The beautiful game of fatherhood
As lockdowns place an increasing childcare burden on women, Emma Davies writes about the lack of role models…
more ›
My hidden heritage
Martha Deiros Collado on discovering as an adult that she was mixed race, and how she is determined…
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 ›
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…
more ›
Mini (mini) break
The thought of bringing a weaning toddler into 5-star plush luxury realms is enough to ignite a bead-on….
more ›
A clean sweep
I remember the first passive aggressive muttering about my tidiness. We’d been together for three weeks and Matt…
more ›
Flex Appeal: Zero Hours
Writer Lourdes Walsh shares her initial skepticism about #flexappeal My first impression of Flex Appeal – a kaleidoscopic…
more ›Flex Appeal: Disability
Flexible working is not solely for parents, it’s not something only for ‘mummies that want to see more…
more ›
Specs appeal
Back in the day, when I was a youth, I would never even have considered edging into a…
more ›
MOST POPULAR
Turns out I’m not an afternoon person either.
RELATED - Blog
- Pass the Mic
ARTICLES
