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The bitter juice: how you raised me with love – and taught me to drinkIn this series, authors describe the person who changed them forever. This week, Carvell Wallace recalls time spent in his aunt’s kitchen – and her life and death
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Contrasting English and French attitudes to children in restaurantsLetters: In France it is a joy to see how small children behave, eat and are treated in restaurants -
‘Nobody lies about their dad’ – writers and rock stars reflect on their fathersJulie Burchill worshipped hers. Leonard Cohen’s son Adam finds his hilarious. In an extract from a new book, My Old Man, they share stories of their unique father-child relationships, alongside Dorian Lynskey and Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh -
Is my dad respecting what my mum wanted after her death?A reader’s widowed father is not being open about his new relationships. Mariella Frostrup says that he isn’t under any obligation to share these details
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Family life: My uncle Cyril, Younger Generation by John Sebastian, Grandma’s saladReaders’ favourite photographs, songs and recipes
opinion
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Young people are still sold the story of growing up – leaving home, a secure job, a life partner and children. But the failures of capitalism have changed everythingInequality is destroying all the markers of adulthood, from home ownership to marriage
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Children have always used Lego to make weapons – no big dealAs the virtual world increasingly dominates children’s play, Lego is the last game in the real world standing – I can live with a bit of militarisation
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Want to save your marriage? Don't have kidsThirty years of evidence is in, and the results are conclusive: the relationship between spouses suffers once kids come along
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My mum says the word cancer – it’s the beginning of the endShe tells me she’s got inoperable cancer, and for the first time goodbye becomes a meaningful word. Should I be feeling this grief even before she dies?
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Facing my fear: how I overcame my terror of abandonment and fell in loveMy father repeatedly deserted me throughout my childhood, which led me to fear that everyone else would too. Then I met Hudson
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A moment that changed me: when Dad died, Bob Dylan was my heirloomDylan was my dad’s gift to me. And when the mighty Bob turns 75 next week, I’ll raise a glass, play a few tracks and remember
advice
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Dear MariellaDear MariellaIs my dad respecting what my mum wanted after her death?A reader’s widowed father is not being open about his new relationships. Mariella Frostrup says that he isn’t under any obligation to share these details
love & sex
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Have you lost friends as you've got older?A study suggests that after the age of 25 we don’t have as many friends. Tell us if this seems accurate based on your own experiences
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My wife no longer lets me touch her clitorisShe enjoys sex, but never orgasms from it, which leaves me feeling unsatisfied
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Blind date: ‘Any awkward moments? Consistently’Will brand consultant Richard, 32, and songwriter Charlie, 30, make it to a second date?
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My husband has ceased to exist – I still can’t understand howJuliet Rosenfeld’s husband died suddenly a year ago during treatment for cancer. She describes her struggle to absorb the brutal fact of his death
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Ask Alanis Morissette: why is my girlfriend so close to her ex?She has a loyalty, a history and a deep bond with her children and her ex, and it’s important for her to maintain this
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'Sex is just a hobby: I wouldn’t be jealous if she had another badminton partner'What’s it like to have an open relationship? Five people on why having sex with someone other than their partner works
IVF: 'It’s overwhelming and shocking at every single turn'