Millennials. Illustration: Janne IivonenTitles – and insults – around the world reflect the reality of life for young adults, from debt and joblessness to housing
by Kate LyonsThey are Generation Curling in Sweden, Generation Serious in Norway, and even Generation John Paul II in Poland. The Chinese call them ken lao zu, or “the generation that eats the old”, and the Japanese have a term scolding them for not giving undivided attention to anything: nagara-zoku, “the people who are always doing two things at once”.
Group D: Mexico v Angola Click refresh for the latest updates, or use the energy emailing carrie.dunn@guardian.co.uk. You know it makes sense Carrie Dunn Friday June 16, 2006 Luca Bruno/AP Good evening one and allWell, it's a Friday night, and what better way to spend it than by following Mexico v Angola with me? Don't answer that. Anyway, if you're out there, don't be shy, e-mail in and let's embark on a journey through this Group D encounter together.
Sexual healingSexI indulge her sexual quirks, so why won’t she try stepping out of her comfort zone for me?
My girlfriend and I have been dating for about a year. We have a great dynamic and have always had amazing sex. I have a foot fetish and told her about it from the start. She is totally OK with it and we have incorporated it into our sex life here and there.
King Charles IIIKing Charles praises ‘selfless’ people who form ‘backbone of society’ in Christmas speechMonarch says in his second Christmas Day message that his coronation was ‘a call to us all to serve and care’
King Charles has praised the work of volunteers, calling them a “selfless army of people” who form an “essential backbone of our society”.
In his second Christmas speech, the king said he was delighted that hundreds of volunteers and their representatives attended his coronation in May, saying their presence “emphasised the meaning of coronation itself, above all, a call to us all to serve one another, to love and care for all”.
Books blogAleksandr SolzhenitsynMy one day in the life of Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLong after he was freed from the gulag, the Russian novelist lived in wilful austerity. As a centenary tribute, could I follow his routines for 24 hours?
With the publication of his short novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in 1962, Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn became the first to chronicle the crushing brutality of daily life in the Soviet Union’s prison camps.
Robert Durst This article is more than 2 years oldRobert Durst charged with 1982 murder of wife Kathleen DurstThis article is more than 2 years oldReal estate heir suspected in a string of killings across 40 yearsKathleen Durst disappeared in 1982 and body was never foundRobert Durst has been charged in the death of his wife Kathleen McCormack Durst, nearly 40 years after her disappearance and just days after the multimillionaire real estate heir was sentenced to life in prison for killing a friend.
US news This article is more than 1 year oldThis article is more than 1 year oldWrap device used by Ice says it can be used without restricting breathing but investigation shows claims based on anecdotes
Safety claims made by the manufacturer of a full-body restraint used by more than 1,500 authorities across the US are largely based on anecdotal evidence and one disputed study, an investigation by Capital & Main has found.
Why I love …Colorado holidaysHealthy eating, yoga and orgasm meditation are the norm in this Colorado city of open spaces, beautiful people – and legal pot
In kindergarten, my friends and I would meditate in the playground. Everybody would be snacking on carob and quinoa. It was just what the hippy kids ate in Boulder. That was like half the class.
We refer to Boulder as the bubble. There’s this utopian quality where everybody is pretty happy and healthy and good-looking.
Health & wellbeingA growing number of people are eschewing soap and trusting bacteria to do the job instead – and an entire industry has sprung up to accommodate them
David Whitlock has not showered or bathed for 15 years, yet he does not have body odour. “It was kind of strange for the first few months, but after that I stopped missing it,” he says. “If I get a specific part of my body dirty, then I’ll wash that specific part” – but never with soap.