Finally my childhood music lessons have paid off | Seamas O
My daughter grabs the microphone. It sparkles intensely. It’s one of those karaoke mics studded with LED lights that masks its harshness with sheer...
It’s so tempting for columnists to give a little too much away
As an avid reader of newspaper columns, the ones I’ve always looked forward to are the ones where something has gone wrong. You read...
Branded UK school uniforms cost more than double high-street prices, analysis reveals
Parents are routinely paying more than double the price for branded school uniforms compared with similar items offered by supermarkets and high-street stores, an...
‘It felt shameful’: the profound loneliness of modern motherhood
One of the weirdest experiences for me in early motherhood was a recurrent image or sense, when I was walking down the street, pushing...
‘Anger is blinding’: family therapists on how to resolve sibling feuds
For most of the 1990s and 2000s, the Gallagher brothers clashed on stage and traded high-profile insults in newspaper interviews and on social media....
I love Springsteen and my daughter is a huge Swiftie – and that’s created a bridge between us
It is a cloudy Saturday evening in Edinburgh in early June and I am in a rugby stadium surrounded by young women who are...