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A job that changed me: I worked for an infamous clothing brand – but it was one of the most positive workplaces of my life

Despite its global reputation, my time there felt less sexy party, more wholesome summer camp. Then one day my boss told me a hard truth

Wendy Syfret24 Aug

The pet I’ll never forget: Ernie the danger dog – who loves dicing with death

He has chased a deer across a dual carriageway, eaten an entire tray of chocolate brownies and jumped head first into a canal. But despite all the worry he brings us, he is extraordinarily lovable

Farryn Stock24 Aug

‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos

Service charges used to be a matter of choice, but now consumers feel obliged to pay them for even a cup of coffee. How do we navigate this minefield and who is really profiting?

Emine Saner24 Aug

A new start after 60: I became a grocer – and feel stronger physically and quieter mentally

Robert Solomon loves the early mornings, picking out the apples, tending to the broccoli and fussing up the dandelion greens. At 71, he says it’s the best job he’s had

Paula Cocozza24 Aug

‘When I make a sale, I’ll sing a high note’: a day in the life of an opera singing car salesman

Andrew Hiers is trying to start his own opera company. Until then, he’s serenading the parking lot

Jaya Saxena23 Aug

The kindness of strangers: I was a young, solo tourist when a taxi driver became aggressive – then two men stepped in

They relayed to me that the driver wanted more money. I went to grab my wallet, but they told me to put it away

Tara Macloughlin, as told to Katie Cunningham23 Aug

If all car tyres were filled with CO2, would this cut atmospheric carbon significantly?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions probes an intriguing scientific question in relation to the climate emergency

23 Aug

Readers reply: Is it inevitable that consumerism will literally fill up the planet?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers whether there is sufficient global physical capacity for all our discarded and worn-out purchases

23 Aug

Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton: ‘At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!’

The studio’s co-founders on accidentally creating Morph, not wanting a yacht in the Maldives and being each other’s best ally

Harriet Gibsone23 Aug

Dining across the divide: ‘I thought he was going to be quite “stop the boats, bring up the drawbridge”’

A Green party member and a Labour-voting Brexiter didn’t agree on the EU, but what about renewable energy and the NHS?

Zoe Williams23 Aug

This is how we do it: ‘Since having cancer, I’m more open – before I was straight, now I’m queer’

Following the all-clear, Kevin and Jade found a new openness in discussing sex and intimacy – and also a shared desire for exploring polyamory

As told to Naomi Larsson Piñeda23 Aug

A childhood sexual abuse allegation has rocked our family – what should we do?

Make the victim feel safe and able to talk at their own pace, and consider any danger the perpetrator currently presents to younger members of the family

Annalisa Barbieri23 Aug

The moment I knew: Days after September 11, we flew through turbulence – all I could say was ‘I love you’

In 2001, Scott Westerfeld travelled from New York to Sydney to see Justine Larbalestier. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, they navigated the crisis as best they could, together

Scott Westerfeld22 Aug

‘It was dark and deserted. I was drawn by the light’: Christine Rodgers’ best phone picture

A man at a bank counter in a border town in northern India, tension in the air: how could any photographer resist?

Grace Holliday22 Aug

Why are clouds different shapes and why do flowers bloom? The kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

Molly Oldfield22 Aug

What is the pan-European emergency telephone number? The Saturday quiz

From Adventure Galley and Queen Anne’s Revenge to a bus station that’s a classic of brutalist architecture, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Thomas Eaton22 Aug

Blind date: ‘There was a mature, polite peck on departure at a busy Manchester Piccadilly station’

Susan, 74, a retired careers adviser, meets Pete, 72, a retired Methodist minister

22 Aug

Tim Dowling: my working holiday just isn’t working

The weather is unrelentingly glorious, the views are amazing, but I cling to the freelancer’s habit of never quite admitting I’m on holiday

Tim Dowling22 Aug

The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university

Letters: Doug Kessler says parenting is a form of continuous grieving from the time your kids are born. Plus a letter from Mark de Brunner

21 Aug

Ditch the giant handbag, don’t overdo the botox and 16 other ways to extend your ‘hotspan’

If ‘lifespan’ is the time you’re alive and ‘healthspan’ the years you’re disease-free, then ‘hotspan’ is the period you’re attractive and vibrant. Want to increase yours? Experts share their tips

Joe Stone21 Aug