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‘My son’s studies inspired me to do a law degree ? 14 years later he admitted me into the supreme court’

Someone said to me: ‘Do you really think you can do a law degree? It’s hard.’ I said: ‘Being a single mother and raising four children by myself is hard’
How we met: ‘He was in a shell suit and trainers ? I asked him to go back and change’

Linda and Ian Whitehouse met on holiday on the Greek island of Lefkada in 1990. They live in a village near Hull, Yorkshire, with their cat

I was sick of blokey books by dads ? could mothers’ memoirs make me a better father?

All the parenting manuals I’d read were jokey and superficial. Then I turned to Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy …
Being scared of spiders makes perfect sense, but robots?

Seamas O’Reilly

Something about them terrifies my two-year-old son. By Seamas O’Reilly
How we stay together: 'We both give each other a little bit of time, not too much time'

Ursula Benstead and Simon Thompson have built a 30-year relationship on egalitarian principles ? and even though they work together, they’ve learned not to bring it home
Tim Dowling: I’ve swapped my office chair for a ball. What could go wrong?

The constant, low-level concentration required to stay upright makes it impossible to think about anything else

A letter to… my alcoholic husband, in lockdown

I'd planned to have a midlife crisis this year. I hadn't planned on it being shaped by Covid

Ceridwen Dovey

I don’t know my future self yet, but I’m pretty sure she wants me to take off the conventional masks I’ve been wearing
Halloween calls for something special

Seamas O’Reilly

Placate the denizens of the Otherworld by dressing up as one of them, that’s what we do in Ireland. By Seamas O’Reilly
If childcare providers go under, what hope is there for working mothers?

Barbara Ellen

If the government doesn’t step in, one in four English nurseries could close by Christmas

Watching my cancer patients go through treatment alone is heartbreaking

Lucy Gossage

Covid-19 has made this year tougher for those experiencing treatment and those of us who work in cancer care
We need to talk about miscarriage ? and the language we use really matters

Suzanne Moore

Whether its in discussions of miscarriage or menstruation, the words ‘woman’ and ‘mother’ are being erased by some. Why can’t we just say that women and trans men have periods?
The moment that Daddy became ‘Sheemiss’

Seamas O’Reilly

It made my baby boy laugh so much when he called me by my name, I had to laugh too. By Seamas O’Reilly
If you've made a life abroad, coronavirus gives homesickness a new edge

Emma Brockes

Bingeing old episodes of Inspector Morse is only the tip of the iceberg for us Brits unable to travel to see our families, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Ask Annalisa Barbieri My father-in-law criticises my parenting. How do I deal with that?

I wonder if, far from disliking you, he actually quite likes and admires you, says Annalisa Barbieri. He clearly wants your attention
Private lives My teenage son shows no interest in school

I’ve tried being as encouraging as possible, but nothing seems to work. And now I’m worried his younger siblings will follow in his footsteps
Sexual healing My boyfriend is so quiet in bed that I'm worried he's not enjoying himself

He says he lacked confidence in his previous relationship and has been rejected many times, but his silence has me worried. How can I make him feel more confident?
Dear Mariella My friend unloads her anxiety on me, and now I feel drained

Discord is rife, emotions are volatile and people need kindness, but you need to protect yourself too, says Mariella Frostrup

'My husband’s chewing makes me want to scream. I’m living with a horse. How do I navigate it?'

In the past few months everyone has experienced something like this, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith ? you have to tell him, but how you do it matters
Computers open up the world of relationships ? archive, 1983

11 November 1983: Dating programs will be used for fun but marriage counsellors or couples with problems may find them a genuine help
There’s a simple way to cool a hothouse workplace like Parliament House

Catharine Lumby

If a relationship at work ends, the more junior person usually pays with their career. That has to stop

Letters: self-pity lies at the heart of abuse

Like Oscar Pistorius, many male abusers cast themselves as the victim ? often with tragic consequences for women
From the archive: Madonna cancels Martin Amis, 1992

Madonna had Sex to promote, her book of erotic photographs, but decided she didn’t want to meet our man
Dalliance, affair, love, intimacy: how should we approach sex as we age?

As sex lives ebb, the wider world can get more interesting. Robert Dessaix asks, does it really matter if we’re out of the sexual running, even in a society as sex-obsessed as ours?
Blind date: ‘I think he thought I was trying to snog him’

Freddy, 29, journalist, meets Rufus, 25, production assistant