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Home
Whether above a pub or in a castle, our childhood homes leave an indelible mark
15 minutes
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Family life
The extraordinary story of a Black Holocaust survivor, as told by his daughter
21 minutes
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Family life
Amazonian childcare
In the eyes of the Runa people, Western kids grow up indulged, over-mothered and incapable of facing outward to the world
Francesca Mezzenzana
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Economic history
Matrimony and the market
The sexual revolution promised new norms of intimacy based on egalitarianism. So far, only the rich have cashed in
Daniel Tutt
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Family life
On a whirlwind morning, a couple learns if they’re facing an unplanned pregnancy
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Family life
In Rwanda, Sébastien finds traces of personal history in the wake of national tragedy
21 minutes
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Family life
Honey, I sold the kids
We have laws to protect children from factory work. Why aren’t they protected from parents who monetise their lives online?
Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore
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Gender and identity
A manly divorce
Straight men rarely write about the end of their marriages. Our enduring ideas about gender explain this silence
Joshua Coleman
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History
Medieval babycare
From mansplaining about breastfeeding to debates on developmental toys, medieval parenting was full of familiar dilemmas
Katherine Harvey
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Gender and identity
‘I didn’t fall in love with a couple of body pieces’ – on marriage and transition
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Animals and humans
What happened when one woman raised an abandoned squirrel as her own
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Life stages
At 14, Asal is excited about her engagement. Her relatives all have their own opinions
33 minutes
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Personality
Born that way
Confident or shy, our temperament is mostly baked-in from birth. But how that influences our lives is up for grabs
Gina Mireault
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Life stages
Family passages
Each new generation learns from its elders. But familial voices now compete for influence with a chorus of urgent others
Elizabeth Svoboda
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Family life
Fifty years ago, a train collided with Jack and Betty’s car. Here’s how they remember it
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Virtues and vices
From violent criminal to loving parent – a son’s story of his father’s transformation
23 minutes
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Life stages
An unvarnished, poetic account of a new mother’s struggle to breastfeed
3 minutes
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Ageing and death
When his elderly parents make a suicide pact, Doron struggles to accept their choice
19 minutes
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Biography and memoir
What Akiko saw at the centre of the Hiroshima blast, and the indelible mark it left
15 minutes
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Addiction
From back pain to addiction – one man’s struggle with opioids, as told to his sister
14 minutes
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Stories and literature
Leave them alone
Parenting advice from D H Lawrence: don’t smother your children with love. They are more sagacious than you think
Lara Feigel
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Subcultures
The utopian machine
For children like me, growing up in an utopian community, life was a bewildering chaos of freedom and indoctrination
Susanna Crossman
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Love and friendship
The right person
Contemporary wisdom says that happiness is the measure of a marriage. But is that a harmful way of judging relationships?
Joshua Coleman
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Gender and identity
‘When you’re done, you stay human!’ What gender transition means to John
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