Body watch: get Gwyneth Paltrow’s ankles

Paltrow’s recent appearance at a New York gallery set tongues wagging about the slenderness of her lower limb joints

What it feels like to turn off the life-support machine of your newborn baby

Jane Plumb’s second son died in her arms. She talks about her heart-breaking decision to let baby Theo go

• Mother's anguish as Baby RB dies

On the bottle: champagne and cheese

Wine and cheese have a fraught relationship. People still insist on serving them together without much thought

Cider, the monk’s special brew

At Ampleforth Abbey Father Rainer Verborg is helping to revive our dwindling orchards and apple varieties

• Loin of pork with apples Serves 4

• Five ways with ... apples

Caring for elderly 'should become a career'

Dame Joan Bakewell will tell ministers that role should be regarded as a profession and questions standards in care homes

Stop asking for antibiotics

The average British woman can expect to be given 70 courses of antibiotics during her lifetime. Are they really necessary?

GCSEs require little maths and science

A government-backed study found some GCSE science papers include questions that require no knowledge of the subject

Men, how to buy clothes for your beloved

A well thought-out gift that shows you really know her can have a transformative effect. Here are the guidelines

In brief: what men's pants say about them

Most men have their pants bought for them by mums or wives, a survey says. We trace the seven stages of men’s underwear

Yours for £1m: a bridge to escape the taxman

Those wanting a tax haven need look no further than a toll bridge over the Thames, which is up for sale in Oxfordshire