We’re ready and willing to take in Ukrainian refugees – so where are they?
We have a log cabin with two bedrooms, underfloor heating – and all mod cons. We registered our willingness to take refugees the day after the website…
More than 6,500 tonnes of food thrown away by NHS trusts in 2021
The trusts with some of the highest waste figures are Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS…
Dear Prue: ‘What’s one sure-fire tip for Christmas food?’
Dear Prue, We will be doing turkey and cold cuts but I’d like one light meal, either breakfast on the big day or even Boxing Day lunch,…
Dear Prue: ‘Should we go booze-free this Christmas?’
Dear Prue, My father-in-law has recently given up alcohol, much to the whole family’s delight. He drank far too much for years and it had become a…
Dear Prue: ‘How can I reverse the gentle decline in quality of my husband’s presents?’
Dear Prue, Over the past few years I have noticed that each Christmas my husband’s gift to me has been more and more modest. When the children…
Dear Prue: ‘I wish my girlfriend didn’t try to undermine me all the time’
Dear Prue, My girlfriend and I have been living together since just before the pandemic, and when it’s just us together I feel respected and listened to,…
Dear Prue: ‘We can’t work out why my father refuses to wear his shiny new hearing aid’
Dear Prue, A few weeks ago, my dad finally got round to getting a hearing aid – and a very expensive one at that. He refused for…
Dear Prue: ‘My husband’s desperate to get away, but I’m not ready to think about holidays yet’
Dear Prue, Like many people, we have had to hold our travel plans lightly over the past few months. After a summer holiday that was overshadowed by…
Dear Prue: ‘My colleague’s scent gives me a headache’
Dear Prue, I’m worried that I’m going to be promoted at work. Usually, promotion would obviously be a good thing, but in this case it would involve…
Dear Prue: ‘Would sleeping in separate beds be the kiss of death for our marriage?’
Dear Prue, My wife tested positive for Covid-19 three weeks ago, and after all the anxieties of the pandemic we were both really relieved that she hardly…
Dear Prue: ‘My girlfriend and I don’t have any shared culture’
Dear Prue, I love my girlfriend of six months very deeply, but there’s a 10-year age gap between us and I keep coming across things she just…
Dear Prue: ‘I have had a terrible row with my son’
Dear Prue, I have two sons: the elder an unemployed geologist, the younger a teacher. My younger son recently bought a new house and organised a house-warming…
Dear Prue: ‘My daughter isn’t telling us enough about her life’
Dear Prue, I have a lovely 16-year-old, who started sixth form in September. She is generally pretty sweet natured at home, but her social life has revved…