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You have to be approaching your mid-50s or older to have been of voting age during Margaret Thatcher’s period as prime minister. Only a third of…

She was the No 1 box office star in the late 50s, but for decades Kim Novak, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo, has lived…

The U.S. Open is one of the few occasions a year when tennis really gets its due in America. More than 1 million people—including Simone Biles,…

My special talent: I can survey any room in a house and accurately estimate how many cardboard boxes and spools of bubble wrap are needed to…

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.When Todd Sacktor was about to turn 3, his 4-year-old sister died of leukemia. “An empty bedroom…

Bec* first came in for therapy for burnout. She was a psychiatric nurse and worked at a public hospital in an inpatient unit. She sobbed during…

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesLiam Roberts had only just finished university, but he was already thinking ahead to how to buy a home and fund…

Shanaz MusaferBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesSome people who pay into a Lifetime Individual Savings Account (LISA) may end up getting less money out than they put…

Lucy Liu will attend the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland this summer to receive a career achievement award and present the international premiere of her film Rosemead,…

Strong, beautiful and, if well looked after, endlessly long-lasting: leather has long been a staple of many of our wardrobes. And while there are ethical and…