the rioting can’t be too far away
Come la rentrée, President Macron had better brace himself for an onslaught of tiny, school-age troublemakers
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Phones wreck marriages – but so do crosswords, infidelity and cats
Never out of humour, always compliant – mobiles are the antithesis of the exhausting psychodrama of real-life relationships
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A stitch in time – but will Macron’s make do and mend plan work?
We should celebrate the revival of clothes repairs – but it won't patch up the French leader's presidency
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Which would you rather own: a letter by Mozart or James Bond's ski onesie?
An eclectic array of items in the news poses questions of what we value and why
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There is always hope - but our churches face an uncertain future
Places of worship sit at the heart of parish life – and mean a great deal to the entirely secular
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A sulking room is an essential requirement for every home
Frankie Dettori may now have ridden his last Ascot race, but he should still be listened to on home design
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Soviet-style groupthink means only one thing: terrible books
The verdicts of the self-appointed cultural commissars of our time are proving fatal to a writer’s work and creativity
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Smartphones have robbed us of the ability to enjoy the moment
Three cheers for English Heritage, which has bravely told visitors to experience its sites with their senses rather than their phones
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Headphone dependency is slowly killing the office buzz
This is not a question of concentration, but rather our growing inability to engage in enjoyable and productive conversation
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The antidote to ageism? Teach the young how to talk to the old
Other cultures cherish their elders. In Britain, we underestimate the contribution older they can make to our sense of identity
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