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

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In 2013 Daisy-May Hudson was studying for a degree in English and Drama in Manchester. At the same time, her family back in Essex were being evicted from their home, outpriced on the rental market and

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There is a charged energy in the cinema as dozens of women, some of whom have had their children removed from their care and others who work to support them, come together for a preview screening of n

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