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![]() Emma BarnettThe Guardian |
There is a scene in the new film Joy about the birth of IVF that made me sob. And when I say sob, I mean bawl. I’d already had a fair few wobbles...
Our 22-month-old daughter woke at 4am screaming with a nose full of snot. It was not me lying on the floor next to her cot, stroking her back...
Americans go to the polls this week to decide how they think their futures should look. A woman’s right to choose to end a pregnancy is firmly on...
We now live in a society where some people pay other people to organise their mess and declutter their homes. I first heard about this a few years...
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.” So wrote Sylvia Plath. With just those few words, I am...
You can so easily imagine it. You are 24 years old. You come to London and land a job at one of the most famous and beautiful department stores in...
Forgive me if you have the misfortune of meeting me in the next few weeks. I beg for clemency even if you don’t loathe the experience. The chances...
Last week, 17-year-old Aneeqa Akhtar’s door was kicked in and her family’s car is now a write-off. When a mob of rioters charged through...
I am sitting on my sofa watching Celine Dion be stretched out, puffy face down, on a massage table. Her body has gone into spasm. Her brain is...