Polly Hudson

Four people have joined the tiny percentage of humans who can say they have come back to Earth with a bump, literally.

Yes, we should all cut our loved ones some slack. But asking me to listen attentively to my husband’s football chat – and mirror it back to him – is definitely a step too far, writes Polly Hudson

Of all the traditions humans thoughtlessly adopt, being socially obliged to touch someone when introduced to them is one of the worst. Good on young people for refusing, says Polly Hudson

I’ve recently noticed several signs of adulthood in my behaviour. At first I was horrified, but I have come to accept, even enjoy, the natural ageing process, writes Polly Hudson

Are you late so often that it’s become your entire personality? Just know this: you are the worst, writes Polly Hudson

Selfish behaviour seems to be everywhere

He gets slammed as an entitled nepo baby, and just keeps doing what he enjoys, unruffled. Here are five things I’d do, if only I had his confidence, writes Polly Hudson

It’s been 14 years since he passed, but I can feel his blood coursing through my veins whenever I realise the small ways I am just like him, writes Polly Hudson

As the writer, actor and hog owner Lena Dunham explained this week, pigs become entitled if you offer them unconditional generosity. Many humans are the same – but that doesn’t mean you have to put up with it, writes Polly Hudson

There’s something about cold hard cash that feels unbelievably mercenary