Would you let your daughter wear a "shag band"?

Coloured bracelets supposedly signifying sex acts are the new children’s craze. Are campaigners right to demand a ban?

Dear Tanya: I crave independence from my parents

I have loving, caring parents but I am having major difficulty in finding independence and gaining control of my life

AA Gill is our man in Algiers

The Sunday Times food critic joins the restauranteur Mourad Mazouz to sample the flavours of North Africa

• Berber pancakes

• Whole shoulder of lamb mechoui

Canteen's British fare

The co-founders of the Canteen restaurant group rustle up some classics, from Scotch eggs to apple chutney

• Mark Hix: local hero

• Simon Hopkinson: comfort food

Let’s skip lunch, say the hungry generation

For teenage girls, missing meals to keep off the extra pounds has become the norm. Are body-conscious mums to blame?

Everything you should know about the swine flu vaccine

As the new swine flu vaccine arrives at surgeries, Dr Mark Porter answers some frequently asked questions about it

Students face big rise in university fees

Universities hope for a substantial increase in charges, but they will have to wait until after the general election

Queen’s English Society boss’s poor spelling

Bernard Lamb, the organisation's president, learnt to spell after the embarrassment of being corrected by a foreign student

The Stig: Into the loop of death

The man in white is adding to his fearless reputation by attempting to loop the loop - in a dune buggy at the Top Gear Live shows

The Top 25 Moustaches In Pop

"...if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man." Judges 16:17. In honour of Movember, we salute the best 'taches in music

Georgian houses: Britain’s most wanted

Lucy Denyer looks at our love affair with Georgian properties – and the significant premiums we’ll pay for them