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Emotions around infertility can be raw. Let’s talk about them with solidarity

It’s important to acknowledge ‘fertility privilege’, but let’s not dismiss those whose privilege has been hard won, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2023

In brief: Games and Rituals; Friendaholic; The Women Who Saved the English Countryside – reviews

Katherine Heiny’s sparky, bittersweet tales of love; Elizabeth Day’s generous memoir about friendship; and a fastidious study of four nature campaigners

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

The chasm between mothers and childless women is widening

Seeing friends move on to motherhood without me is made all the more painful by a chronic failure of empathy on both sides, says journalist Nicola Slawson

The Guardian - UK · Apr 7, 2023

Phoebe Waller-Bridge explains why she avoids the ‘madness’ of social media

It ‘fetishises’ getting friends, likes and followers, she says

Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2023

Best podcasts of the week: The makers of Serial are back with a cold case killing in deepest Wyoming

In this week’s newsletter: Reporter Kim Barker explores an unsolved murder in her ‘mean’ hometown, in The Coldest Case in Laramie. Plus: five of the best podcasts about friendship

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

Alex Jones 'feared losing' husband Charlie Thomson as she opens up about mental health

The One Show host appeared on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast and spoke very candidly about the mental health struggles her family face

Wales Online · Jan 11, 2023

BBC The One Show's Alex Jones once locked King Charles in a toilet by accident

The One Show's Alex Jones appeared on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast and spoke career mishaps and how The Masked Singer's Davina McCall ended up invigilating her university exams

Wales Online · Jan 11, 2023

Lorraine Kelly on Anthea Turner 'grudge' after losing job while on maternity leave

Lorraine Kelly says getting replaced by fellow presenter Anthea Turner while she was on maternity leave turned into a positive and changed her life for the better

Daily Mirror · Nov 4, 2022

Saba Sams wins BBC national short story award for ‘transportive’ tale

The 26-year-old, who drafted the story about ‘complex family dynamics’ when she was 19, takes a £15,000 prize for the piece taken from her debut collection Send Nudes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

Melanie C alleges she was sexually assaulted before debut Spice Girls performance

Melanie Chisholm, AKA Sporty Spice, spoke about the incident, which made her feel ‘violated’, on an episode of the How to Fail podcast

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022