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Desperately need something for a headache or diarrhoea? Good luck trying to find a pharmacy | Nell Frizzell

Until I’d woken up in the middle of an orchard at 2am with a child so covered in bites it was like trying...

‘Women feel like failures if they haven’t had a “normal” birth’: how the NCT has shaped childbirth in the UK | Childbirth

In May, charity representatives, campaigners and MPs gathered in parliament to hear the then Conservative MP Theo Clarke launch the UK’s first national...

‘It felt shameful’: the profound loneliness of modern motherhood | Parents and parenting

One of the weirdest experiences for me in early motherhood was a recurrent image or sense, when I was walking down the street,...

Sorry, Blake Lively: using a movie about domestic violence to sell stuff is not a good look | Arwa Mahdawi

Grab your friends, wear your florals, settle down with a tasty cocktail and kick back: this year’s sexiest movie about domestic violence is...

‘I just wanted peace’: my 35-year fight to bring my abusive father to justice | Rape and sexual assault

When Carol Higgins was 15, she walked into Penistone police station in South Yorkshire with her mother to report that her father, Elliott...

Birth changes women’s bodies for ever – and we need to get real about it | Emma Beddington

‘My biggest issue is that I don’t feel like I’m in my body,” Naomi Osaka wrote this week on Instagram. A year after...

‘I get misgendered all the time’: Elliot Page on his return to acting on the big screen | Film

The last time Elliot Page appeared in a film, it was literally a car crash. Page, who was nominated for an Oscar at...

Topless men: should they be banned if they’re not at the pool or the beach? | Men

Name: Topless men.Age: As old as men.Appearance: Highly seasonal, increasingly objectionable.Who’s objecting? Three-quarters of Britons, according to a new poll.That seems a bit...

Forget plasma infusions – the secrets of longevity are much more simple and fun | Arwa Mahdawi

Health and wellness advice tends to be obvious and irritating. Eat more vegetables! Drink less booze! Exercise! Who wants to hear all that,...

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