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Rachel Connolly

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What makes a good wedding these days? I say flirting and chaos, but not three days in a French castle

What makes a good wedding these days? I say flirting and chaos, but not three days in a French castle

Am I allowed to start a column about weddings by saying I don’t know exactly what I think about weddings and marriage in general? Well let’s see....

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Rachel Connolly

The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism

I have met quite a few influencers over the years and, to be frank, they’ve mostly been a strange bunch. I remember meeting one at a party a while...

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The hill I will die on: Being late can be the height of good manners and decorum, actually

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Why fear the tote bag-wielding, matcha-drinking ‘performative male’? At least he makes an effort

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I don’t plan to have children. That doesn’t mean I want them banished from my life

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Rachel Connolly