Emily Retter
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 13, 2026
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âJust look at this monstrosity!â Inside Britainâs bilious back yard shed wars (opens the original)
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The number of luxury sheds and garden rooms has rocketed since the pandemic â fuelled by those wanting an office, a gym or extra living space. Meanwhile, the resentment between neighbours has been rising, too Linda loves her shed. She loves that she can work there rather than in her dining room, which her toddler likes to tear through. She loves its Scandinavian vibe â itâs clad in wood and set on decking at the bottom of her garden. She loves the views of the countryside from the window b
âIâm giving people a happy spaceâ: the man clearing gardens for free â and letting light into strangersâ lives (opens the original)
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When he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed owner Anita Thursby had been dreading the gas engineer coming to service her boiler. They would have needed to enter her kitchen, where the window looked into the jungle of swirling, 2-metre-high brambles that made up her back garden, and her shame had spiralled. âI would have been horrified,â she says. For the same
âIt was like something was crawling over meâ â the worrying rise of shingles among millennial women (opens the original)
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Stress, the cost of living, long working hours and even excessive exercise have all been touted as reasons the illness is rising among women in their 30s and 40s. What can be done to help them? The âlightning strikeâ pain was like nothing Francine Jones had experienced before. âThat is the only way I can describe it,â she says, of the stabbing in her torso that would occur every 10 minutes or so. âIt was a really sharp, intense pain, as if someone was giving me an electric shock ⦠it
âNo matter how bad, it is always fixableâ: how Bea Elton cleans up the houses â and lives â of desperate people (opens the original)
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She has built an unlikely career in mould, maggots and excrement, cleaning for those who most need it. It can take months building trust with a stranger, before she and her boyfriend go in and transform everything âThere might be a dead bird in the box room. We think it has been there for a couple of years,â says Bea Elton, raising her voice to be heard through her respirator. It is particularly robust, as she has a dust and cat hair allergy. âNot ideal,â in her line of work, the 28-year
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