Jim Jarmusch and the parental pleasure principle
In Father Mother Sister Brother, the director turns the incomprehension between family members into a film of pure pleasure
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Brooklyn Beckham is Prince Harry 2.0
Brooklyn’s rejection of his parents is not a rejection of Brand Beckham, though
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What happens to a balloon when you let go
It is a strong parental reflex to imagine that a child’s small moment of loss is training for a life…
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Behold: I am the coolest dad alive
There comes a day when a father must accept a lift on a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 from one of…
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How do I know if I want children enough?
Watching my friends get married and buy houses and have babies reminds me I once imagined these things for myself
By Marking my father’s birthday without him
Going through his things doesn’t bring him closer, it leaves me emptier.
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The millennial parent trap
This generation are desperate to raise their children differently. Why?
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The sounds that shape us
Alice Vincent’s Hark asks why gender, age and parenthood change the way we listen.
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The question of childlessness
With the fertility rate falling across the West, there is much more affecting parents’ decisions than the economy.
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The Nordic parenting myth
Scandinavians are not better parents – but their politicians, unlike Britain’s, understand that childcare is a social good.
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Family vlogging exploits children
Parenting influencers are now more self-aware, claiming to “respect” their children’s “boundaries”. But this type of content can never be…
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“It’s not a solution”: Stella Creasy on the government’s childcare reform
The Labour MP for Walthamstow on why Jeremy Hunt’s pledges don’t add up – and why childcare is no “women’s…
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Of all my achievements, the greatest may be getting my mother’s cat to purr
Matching Hunter S Thompson and Christopher Hitchens drink for drink is nothing compared to my recent conquest.
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If only I still had the desk my father made me, my magnum opus would be written by now
I let that unwieldy piece of Douglas fir go as a teenager in a house move – not grasping then…
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When childcare is overpriced, everyone pays
Britain is being held back by one of the most expensive childcare systems in the developed world.
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The Queen had an unwavering belief in the necessity of her strange, parent-like role
Mourning a long-lived figure is deeply bound up with accepting our own histories of loss.
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Kathy Reichs Q&A: “I worry every time my grandkids go out”
The crime writer on Jane Goodall, Roe vs Wade and forensic anthropology.
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The Conservatives have made childcare unavailable and unaffordable
Thousands of nurseries are closing while parents struggle with soaring prices.
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