
A cold childhood
My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
ByReviewing politics
and culture since 1913
My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.
ByFamilies in poverty don’t just need basics – they need everyday joys.
ByCraig Easton’s images of one family capture the reality of state neglect.
ByIn the absence of state support, teachers are providing everything from clothing to soap.
ByA Labour government has taken millions of children out of poverty before. It can do so again.
ByThe outspoken headteacher believes Bridget Phillipson’s reforms are an attack on educational freedom. She is ready for the fight.
ByWith the fertility rate falling across the West, there is much more affecting parents’ decisions than the economy.
ByMy father died long ago. I now understand that he was part of the lost world of the stoical conservative…
ByFrom “gifted kid burnout” to “eldest daughter syndrome”, influencers are rebranding familiar human experiences as a trauma diagnosis.
ByInnocent, childlike play is one of the great delights of life. We should try to keep in touch with it.
ByNothing is more character-forming than enthusiasm for the natural world, and the openness and attentiveness it fosters.
ByScandinavians are not better parents – but their politicians, unlike Britain’s, understand that childcare is a social good.
ByThe cruelties of Maidwell Hall boarding school, described by Charles Spencer in his memoir, have blighted my adult life.
BySomething is wrong when ten-year-olds are seeking out anti-ageing products.
ByBetter to help this generation of Peter Pans find their way out of Neverland.
ByGaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…
ByI feel the more experience we have of the world – not less – the more deeply we feel what…
ByThe murders of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes revealed shocking shortcomings in the UK’s social care system. What is being…
ByThe Marc Bola case is the latest example of the dangers of a culture of retrospective shame.
ByFrom randy Postman Pat to white supremacist Smurfs, we present to you your childhood in tatters.
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