We’ve all heard that symmetrical faces are more beautiful and believed it without question – but our most compelling traits are imperfect and out of our control

I yearned for the partiers, the people posting as the virus raged, to be publicly shamed. But everyone is processing this differently, and I can’t change that

After my husband died, a silly catchphrase became a lifeline for me. Instead of wishing for a reality I couldn’t have, I embraced the circumstances I was dealt

Coziness has become a powerful aesthetic, but are we using it to chase a feeling that the outside world denies us?

We document everything obsessively. And implicit in this compulsion is the suspicion that our lives are best understood at a distance – but what do we lose?

The latest status symbol in kitchens is invisible appliances – but hiding behind that fridge disguised as a cabinet is a long history of people trying to engineer society

As a film-maker, I thought I could write the screenplay for my own love life. Then I got lost in a hailstorm at 12,000ft, searching for my ex