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Here comes summer and 11 weeks of school holidays. Tell me, where’s the joy in that?

The gap between my children’s experience in the US and my own unreliable memories of the long break is a source of anxiety, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The brutal US abortion ruling is a potential death sentence for all pregnant women

Doctors in many states are now barred from intervening unless they’re sure someone is about to die, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Trump thought he would get away with it. The US Capitol attack hearings prove that’s not true

High drama, betrayal, catharsis: the televised select committee investigation makes for riveting viewing, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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In need of light relief? Top Gun: Maverick is a reminder that Tom Cruise has still got it

The sequel is a nostalgic, fun comeback for an actor whose real-life persona makes it easy to forget how good he is on-screen, writes Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Why am I so sad about the loss of phone boxes when they are practically useless?

It’s a mark of how we don’t share any more, even if the idea of using a receiver someone else has just used now seems barbaric, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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America howls with pain after Texas. Yet again we ask: ‘When are we going to do something?’

It’s absurd that Joe Biden cannot overturn the bizarre relationship between Americans and their guns, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The US is running out of baby formula: yet more evidence that new mothers can never win

Women have breastfed for thousands of years and yet there are still those who think we can just ‘switch on’ our milk, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Streaming services are in dire straits – yet somehow I’m still forking out for seven

Netflix, Amazon, Hulu … there’s hardly anything to watch on any of them, but there’s always a reason not to cancel, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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There’s rage at this Roe v Wade mess – and those on the left who didn’t see it coming

From anti-Hillary Democrats to Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who clung on at Supreme Court, unlikely targets are being identified for blame, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Easter easily beats Christmas – who can be miserable about the advent of spring?

This year feels particularly jolly because Ramadan, Passover and Easter all align, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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I’m a rational person. Of course I don’t believe in the psychic world. And yet …

Indoctrinated by my mother, I find myself speculating to my own children about ‘energies’, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Why does it make me uneasy when straight women write TV shows about lesbians?

I know, I know: I sound bitter and chippy. But lesbianism is a very specific thing, not a proxy for feelings of outsiderdom, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Ted Cruz and the ‘racist baby’: sometimes reality threatens my political maturity

Try as I might to rise above US tribalism, I felt a visceral dislike for the men grilling Biden’s supreme court nominee, says the Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Netflix’s Byron Baes is contrived, trashy and awful. It’s practically a public service

The streaming giant has served up a new reality show full of horrible characters, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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What’s driving the Great Resignation? Hope – with a side order of self-doubt

My friend is one of many planning a radical post-pandemic life change – but rehearsing leaving her job showed it’s not easy, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Unmasking school pupils in New York already feels like yesterday’s news

With Ukraine coverage displacing Covid, there’s a strong feeling that the caravan of history has abruptly moved on, says the Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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A ‘vibe shift’ is coming, apparently – and I love being too middle-aged to care

New York’s trend forecasters are predicting cultural change. I’m hoping it means 9pm bedtimes will finally have their moment, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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My five-letter reaction to the New York Times taking over Wordle? I quit

Once you stop trusting the puzzle master, it’s all over, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The Tinder Swindler reveals the painful truth about women and online dating

Netflix’s documentary confirms some realities that in more optimistic moments one might have thought out of date, as Netflix’s documentary shows, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Kindness is strength. But try telling that to children

The belief is rife in our culture that this great virtue is essentially a consolation prize indistinguishable from weakness, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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The pandemic has made me a Late Person - will I ever find adrenaline again?

Worryingly, I’m enjoying the discovery that I can be late without the sky falling in, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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Twelve years to sort six boxes. To bin, or not to bin - that is the question

Ticket stubs, newspaper cuttings and letters from my mother’s old employer. But what is treasure and what is trash, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

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