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Lisa Kudrow is right: friendship ‘takes work’. But you wouldn’t know it from TV

For decades I accepted what sitcoms and soaps told me: that groups of like-minded people form and stay together effortlessly. Now the former Friend has told it like it is, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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Is there anything more condescending than being called ‘buddy’?

Far from being friendly, like ‘love’, ‘duck’ and ‘hen’, the term is faux-matey with an edge of covert aggression, writes Emma Beddington

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Winter is coming – and so is my 50th birthday. It’s time to eat all the pastries and grab all the joy

I’ve had enough of depriving myself. Give me a holiday, give me Campari, give me a soft, happy body, writes Emma Beddington

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Tom Hanks reckons 35 is the worst age. This is why he’s wrong

I have particularly unpleasant memories of my teens and 20s. And I’m not the only one, says Emma Beddington

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If my Netflix recommendations are anything to go by, I am tragically basic

A friend is feeling uncomfortably targeted by the streaming service’s personalised suggestions. Mine, meanwhile, reinforce an inconvenient truth, writes Emma Beddington

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Want to understand British irony, humour and politics? Visit the NHS suggestions website

Put a Wetherspoon’s in every hospital? Make Larry the Cat the health minister? The public’s ideas are like British banter bingo – but they show how much we care, writes Emma Beddington

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Bad buffet behaviour is out of control. So should we be fined for our food waste?

I have unbridled lust when faced with a buffet – as do many others. But penalties for overfilling our plates are only one possible answer, writes Emma Beddington

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Welcome to the ‘winter arc’ – the very worst season in the self-improvement calendar

Are you going to spend the next three months laser-focused on your goals? Or will you, like me, be faceplanting like an anaesthetised owl?, writes Emma Beddington

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What’s in my handbag? 76.75 loose and potentially dangerous items

So the late queen mother’s handbag was empty all along. Proof again, if we needed it, that the royals are not like us at all, writes Emma Beddington

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Good news, everyone! We appear to have reached peak longevity

Forget blue zones, superfoods and hi-tech rejuvenation therapies: study after study suggests our dreams of immortality will never come true. But maybe that’s just the kick in the pants humanity needs, writes Emma Beddington

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I was way out of my depth at the yoga workshop – but at least I wasn’t bleeding like my neighbour

I’m nearly 50 and my hobby is sitting. Why did I decide to attempt a strange version of the handstand, writes Emma Beddington

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I thought I was fine with being bald. But the chance of a cure has stirred up all sorts of feelings

It’s almost 30 years since I lost my hair to alopecia. What if Pfizer’s drug Litfulo could bring it back? asks Guardian columnist Emma Beddington

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The Substance is gory – but the real body horror is that 70% of women dislike the size of their breasts

Demi Moore’s gory satire The Substance made me think about self-image, bodily autonomy – and our worrying obsession with cosmetic surgery, writes Emma Beddington

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Parents are anxious, lonely, overwhelmingly stressed – and their crisis affects everyone

People keep coping until they absolutely can’t, and parents are at breaking point. Why aren’t politicians treating this as an emergency, asks Emma Beddington

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All these health scares are making me ill. I need someone to tell me croissants are good for you

The mainstream media is obsessed with science and boring old facts. We unhealthy eaters need to be reassured that everything is fine and a little of what you fancy still does you good, writes Emma Beddington

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Just six years until my middle-aged ‘career decline’? But I’ve just got started!

At 49, I’m already well into my ‘late career’, according to an idiotic graphic from the job search giant Indeed. But that’s not the way life works any more, writes Emma Beddington

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The kids are eating us out of house and home – and I couldn’t be happier

Our boys are back from university, and after months of pulse-based dinners, my husband and I have rediscovered the joy of snacks. Not that we’re the ones who are eating them, writes Emma Beddington

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Why bother going on holiday when you can watch other people’s on social media?

I’ve discovered the perfect way to avoid the stress of travel, the mosquito bites and the overtourism. Plus, I can stay at home and tend my tomatoes while knowing I’m saving the planet, writes Emma Beddington

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No brothers or sisters? That doesn’t mean you’ll grow up spoiled and lonely

It’s time to ditch the stereotypes about only children. The same goes for the cliches about conscientious and controlling eldest siblings, writes Emma Beddington

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I thought I was done with parenthood. But the tortoises had other plans

Just when my husband and I were getting used to the empty nest, there’s a new occupant to worry about. We have never felt more helpless, writes Emma Beddington

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An American came to stay – and completely changed my attitude to water

I hate water so much I once went on the radio to defend my stance. Then I was introduced to massive bags of ice, writes Emma Beddington

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Melon madness has me in its grip. I blame the French

The quest for a sweet, fragrant cantaloupe is a national obsession on the other side of the Channel. But oh, the price, writes Emma Beddington

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Summer trends, summer reads, summer colours … This insufferable season needs to wind its neck in

Call me a grinch, but at no other time of year are we told quite so much how to behave, dress or eat. It’s time this frankenseason was reined in, writes Emma Beddington

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We were promised a 15-hour working week. What’s the hold-up?

More UK companies are about to trial a four-day week, and all employees could soon get the right to switch off. It’s still just baby steps, writes Emma Beddington

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DIY smear tests sound great – but a gynaecological exam could save your life

Letters: Readers respond to Emma Beddington’s article about having the option of at-home smear tests

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