The parent trap: how Britain became a very, very expensive place to raise a child
Money alone won’t fix the childcare crisis. Rethinking work and motherhood might.
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Sophie McBain is associate editor of the New Statesman.
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Adults must watch this drama, which demonstrates how schools’ failure to address a toxic classroom culture enables violence.
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The great attention deficit: what’s fuelling the rise in adult ADHD?
No longer confined to “problem children”, ADHD diagnoses are booming – yet it’s a condition that remains widely misunderstood.
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Often what we consider “normal” is, statistically speaking, abnormal. And wouldn’t most of us prefer to be extraordinary anyway?
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The psychoactive plants that change our consciousness
It is fascinating to learn how three plant-derived drugs – caffeine, opium and mescaline – can shape society.
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How psychedelics change lives
The writer Michael Pollan on becoming a psychonaut in his fifties – and why tripping is political.
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