Yes, the roughly eight million of us in single-person households in the UK have escaped homeschooling. We don’t have teenagers sulking round the dinner table, in-laws coughing on the butter, or partners with whom we had hoped never to have to spend 24 hours a day. Life alone in lockdown, however, has its challenges
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My Week In Isolation: A Fever Diary
When you’re well enough to ask your mum to deliver kalamata olives can you really have coronavirus? Hattie Crisell on seven days of sickness and paranoia
Read MoreHow to Write: Tips from the Best
What Hattie Crisell learnt while making her new podcast
Read MoreLearner Driver at 35 — How Bad Could It Be?
Hattie Crisell thought she would be a natural — until her first test ended in a dented bumper and a fail
Read MoreMeet Justin McLeod, the Man Behind Hinge, the No-swipe Dating App
Hinge, a no-swiping, anti-Tinder dating app, was the brainchild of a lovelorn graduate, Justin McLeod, whose personal life was a disaster. So could it be the alternative for today’s hook-up generation? Hattie Crisell finds out
Read MoreConfessions of a Gym Virgin
At 34, Hattie Crisell finally faced her fear of dumb-bells and cross trainers
Read MoreAge? We’re Only as Old as We Self‑Identify
As a Dutchman bids to lower his legal age, four writers explain why their birth certificates have got it all wrong
Read MoreA Millennial Goes Back to the Eighties
Hattie Crisell, 35, was burnt out by the relentless pace of her always switched-on routine. So what happened when she tried life in the pre-digital age?
Read MoreI Will Never Change My Spots
Her peers dismiss it as tacky, but fashion editor Hattie Crisell has always loved leopard print. The only problem is how to work it more Blondie than Theresa May
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