Society

THEY f**k you up, your mum and dad. Philip Larkin said they don't mean to, but you've got your doubts. Here are five traumas they inflicted which they still classify as 'character building'.

I’M 72 years old. I live on the basic state pension. And I don’t know how I’m going to cope come the winter. I’ve never been so worried in all my life. But here we are. 

OFF on your holidays? Want to annoy the locals with your infuriating enthusiasm? Do these things.

THE Guardian's Lifestyle section offers practical advice to middle class people with non-problems. Here are the most common inconsequential dilemmas it solves.

RISHI Sunak says he will phase out degrees that do not improve 'earning potential' if he becomes Prime Minister. Did yours, or was it just a fun way to piss cash up the wall? Find out.

EVERYONE has their struggles, but some people are impossible to sympathise with. Like these.

DOCTORS are increasingly worried about a woman who has lost the power of speech due to years of expressing herself only in inane, unfunny internet memes.

FROM being born to turning 40, life is littered with horrible experiences. Here are six you'll be glad you only have to suffer once.

THE death of a family hamster is tragic for kids but boring for everyone else. Dad Roy Hobbs explains the seven tedious stages of their grief.

A WOMAN wearing a leopard print top on a night out is guaranteed to get more drunk than any of her friends, it has been confirmed.