The Latest Breaking News from Lucy Jones

The next ‘Big One’: The world is inching towards more catastrophic climate events

Science tells us catastrophe is not a question of if, but when

The Independent UK · Aug 24

Amid the social and political panic about falling birthrates, why not ask new mothers what they think?

Medals and cash bonuses have been mooted as incentives, but the priority is for policy that addresses women’s real concerns, says author and journalist Lucy Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27

California rocked by strongest earthquake in nearly 90 years

A rural area of Northern California has experienced its strongest earthquake since 1940, but it caused only mild shaking with no immediate reports of damage or injuries

The Independent UK · Jun 24

Southern California rattled by earthquake of magnitude 5.2

Alerts rang out as residents felt large earthquake in areas around San Diego, with epicenter in rural town of Julian

The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2025

Look at the underside of a log, and you’ll find my new obsession: the beautiful, bonkers world of slime moulds

These tiny organisms matter. They have been used to map dark matter and improve transport networks, and they’re living all around us, says author Lucy Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025

‘Baby brain’? ‘Fussy eater’? By dispelling such myths, science is taking the shame out of parenting

Most childcare advice is simply opinion; research based on data and evidence is the liberation we need, says author Lucy Jones

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024

A California fault line remains relatively unknown. It caused last week’s quake and might be the site of ‘the big one’

The 10-mile deep Puente Hills thrust fault runs beneath downtown Los Angeles and Orange County – two highly populated areas

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2024

Welldoing Inspiration Awards 2024: celebrating mental health and wellbeing heroes

Louise Chunn, founder of therapist-matching platform Welldoing, celebrates the 10th anniversary by honouring those who have been a force for good. Sponsored by the Evening Standard, here is the lowdown on the 2024 Welldoing Inspiration Awards winners

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024

How Rachel Cusk’s divisive parenting memoir saved me in early motherhood

Her groundbreaking book ‘Matrescence’, a study of the transition into motherhood, has won Lucy Jones plaudits and an army of dedicated readers. But she could never have written it all without Rachel Cusk’s unflinching 2001 parenting memoir, ‘A Life’s Work’ – a book that was met with frenzied outrage upon…

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024

Olivia Laing on the politics of gardens: ‘A garden is a rebel state’

When Olivia Laing began restoring a walled garden in Suffolk, the writer found that green spaces can also be sites of beauty, refuge and radical politics. They speak to Lucy Jones about their new book, ‘The Garden Against Time’

The Independent UK · May 20, 2024