Marina Hyde asks what now for Laurence Fox after the sad clown of the culture wars circus loses high court libel case; Hugh Hefner’s wife on mind games in the Playboy Mansion; and the difference between memory loss and dementia – and how to keep ...

Nowhere is perfect. Is it really the old place you’re longing for, or just the fear of permanence where you currently live?

Couples are having less sex than ever – so how do you reignite the spark? Experts share their top tips to up your sexual desire (and, no, it’s not about lacy lingerie)

Every Friday at 6.30am, a group aged from eight to over 70 gather on Sydney’s Manly beach to trade jokes and insults, then race into the surf

I am more than happy to get tested for STDs – but I don’t want my partner to feel pressured in any way

The Sesame Street monster was just being friendly on X. Now, he’s drowning in election anxiety, relationship troubles and existential dread

It took the money for a call to Tunisia even though I never dial internationally

Trudging around the park can feel like a waste of time and energy. But what if the next time you laced up your shoes it was to put food on people’s tables or help preserve the environment?

LV= says claims for stolen catalytic converters have soared, leading to ‘difficult decisions’

Do artificial sweeteners encourage bloating, raise insulin levels and encourage obesity? We asked the experts

How leaving Beijing for Dali, home of China’s urban escapees, was a step on my route to finding serenity

This is an emotional and instinctual question, not one you can decide rationally

You and your father both seem to have a black-and-white way of thinking: your way or no way. But maybe you have more in common than you think

Even when I saw the babies, I thought it was a dream and they weren’t mine

Lara says old plastic bottles lying around their flat are ‘ick’, but for gym-bunny John, they’re practical and cheap. You decide whose argument holds waterFind out how to get a disagreement settled or become a You be the judge juror

From mid-match wobblies to club house Tim Tams, Kelly Eng writes that Australia’s dusty red suburban courts have just as much triumph and drama as Melbourne Park

Letter: It’s important to prepare well, and listen to your body, writes Nick Beddow

Writing down observations is a way of marking presence in the world, says Briohny Doyle, who once wrote most of a novel in notebooks while out on walks

After cancer, chemotherapy and temporary menopause, I didn’t dare imagine having a baby. But all of a sudden my womb was designing a whole new life

I can’t stop thinking about sex, and fantasies about women and men other than my husband are distracting me from parenting. Is this normal?