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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More scran for your buck
Fancy a box of family-friendly meal kits delivered to your door each week? Gousto is officially the UK’s…
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Women on board
With the corporate hot air blowing around International Women’s Day, I wanted to speak to someone who could…
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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…
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The beautiful game of fatherhood
As lockdowns place an increasing childcare burden on women, Emma Davies writes about the lack of role models…
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A letter to my daughters
Zara Oteng writes a letter to her two young daughters to mark Black History Month My dear daughters,…
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Going it alone
Zara Oteng writes about the pain of family estrangement and the road to independence
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Baby brains
The mental health of babies is too easily overlooked, writes Sally Hogg of the Parent Infant Foundation, especially…
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Talking to kids about racism
Paula Rhone-Adrien on how to tackle one of the most difficult parenting questions Racism may just not be…
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The silence was deafening
Jade Sullivan on George Floyd, racism, why a murder in America is affecting black people worldwide and why…
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Work to death
The focus of Flex Appeal – a campaign to push for flexible working for all in a bid…
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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…
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Sea change
We fled for half term: seven adults and seven kids escaping the city for salty Cornish air. Here,…
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Flex Appeal: the next stage
With funding secured for a major new piece of work, Matt wanted to get down in pixels exactly…
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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…
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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…
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Flex Appeal: Shift Work
On 17 October last year, I chaired a table on flexible working and zero hour contracts at The…
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My Life as a War Child
Vesna Gudgin shares her experience of a childhood in the former Yugoslavia as it slipped in to war…
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Shy about retiring
AD| After the gender pay gap comes the pension pay gap, with women retiring on average with £78,000…
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Pupil power
With school cuts and early closures across the country, 16-year-old student Aliyah York was prompted to do something….
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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…
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AD | When I get older
This is a paid partnership with Scottish Widows. The word ‘pension’ conjures up images of Zimmer frames, blue…
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Beauty is in the eye
*First published by Soho House group*. Author of Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting The Shit Out of Life…
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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…
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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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