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[2017-04-08 10:22]

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Gold medalist Man Dandan's 16 years on snow steadily took her to the top

[2017-03-04 12:55]

"The past 16 years passed so fast. It was like a dream. I have never thought that I would have come this far," said Man Dandan, the gold medalist at the eighth Winter Asiad, when looking back upon her life as a cross-country skier.

Why you should have fewer friends

[2017-03-04 07:23]

The results of an Oxford University study revealed yesterday that when it comes to sustaining friendships women need to get on the phone and men need to get down to the pub. Those who move from their home town to study elsewhere and don't do this could find their friendship circle diminishing rapidly - by around 40 per cent after just six months.

Men and women can never be friends - but sex is not the cause

[2017-03-04 07:23]

Can men and women ever be just friends? It is the eternal question that When Harry Met Sally set out to answer in 1989, and endless romcoms have continued to debate in the decades since (Friends with Benefits, 13 Going on 30 and so on).

Would you sign a post-nuptial agreement?

[2017-02-11 07:19]

Ayesha Vardag's second wedding in 2014 was a lavish affair. The ceremony took place in Winchester Cathedral, she wore a long scarlet gown and her huge diamond and peridot engagement ring was accessorised with a tiara bought in Istanbul.

What to do if you argue before bed - and how to avoid it next time

[2017-02-11 07:19]

Sometimes a late-night argument seems inevitable. When you're tired and cross, the tiniest comment can spiral into a full-blown row, and, before you know it, it's 2am and you're still at it.

Is excitement worth losing a marriage over?

[2017-02-04 07:28]

Boredom is driving a rise in affairs, but the fallout may trump the reward

'In Praise of Older Women' author on toy boys and cougars

[2017-02-04 07:28]

The man sitting in front of me should be awarded an MBE for Services to Older Women. Not that Stephen Vizinczey wrote the global bestseller, In Praise of Older Women - which has sold over seven million copies since it was first published in 1965 - out of charity or condescension. No. He wrote it out of love: a love he still feels viscerally, more than 50 years since the book's publication in Britain.

Over Schedule, Over Budget And Overly Ambitious

[2016-12-24 07:29]

Late November saw Rules Don't Apply, Warren Beatty's first film in fifteen years, bomb at the US box office, making just a million dollars from over 2,000 screens and ranking as one of the worst Thanksgiving weekend debuts in film history.

'You'll never see Elton John in the same way'

[2016-11-26 07:17]

Sir Elton John's art collection, amassed entirely since he "dried out" in 1990, includes paintings by starry artist friends such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

Warhol's works would not be possible without Rauschenberg

[2016-11-26 07:17]

My father used to say the most wonderful thing," says Christopher Rauschenberg. "It was something like, 'I feel sorry for people who think that soap dishes or Coke bottles are ugly, because they're surrounded by that stuff, and it must make them miserable'."

Martin Roth: rise in nationalism is a threat

[2016-10-08 07:32]

Martin Roth announced earlier this month that he is ending what is arguably the most successful directorship in the long and sometimes troubled history of the world's greatest decorative arts museum, the V&A. During his five-year reign, attendances have tripled to three million.