One of my favourite desserts is a sort of Eton mess where you bash up some meringues and sprinkle them over icecream and strawberries or fresh fruit.

When you deprive your body of a substance it's addicted to, some pretty weird sh** starts to happen.

Ever succumbed to a 'too-good-to-be-true' infomercial purchase? Shelley Bridgeman shares her bizarre buys.

Lee Suckling, a pretty good-looking man himself, ponders whether being blessed with a beautiful face means a smoother ride through life.

Here's a thing that happy people know, whether they consciously know they know it or not: they know that happiness is an entirely subjective reality.

Maybe it was complacency, or naive bravado, or simple, glorious stupidity. I thought I had this beat.

Somehow I went 12 hours without putting on a patch. And I didn't even notice.

Only middle class people know how to have sex, right?

I could just have one cigarette. Just one cigarette couldn't hurt, right?

Here's my thoughts on quitting when you're feeling terrible - it sucks, writes Matthew Backhouse.

OPINION: Whatever happened to sitting down together to watch a TV show?

Shelley Bridgeman shares what eventually led her to quit smoking. Nicotine patches, e-cigarettes and going cold-turkey had nothing to do with it.

The act of lighting up - once the signifier of youthful rebellion and effortless chic - has became seriously uncool.

The only thing preventing me from having a complete, catastrophic meltdown is an overblown sticking plaster.

It finally happened. I didn't just snap. I totally lost it.

Calling Noise Control isn't your only option, and in fact, it's not even the best.

"Are New Zealand's grocery prices driving people to takeaway?"

I know quitting has its ups and downs. Tomorrow might be harder. But today, despite my body's protests, I felt at ease.

Despite social changes in gender equality, women are not prepared to be the one to 'put a ring on it' says Jill Goldson.

I recently spent some time in the UK and was reminded of how important a side of mushy peas is with your fish and chips, Wendyl writes.

A writer and sometime stand-up comedian, Verity writes on life, love and a bit of everything.

Should we believe the remorse shown by bad boys heading to New Zealand?

Over-qualified, over-sharing, driveway-blocking taxi drivers. Shelley Bridgeman shares her top six taxi quirks.

Dubbed "bros' gold", find out why the new rose gold iPhone has Lee Suckling asking if the colour pink is becoming manly?