Category: Family
0
Family
Tim Dowling: Why are my friends erasing me from their holiday memories? | Life and style
After a sometimes fraught four-hour car journey, my wife and I and three friends arrive at a remote, sea-facing house in Greece. I’ve been here once…
My unexpected Pride icon: Free Willy helped me see the radical power of coming out | Life and style
I don’t know precisely when I first watched Free Willy. But I do remember that the film was central to a childhood obsession with whales…
I’m estranged from my parents. How do I explain this to my child? | Family
I am estranged from my parents. I was once close to them but after having my son I could no longer justify their poor and…
My unexpected Pride icon: Fast & Furious is my favourite camp classic | Life and style
I am a 42-year-old lesbian who can’t drive. And, since I’m baring all, I will add that I loathe people who drive extremely fast in…
Strangers on the street: please stop asking me if my wife is my twin sister | Arwa Mahdawi
It is Pride month, and you know what that means. Anyone identifying as heterosexual must immediately present to the Office of Homosexual Affairs (OHA) to…
‘This Dutch oven keeps my mother’s memory alive’: readers’ kitchen treasures | Family
A few weeks ago, Bee Wilson wrote about how people sometimes invest kitchen items with strong meanings as they pass through generations. Here, four readers…
School’s nearly out for summer and there’s one word on every mother’s lips – help! | Rhiannon Picton-James
Everyone told me “the juggle” would get easier when my daughter started reception this year. It was, quite simply, a lie. As any parent of…
As a child I showed little interest in my mum’s sewing skills. After she died, I realised what I’d missed out on | Nova Weetman
There is a photograph of a very young me wearing a homemade A-line denim dress with a peace sign boldly embroidered on the front. Mum…