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The parent trap: how Britain became a very, very expensive place to raise a child

The Weekend Report

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.

By Sophie McBain

Interviews

Pregnant Then Screwed’s Joeli Brearley: “I think motherhood radicalises you”

The Weekend Interview

Pregnant Then Screwed’s Joeli Brearley: “I think motherhood radicalises you”

Anoosh Chakelian

Mariana Mazzucato: “Consultancies depend on weak governments”

Mariana Mazzucato: “Consultancies depend on weak governments”

Megan Gibson

Sarah Lucas: “I didn’t want to spend my life angry”

Sarah Lucas: “I didn’t want to spend my life angry”

Kate Mossman

Angela Saini: “Societies haven’t always been male-dominated”

Angela Saini: “Societies haven’t always been male-dominated”

Alona Ferber

Long Reads

A generation of shrinking girls

Laurie Penny

The more beautiful game: how I fell for women’s football

May Robson

In search of a language of loss

The Weekend Essay

In search of a language of loss

Johanna Thomas-Corr

What science can learn from religion

Laura Spinney

The great attention deficit: what’s fuelling the rise in adult ADHD?

Sophie McBain

As an Albanian, I know first-hand the cruelty and contempt of UK immigration

Personal Stories

As an Albanian, I know first-hand the cruelty and contempt of UK immigration

Lea Ypi

Why all men should get vasectomies

Why all men should get vasectomies

Nimco Ali

Employers must stop penalising women for having children

Cost-of-living Crisis

Employers must stop penalising women for having children

Dan Jarvis

The government is insulting women with its lack of menopause support

The government is insulting women with its lack of menopause support

Carolyn Harris

Why are women still paying for HRT?

Why are women still paying for HRT?

Sarah Dawood

Is a feminist marriage possible?

Is a feminist marriage possible?

Rachel Cunliffe

How the Daily Mail blames women for the downfall of Tupperware – and everything else

How the Daily Mail blames women for the downfall of Tupperware – and everything else

Sophie McBain

The limits of “female experience” TV

The limits of “female experience” TV

Suzanne Moore

Why women don’t date short men

Why women don’t date short men

Pravina Rudra

World Affairs

The myth of America’s love affair with guns

The myth of America’s love affair with guns

Sarah Churchwell

A new age of global war

A new age of global war

Margaret MacMillan

Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty

Roe vs Wade and the land of lost liberty

Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard

Big Tech’s race for our data is on

Big Tech’s race for our data is on

Saffron Huang

Podcasts

Could childcare win Labour the next election?

Could childcare win Labour the next election?

Why Westminster sexism is so hard to stamp out

The New Statesman podcast

Why Westminster sexism is so hard to stamp out

Anoosh Chakelian, Ailbhe Rea and Harry Lambert

Lea Ypi on mothers, the motherland and the cruelties of UK immigration - Audio Long Reads

Audio Long Reads

Lea Ypi on mothers, the motherland and the cruelties of UK immigration – Audio Long Reads

Lea Ypi and Rachel Cunliffe

Britain’s childcare crisis, with Stella Creasy

Britain’s childcare crisis, with Stella Creasy