Am I Ready To Have a Baby?
By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018Birth, Features, Pregnancy, Relationships, Sex The Guardian asked its writers to answer some of the most Googled questions - I got this one
Birth, Features, Pregnancy, Relationships, Sex The Guardian asked its writers to answer some of the most Googled questions - I got this one
The Truth About Postnatal Depression
By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018Birth, Features, Health, Pregnancy, Relationships The condition affects one in seven mothers, yet remains a largely taboo subject. In a report for Marie Claire, I spoke to women who have suffered
The Lives of Others #4
By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018Features, Health, Regulars, Relationships Zoe McKenna lost her first child, Jack, when she was 19 years old. Fourteen years later, Zoe reflects on finding joy, and accepting pain, in the aftermath of the deepest loss
The Lives of Others #3
By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018Birth, Features, Pregnancy, Relationships Morven Mulgrew was seven months pregnant with her second child when her mother suddenly died. Eighteen months on, she reflects on the loneliness of loss, postnatal depression, and the importance of talking openly and angrily about your grief
The Lives of Others #1
By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018Features, Relationships, Sex Sarah, 35, has been having affairs with married men for 15 years. In this surprisingly lucid interview, she explains why
The Lives of Others #2
By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018Features, Regulars, Relationships Anna Lyons is an end-of-life doula, and the co-director and curator of Life. Death. Whatever. She explains the importance of her work, what it has taught her about life – and why it is vital that we talk openly to children about death
Parental Leave: Is daddy, your daddy?
By Charlotte Philby, 5th October 2016Regulars, Relationships Horrifying revelations await the three-year-old in this instalment of Charlotte Philby's column on family life, first published in The Independent
Parental Leave: She Can Smell My Weakness
By Charlotte Philby, 5th October 2016Regulars, Relationships It's a case of drink to remember, drink to forget, in the next instalment of Charlotte Philby's column on family life, first published in The Independent
Parental Leave: Strange Goings-on
By Charlotte Philby, 1st October 2016Regulars, Relationships In the next instalment in Charlotte Philby's column on family life – first published in The Independent – things are getting creepy come sun-down
Parental Leave: The Smiles of Strangers
By Charlotte Philby, 28th September 2016Regulars Our editor-in-chief, Charlotte Philby, kicks off her hugely popular Parental Leave column, first published in The Independent, with a story about the smiles of strangers