Child-free by choice? apparently still shocking

Novelist Amanda Smyth and her partner were aligned on never wanting children, until, at 40, she felt a deep and non-negotiable desire to reverse that decision. She explains how she navigated the path that took her in a new direction

The former Olympian opens up in her new documentary

‘Nobody should apologise for not having children’

As I push my pram, my baby sleeping, it takes me a moment to realise that someone is talking to me. Another mum, on the way to the same baby class, is asking how I am, and I stammer as I push my phone

The UK’s birth rate is at its lowest ever – and that’s not just bad news for those who long to be grandparents. It could spell trouble for the nation’s future too

At the age of 32, I became a Partner in a global law firm. That was no mean feat given I hadn’t come from a family of lawyers, I didn’t enjoy the trappings of white male privilege, and I was young. I