[ Is the mortgage market turbulence getting you down? Have you got a mortgage-related question you need answering? Email in and we’ll get one of our experts to reply. Nick Mendes, mortgage technical manager at John Charcol, has given his advice to a reader below. If you have a question for our experts, email us at [email protected]. Question: My 2-year … Read more
[ Welcome to Wednesday’s Early Edition from i. Rishi Sunak has claimed there is a “moral mission” to get people back to work and end what he called a “sick note culture”. In a major speech earlier this month the PM said there was a risk that young people are “over-medicalising the everyday challenges and … Read more
[ It can often feel like life just happens to us. We hear a lot that we are not in control of anything except ourselves and how we respond to situations. And this is true. But we don’t always realise just how much we can change our experience and perception of life by working on … Read more
[ Kenny Mammarella-D’Cruz, i’s agony uncle, advises a man feeling alarmed by a shift in his relationshipMy wife and I have moved to her parents’ house for a few weeks, while our new home is being renovated. She’s four months pregnant and I’ve seen a striking change in her, which I put down to hormones. … Read more
[ Antarctica, 16 January, 2024 was a great day to be a penguin counter. It wasn’t a bad day to be a passenger. Waking to sunshine and “bergy bits” bobbing in a tranquil bay, I opened my cabin window to hear the snap, crackle and pop of ice. To the left was an ice floe. … Read more
[ Bemoaning your parenting skills and feeling besieged by guilt? The juggle is real. Here, five experts share tips that can make a difference – and no, they won’t take up any more of that time you don’t have… Use your smart speaker Seek help from the all-powerful Alexa. “From setting your kids reminders to … Read more
[ Each week i asks experts to answer readers’ questions about love, sex and relationships Two of my married friends have asked me if I’d be up for a threesome. The conversation came up at a birthday party. We had all been drinking and I laughed it off but it wasn’t the first time it had been … Read more
[ Most people have some semblance of a morning routine. Whether it is reading the news over a coffee or eating breakfast on the go, the start of our days tends to follow certain rhythms and patterns. But what of our evening routine? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that how we spend … Read more
[ In our bi-weekly series, readers can email in with any question about their finances to be answered by our expert, Charlotte Ransom. Charlotte has 30 years’ experience working in financial services and wealth planning, including ten years as a partner at Goldman Sachs. She co-founded Netwealth, which specialises in low-cost investing and financial planning … Read more
[ Podiatrist Dr Helen Branthwaite, musculoskeletal lead for the Royal College of Podiatry, has spent the past 25 years treating foot pain and dysfunction. She works at the Footcare Clinic in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and as a senior lecturer in clinical biomechanics at Staffordshire University, where she also conducts research. As well as showing other healthcare … Read more
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