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By day five of my labour, I didn’t want an ‘ideal birth’. I only wanted to survive | Natalie Morris

On the third day of being in labour with my first child, I entered a new state of being. It was time to dig...

Should I try the ‘18 summers’ parenting trend? Only if I want to ruin the school holidays | Emma Brockes

There are a great many things to dislike about modern parenting trends – take your pick from helicopter to snowplow to Fafo – but...

I knew Rod Liddle and hated what he became. He would have wanted me to say so | Zoe Williams

As tributes poured in for Rod Liddle, the Sunday Times and Sun columnist who has died at the age of 66, they were markedly...

The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye

‘To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me.” That was the breathtaking response of Prof Jason Arday when the Guardian interrogated...

Missing a few days of school should not add up to a fine | Letters

I am in support of Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s suggestion that we should abolish fines for holidays in school term time (I’m all for the...

The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past | Editorial

For weeks now, anglophone cinephiles have been focusing their attention on the virtues and vices of Christopher Nolan’s $250m adaptation of The Odyssey. Across...

The Guardian view on the Conservatives under Kemi Badenoch: purging moderation is not 'common sense' | Editorial

Kemi Badenoch has been clear about the qualifying criteria for prospective Conservative MPs. They must be “serious people who understand common sense,” she has...

Challenging the Tradwife Trend

To the Editor:Re “Help, I Might Be a Tradwife!,” by JoAnna Novak (Opinion guest essay, July 27):Ms. Novak slightly misses the point in her...