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No kidding: Diary of a child-free couple

Because we don’t have kids we ended up getting the worst bedroom in the house; a child’s room on the very top level

Steven Wells: fear and loathing in ER

The UK rock journalist, who died last week aged 49, kept a shocking and acerbic diary of his time in the American health system

Townie: Too lazy for the high life

Bumpkin: The duck that rules our roost

Saba Douglas-Hamilton on giving birth outdoors

The BBC nature presenter's nomadic lifestyle may have been curtailed by the arrival of her daughter, but her links with Africa remain strong

Being a dad: thoughts for Father's Day

The changing rules of fatherhood are a challenge to the modern man. Our panel of notable dads discuss the highs and lows

Five tips for tackling insomnia

Not being able to sleep affects up to 45 per cent of adults in the UK. Caroline Brien tackles her demons at a sleep workshop

I feel guilty that my ex-wife may never have children

Suzi Godson advises a reader who feels guilty that he did not have children with his first wife

Ask Aggie

The Times expert has the answers for your toughest household tasks

Ask a vet: My dog chases badgers

Five ways with strawberries

How staple foods got the designer treatment

From grand cru beers to hand-mined salt; is no food too humble for the gourmet treatment?

Are benefits of massage a myth?

Athletes use post-exercise rubdowns to boost recovery but the gains could be all in the mind

Should we always love the underdog?

Sometimes the overdog deserves to win, says the philosopher, A. C. Grayling