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Emma Barnett

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I keep thinking about what a Holocaust survivor couldn't bear to tell me

26.01.2025 5

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Emma Barnett

Women, beware of staying at home – you could be left behind

11.01.2025 2

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I have one woman to thank for my children - her painful story is now being told

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...

05.12.2024 4

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Emma Barnett

The truth about pregnancy is that men need emotional support too

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...

17.11.2024 10

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My visit to a UK abortion clinic underlined what is at stake this week in the US

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...

04.11.2024 5

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I’m trying to relax about tidying at home – it’s not going well

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...

19.10.2024 2

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Poetry helped me cry, heal, and feel less alone

“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...

05.10.2024 2

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The darkness that enveloped al-Fayed's victims will never lift

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...

20.09.2024 4

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Endometriosis has left me with an impossible decision

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...

07.09.2024 3

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Emma Barnett

My week of reporting on violence and unrest had a surprising ending

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...

10.08.2024 5

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In the depths of chronic pain, sometimes only work keeps me going

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...

27.07.2024 2

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Emma Barnett