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We Sicilian Mamas are never in the wrong. Still, sometimes, people think we are and they expect an apology. This is how you apologise when you’re not in the wrong: The “I’m sorry but…” apology This is an apology with an educational value.…

At this time of year, you’re probably scratching your head – and your wallet – to find the perfect gift for your other half. You’re looking for the kind of present that shows effort, care and deep knowledge of your beloved. But what if…

If you want your relationship to soar to the highest echelons of couple’s harmony and satisfaction, take the taxman as your role model: When in doubt, overestimate the other person’s worth Assume that your partner is emotionally,…

Online accommodation giant Airbnb recently expanded its services to Fairy Tale Land. Below are some of the listings that have been posted since the launch. The Three Bears’ Cottage Enjoy a fun and relaxing stay at the Three Bears’…

Success, fame and glory are as elusive as a winning lottery ticket blown off Gladstone Gander’s fingers (wings?) by a freak whirlwind, picked in flight by a passing pelican and coughed onto your head while you’re sailing the Atlantic in an…

What’s a kilogram? We’d like fewer on our waistline but, at the greengrocer’s we want more (and for less money). If they’re gold, they cost tens of thousands of euros (each). They’re the first thing mentioned about a new baby. But what’s a…

Fishy partners help each other Fishes are capable of helping each other, in a complex social behaviour which until now had only been observed in a few species of highly social birds, primates and humans. Scientists from James Cook…

Labour and the stressy placenta Every year about 15 million babies are born prematurely – that is before the 37th week of gestation – and the number is rising. In 2013, nearly 1 million babies died as a consequence of premature birth,…

Another Earth? Found in the Cygnus constellation, Kepler-452b is unlike any other Earth-sized planet discovered so far. The star it orbits is very similar to our Sun, and Kepler-452b circles it at a distance which would allow the planet to…