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How job loss can affect relationships

When a partner loses his or her job, it can break an unspoken agreement between the two of you and damage your love life

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Pleasant ways with pheasant

Tired of this abundant bird at the end of the season? There are still plenty of easy ways to enjoy it, even as roadkill

Masterclass: roll up for meatballs

Light, spicy and comforting, these Lebanese meatballs served with couscous are far healthier than most Italian versions

Polonecks

Try this versatile style, as sported by Steve McQueen and the Beatles, for warm retro cool

Forget the bungalow, retire to Mars

Elon Musk, the tycoon behind PayPal, Tesla electric cars and the rocket company SpaceX, tells Mark Harris his next goal is to put life on the red planet

Schools shut as temperatures plunge to minus 12C

The South bore the brunt of the cold last night with the lowest temperatures below that in parts of Iceland and Greenland

Can Dr Evil get boys to start reading again?

Three boys and a girl take on a wicked scientist in a series designed to turn boys, who lag behind girls, into bookworms

Is it time to ditch medical insurance?

The new Times doctor Mark Porter looks at the pros and cons of private medical insurance during a recession

Brown to bulldoze rural housing curbs

The Prime Minister is preparing to relax planning controls to allow the biggest housebuilding programme for a generation

• Rural homes drive in doubt

• Fast-track for nuclear plants and airports