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Rhiannon Lucy CosslettThe Guardian |
Did you take your kids to see Santa this year? If so, how much did you pay? At one grotto in Winchester, it was £18.50 per child and £6 per adult,...
There’s a woman in my house every day who my toddler loves almost as much as he loves me, and her name is Ms Rachel. If you don’t spend much time...
While reading of the case of the super-rich couple suing the previous owners of their west London mansion over its moth infestation, one...
If Donald Trump’s previous administration taught us anything, it’s that women’s bodies do not matter. The autonomy of those bodies, the...
According to the internet, I’m a “boy mum”. It’s not a term I’d heard until I gave birth to a baby boy. Suddenly, I was being bombarded with...
How’s your pain threshold? For a few months now, I’ve been obsessively watching videos of men trying period pain simulators. The machines have...
This week’s viral paternity-leave campaign stunt, placing baby dolls in slings on statues of men such as Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thierry Henry...
Maternity leave is not a holiday. It is not a break, a sabbatical, a retreat, a period of respite. It is not “checking out”, time off, a gap year,...
It’s a greyish Saturday afternoon in late August, and alongside other street party attenders, I’m watching two flamboyantly dressed women, one...
Would you let your 15-year-old go Interrailing? This is the question that has provoked enough impassioned discussion to make it on to the Today...
What is it about the voice note that bothers so many people? I’ve seen it accused of all sorts – of being narcissistic, invasive, annoying – yet...
Babies cry. This we know. But some cry dramatically more than others. Many parents have the experience of being told their inconsolable child has...
That’s it, I’m calling it: this is the worst summer ever. Despite the fact we are currently seeing a fleeting glimpse of sun, the weather has...