She left a high pressured job, as head of year at a Hampshire secondary school, to pursue a creative dream: to make jewellery for a living. Ten years later, Joanne Tinley talks motherhood, jewellery-making and surviving cancer…
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Family
According to new research, relationships are adversely affected by having children. Relate’s head of policy, and a relationship counsellor explain where the issues lie and why we argue more after having children…
Work Life
What’s it like to work full time in a physically and emotionally demanding job, as a learning disability nurse, then return to a three-year-old daughter, and messy house… while pregnant? Emily Greentree reveals all…
Family
Dani Tucker returned home to find a bundle of her mother’s recipes on the kitchen table. Her mother had just passed away. She has no idea how they got there but she turned them into a cookbook – The Social Kitchen – inspired by loud, happy family mealtimes…
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As well as creating original content for you we like to share inspiring, thought-provoking news and feature articles that we’ve come across on other websites. This week we found them on The Pool and The Guardian…
Wellbeing
After a year spent trying to conceive naturally, Sunita and her husband sought treatment. They were told to start IVF and given a 10% chance of conceiving. They were in that 10%. Here’s their story…
Family
If you’re braving a music festival with the kids this summer, you’ll need to think about what clothes to pack for them. To make your life easier, we’ve picked out the best festival clothes for kids – fancy dress, as well as the practical stuff…
Family
We asked three seasoned festival goers – founder of BFLF family raves Hannah Saunders, music journalist Jude Rogers and festival headwear designer Emma Read – how to do festivals with kids in tow. Their tips are top notch…
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Guardian journalist Decca Aitkenhead fell in love with a crack-smoking, drug-dealing ex-con. He quit the criminal underworld for her, got a degree and they had two sons. But devastatingly, while on holiday in Jamaica, Tony drowned. Today, Decca tells us about this unlikely union…
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A barrister specialising in family law has headed the design of a web-app that helps separated parents communicate more effectively and avoid wasting money on needless court hearings over who has the gym kit, or where the handover is taking place. He fills us in…