Going it alone

Whether by choice or not, singledom in midlife is on the rise. We explore the many pleasures – and occasional pitfalls – of going solo

As an increasing number of women decide to have a baby solo, Lisa Oxenham says it’s time to talk more openly about what makes up modern families

From tests that predict your fertility window to coaches promising to mentor you through the mother of all decisions, the market for hand-holding women through the parenthood question is no longer in its infancy. Faced with a life-changing call, WH asks if the business of offspring evaluation is long overdue – or capitalising on women’s body clocks?

Recent figures show that fertility rates are in decline across the world. Closer looks into why many people are choosing to be child-free…

It appears approaching 30 is a risk factor for even the most stable-seeming of couples. But why does this milestone make us want to cut and run, and what happens next? We spoke to the women who blew up their lives, to find out…

The models of ageing I saw as a child did not make it look aspirational. My grandparents lived lives that seemed small and entirely domestic. A 20-pack a day and a whisky, a cup of tea and a biscuit a