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My wife rarely instigates sex – and always wants to schedule it. Why can’t she be more spontaneous?

She says I think about sex all the time – but her libido has fallen since our third child and I feel shame at being rejected• Sign up for Well Actually, a free weekly newsletter about health and wellnessMy wife and I have been married for nearly 10 years. We have three children and love each other dearly. We are a good team 99% of the time, but we regularly...

Tue May 7, 2024 15:02
Sky TV didn’t tell me I could have paid thousands less

It did not remind me my contract had ended, or tell me about the best dealsI’ve been a Sky TV customer for more than 20 years but fear I may have overpaid by thousands of pounds because I’ve been out of contract since 2005.I recently discovered that, under Ofcom rules, your provider must remind you that your contract is ending, or has ended, and tell...

Tue May 7, 2024 09:06
Scientists pour scorn on mushroom coffee, the latest ‘healthy’ food trend

UK demand growing for beverages made from fungi, but experts dismiss innovations as ‘health products you don’t need’Sipping mushroom coffee sounds like a weird camping trip anecdote but more Britons are embracing this alternative morning pick-me-up as “mushroom mania” sweeps the high street.With the food industry eager to cash in on demand for “functional...

Sun May 5, 2024 17:26
Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier

Throughout her life, Danyah Miller developed coping mechanisms to help deal with certain challenges. Would she have thrived if she had known about dyslexia, or would a label have limited her? Discovering that I have dyslexia, and most probably dyscalculia, later in my life has raised many questions for me, not least whether a childhood diagnosis would...

Sun May 5, 2024 17:26
He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?

Known to his friends as the Legend, John Starbrook is living, breathing proof of the power of exercise and enthusiasm. I tried to keep up with him – and barely survivedI like to think of myself as a strong swimmer. I’m not fast, I can’t dive or tumble turn, but when I get a lane to myself I’ll happily bash out 50 or 60 lengths. Give me a nice big lake,...

Sun May 5, 2024 16:25
I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do?

Legacy can be found in the lives you touch and your impact on othersThe question I am a 54-year-old woman with a good career and a stable marriage. I live across the globe from my parents, my siblings and their kids and I am child-free. I have reduced contact with them to brief and polite birthday and Christmas messages, which they respond to, but we...

Sun May 5, 2024 08:07

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