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15 October 2026 · 5 min read

What do you actually say when a baby dies?

There is no sentence that fixes it. Grief coach Tanya Wilkinson on saying a baby's name, the grief Olympics, and the silence surrounding termination for medical reasons.

15 October 2026 · 4 min read

The permission slip we keep waiting for

We can ask for a pay rise and still struggle to say what we want in bed. Ally Iseman on pleasure, awkward conversations and the habit of putting ourselves last.

15 October 2026 · 4 min read

The control freak's guide to letting go

My curiosity about psychedelics keeps running into the same obstacle: I don't like losing control. A conversation with Nasreen El-Mariesh about the roles we cling to and what change asks of us.

15 October 2026 · 4 min read

The year we call a break

Maternity leave isn't a holiday from your real life. Becca Hamilton on the fear of being replaced, the pressure to make the time count and returning to work as someone who has changed.

4 September 2026 · 8 min read

We need to talk about sex

I have been with my husband for more than 20 years. Yet, until very recently, there were things about sex I had never told him.

27 August 2026 · 6 min read

The things we decide not to say

Every relationship runs on a private list of subjects that have been quietly retired. Here's what happens to the list over time.

12 August 2026 · 5 min read

Nobody tells you that grief is boring

We have a vocabulary for the dramatic part and almost none for the long administrative middle.

30 July 2026 · 7 min read

The last real taboo is money

People will tell you about their marriage before they'll tell you what they earn.

5 February 2026 · 5 min read

Jealousy

Can you be genuinely happy for someone while also being absolutely raging that it wasn't you?