How do I know if I want children enough?
Watching my friends get married and buy houses and have babies reminds me I once imagined these things for myself
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The millennial parent trap
This generation are desperate to raise their children differently. Why?
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Sally Rooney is the conscience of a generation
Her politics are a mirror for millennial anxieties.
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Brewdog Britain is dead
As the chain closes ten bars, has “Punk” beer peaked?
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I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There is a document of hellish times
In her debut novel, Roisin Lanigan’s caustic social commentary of renting in London is undercut by supernatural horror.
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What was the millennial?
Vincenzo Latronico’s Perfection finely itemizes his generation’s quirks and quiddities, from their tastes in furniture to their favourite drugs.
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It’s the Economy, Stupid is a polemic about the perils of capitalism
This show is both a whistlestop tour of modern economics and Joe Sellman-Leava’s attempt to understand why he’s always broke.
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Generation Not Yet
A quietly incendiary new book reveals why millennials, paralysed by doubt, are struggling to make the leap into parenthood.
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The death of the grown-up
“Kidulting” is the desire for familiarity and nostalgia, dressed up as a social response to hardship.
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What Gen X feminism forgets
A recent batch of books explores the anger of mid-life feminists towards their millennial and Gen Z counterparts. But are…
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Can Bim Afolami solve the Tories’ millennial problem?
The Conservative MP on why his party hasn’t “got the deal right for younger people”.
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Millennials are breaking the oldest rule in the political book
They’re not turning Tory.
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The rise of Mavis man and woman
Meet “Mavis”: the Middle-Aged, Volatile, Insurgent voters reshaping Britain’s politics. Who are they and what do they want for themselves…
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Why is anyone surprised that millennials aren’t turning Tory?
From housing to childcare, 13 years of disregard for a generation won’t be easy to reverse.
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Could millennials become Conservative voters after all?
New research suggests they don’t like the party but that their values aren’t so dissimilar.
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The inheritance gap isn’t a secret – we all know millennial homeowners had help
Everyone under 40 can see their friends on the property ladder had financial support from rich relatives. Why pretend otherwise?
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The Tories’ unpopularity among the young isn’t a woke conspiracy
It isn’t schools and universities that are pushing young people leftwards – it’s the housing crisis and student debt.
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The Spiceworld generation
Twenty-five years ago, the Spice Girls told Gen X to “move over” – and whispered feminist slogans to nascent millennials.
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We’re told not to have too many friends – but for me, there’s no such thing
I resent the suggestion that a wide friendship circle makes you somehow cheap or insincere.
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Why Everything I Know About Love leaves men baffled
The BBC TV drama based on Dolly Alderton’s memoir captures a female millennial reality that certain men struggle to understand.
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