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This Halloween, I’m not buying candy for trick or treaters. I have better things to spend my money on. Am I a bad person?
“Nor am I going to turn off the lights and pretend I’m not home.”Business - MarketWatch - October 31 -
Should I wait until after the presidential election before investing $300,000 in stocks? I’m a 66-year-old retiree.
“I have most of my expenses covered.”Business - MarketWatch - November 4 -
I haven’t had sex with my husband for three years – and I’m ready to look elsewhere
It’s not that I want anyone else, but I just can’t wait. I really miss the fabulous sex life we used to have together. I have been married for 31 years . I love my husband and I know he is ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
‘I’m going to sue the living pants off them’: AI’s big legal showdown – and what it means for Dr Strange’s hair
AI has given us the pope in a puffer, but it is also predicted to wipe out 200,000 entertainment jobs. We report from a crucial event in Portugal, full of angry artists, digital miracles – and a ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
Ancient gameshows, long-dead stars, Gregg Wallace … I’m fascinated by Mum’s taste in TV | Adrian Chiles
I’ve pleaded with her to use streaming services, to no avail. If the BBC is showing a 1974 episode of Call My Bluff, that’s what we’re watching. One thing led to another this week, and I spent some ...World - The Guardian - November 6 -
RFK Jr. talks health care agenda following Trump win: ‘I’m not going to take away vaccines’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who may play a key role in overseeing health care in a second Trump administration, spoke to NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard about his current views on vaccines, fluoride in water, ...Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
‘I’m devastated she didn’t win’: I voted for Kamala Harris. Am I disloyal for taking advantage of the Trump stock-market rally?
“Am I trading off my candidate’s loss? Does that make me a turncoat?”Business - MarketWatch - November 9 -
‘I’m here for the ghosts’: an after-dark walk through Istanbul in search of its soul
The author of the Istanbul-set Inspector Ikmen novels takes a trip into the Old City’s thrilling and turbulent past. It is a cold, autumnal wee hour of the morning in Istanbul and I am sipping a ...World - The Guardian - November 9 -
‘Watch out, I’m even less inhibited’: Olivia Williams on movies, misogyny and living with cancer
Olivia Williams has long balanced her talent with a desire to tell it how it is – and she’s now feeling more frank than ever. The Dune star gets more than a few things off her chest, from the ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
One thing I’m sure of: Harris offered voters nothing on Gaza, and it mattered in the result | Nesrine Malik
Imagine how isolated in their trauma Arab-American voters must have felt to turn to Trump. But that’s what happened. I would be sceptical of post-election analyses in the wake of what is seen as a ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Artist Kenny Scharf: ‘I’m carrying the torch for friends who couldn’t keep it going’
He worked alongside Keith Haring and Andy Warhol in 1980s New York and now gets his first major institutional show in the same city. In the mid-1980s, Kenny Scharf biked from his Queens studio to ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
I’m 69 and have $10,000 in legal bills from my divorce. Is now the time to borrow from my IRA?
“I never dreamed I’d be in this position.”Business - MarketWatch - November 12 -
‘I’m so not an astronaut!’ Samantha Harvey on her Booker-winning space novel – and the anxiety that drove it
She won the top prize with a time-distorted novel set on the International Space Station. Yet, the writer reveals, Orbital is actually ‘a celebration of Earth’s beauty with a pang of loss’ – ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
I’m a 73-year-old retiree with a 50/50 portfolio whose bonds are doing terribly! Should I sell?
Diversification can be frustrating, but it’s still necessary.Business - MarketWatch - November 16 -
Rick Stein: ‘I’m open to most things, but I can’t stand chocolate and marshmallow’
The chef and broadcaster on growing up on a farm, the best post-booze food, and why running a restaurant was never his ambition. Would I call myself an accidental restaura teur? Oh god, yes! I ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
‘I’m 38 and completely broke’: I earn $50,000 a year. What professional degree will guarantee me six figures?
“I am willing to put in an extra 1 to 4 years of schooling and use student loans to pay for it.”Business - MarketWatch - 6 days ago -
Is 61 too old to take up gymnastics? Not if you’re planning on living to 100
The older I get, the more I want to play rather than just work out. Have I left it too late to learn a backflip, cartwheel or forward tuck – especially with a dodgy knee?. How do you know when it’s ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
‘Makes my heart beat faster’: why I Know Where I’m Going! is my feelgood movie
In the first of a new series in which writers explain their favourite mood-lifting watch, an ode to a charming 40s romance. In search of solace, I always turn to a film that will take me away from ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
I’m used to outsiders mangling Belfast's history. So Say Nothing was a breath of fresh air | Rachel Connolly
The adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s book isn’t flawless – but it doesn’t airbrush the complex, messy story of the Troubles. I will admit that when I heard there was to be a TV adaptation of ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective
When exploring wrecked warship the London I can barely see six inches ahead, but I’ve dived 500 times to document and save the secrets of this vessel built by Oliver Cromwell. When I dive to the ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
‘I’m imagining what my mother went through in her last seconds’ – This is climate breakdown
My brother called saying there was a storm. I was waiting, waiting, waiting. This is Elisa’s story. Location Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France. Disaster name Storm Alex, 2020. Elisa is a women’s ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
‘I’m convinced the U.S. will be drawn into World War III’: How do I prepare my finances?
“I believe this to be a legitimate concern. I would prefer a politically neutral answer.”Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago -
‘We are at a low here, folks,’ Boeing’s new CEO tells employees. ‘I’m tired of it.’
Kelly Ortberg had a tough message for Boeing employees, including that the company is at a ‘low’ as employees spend more time arguing among themselves than figuring out how to beat Airbus.Business - MarketWatch - 2 days ago -
I’m 54, but my wife is already 63. Can she claim on my Social Security record as a spouse?
Spousal-benefit rules are complicated, especially if there’s a big age difference.Business - MarketWatch - 2 hours ago