B in their bonnet
Who we buy from matters: so I’ll gladly shout about Gousto being a ‘B Corp’ When I first heard ‘B Corp’ I…
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Fancy a box of family-friendly meal kits delivered to your door each week? Gousto is officially the UK’s…
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With the corporate hot air blowing around International Women’s Day, I wanted to speak to someone who could…
more ›How do we feel? Like mothers, looking after the thing we love the most
The other day, The Telegraph wrote to me to ask me to write a piece about Ukraine, and…
more ›Working it out
I have a dream of what the future of work could be. What does yours look like? This…
more ›The beautiful game of fatherhood
As lockdowns place an increasing childcare burden on women, Emma Davies writes about the lack of role models…
more ›A letter to my daughters
Zara Oteng writes a letter to her two young daughters to mark Black History Month My dear daughters,…
more ›Going it alone
Zara Oteng writes about the pain of family estrangement and the road to independence
more ›Baby brains
The mental health of babies is too easily overlooked, writes Sally Hogg of the Parent Infant Foundation, especially…
more ›Talking to kids about racism
Paula Rhone-Adrien on how to tackle one of the most difficult parenting questions Racism may just not be…
more ›The silence was deafening
Jade Sullivan on George Floyd, racism, why a murder in America is affecting black people worldwide and why…
more ›Work to death
The focus of Flex Appeal – a campaign to push for flexible working for all in a bid…
more ›Going Dutch
Amsterdam daily Het Parool recently ran a feature on flex appeal, and how we’re trying to bring a little Dutch touch to working lives in the UK. Here’s the translation…
more ›Sea change
We fled for half term: seven adults and seven kids escaping the city for salty Cornish air. Here,…
more ›Flex Appeal: the next stage
With funding secured for a major new piece of work, Matt wanted to get down in pixels exactly…
more ›Woman’s Hour interview
To hear our interview on BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour (and Matt getting quizzed by Jane Garvey about…
more ›Flex Appeal: Raising Disabled Kids
Flexible working is not just for parents, it’s for people. People with mental health issues, people with caring…
more ›Where’s My Happy Ending: tour dates
We’re gadding about the place to talk about our new book, Where’s My Happy Ending? Happily Ever After…
more ›Flex Appeal: Shift Work
On 17 October last year, I chaired a table on flexible working and zero hour contracts at The…
more ›My Life as a War Child
Vesna Gudgin shares her experience of a childhood in the former Yugoslavia as it slipped in to war…
more ›Shy about retiring
AD| After the gender pay gap comes the pension pay gap, with women retiring on average with £78,000…
more ›Pupil power
With school cuts and early closures across the country, 16-year-old student Aliyah York was prompted to do something….
more ›The thoughts we don’t talk about
Do your daydreams shock you? You are not alone, explains psychotherapist Anna Mathur… I could yank this steering…
more ›AD | When I get older
This is a paid partnership with Scottish Widows. The word ‘pension’ conjures up images of Zimmer frames, blue…
more ›Beauty is in the eye
*First published by Soho House group*. Author of Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting The Shit Out of Life…
more ›AD | No age limit
This blog post is an advertisement in association with EDF Energy and Howz. My mum went grey last…
more ›Flex Appeal: ADHD
Flexible working is not about parents, it’s about people. People with needs that don’t fit into a 9-5…
more ›Sleep like a baby
Whoever came up with the phrase ‘I slept like a baby’ never had a baby. That person cannot…
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