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20 July 2024

  • Illustration of a partial wall of red and yellow bricks

    The kids' quiz
    When were the first brick houses made and why do bees buzz? Try our kids’ quiz

  • Charlie xcx in hot pants and a T-shirt reading I heart Me

    Weekend
    Is this the Brat girl summer? Marina Hyde predicts a sticky end for Trump-Vance, how to be a Norwegian parent, and Ask Philippa on sibling rivalry – podcast

19 July 2024

  • What happened that forced you apart and what it was that brought you back together again?

    Tell us: have you rekindled a relationship with a close family member?

    We would like to hear your stories of reuniting with a close family member after being estranged
  • Children playing in Stavanger, Norway.

    It’s not just Norway where the kids are all right

    Letters: Readers comment on Norwegian parenting and similar attitudes taken by parents elsewhere
  • Two women on bicycles in Tokyo

    Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis

    Consultation launched as surveys show people have little chance to meet partners and worry about high cost of living

17 July 2024

  • Adrian Chiles

    Graduation is such a significant moment – and yet we never realise it at the time

    Adrian Chiles
    The parents glow with pride, while the students cringe with embarrassment. Underneath it all is the terrifying awareness of time getting a march on us, writes Adrian Chiles
  • Lei and Abu travel to the US to freeze their eggs in the Guardian documentary, Frozen in Time, by Rongfei Guo

    Women's right to choose
    Frozen in Time: the motherhood dilemma for single women in China

    Fertility tourism is booming for single Chinese women with hopes of future motherhood. China’s birth rate is at a record low, yet unmarried women are not legally allowed to freeze their eggs there. We meet Lei and Abu, as they travel to the US for the procedure, battling self doubt and scepticism along the way. What does this mean for womanhood and parenting in modern China?

  • The Guardian documentary
    Frozen in Time: the motherhood dilemma for single women in China

    Fertility tourism is booming for single Chinese women with hopes of future motherhood. China's birthrate is at a record low, yet unmarried women are not legally allowed to freeze their eggs there. We meet Lei and Abu, as they travel to the US for the procedure, battling self-doubt and scepticism along the way. What does this mean for womanhood and parenting in modern China?

16 July 2024

  • Ranjana Srivastava

    When a loved one was dying in India, the advice I gave to my family was not what they expected

    Ranjana Srivastava
    As his body faltered, he was fed by a tube, hydrated by a drip and pumped with powerful drugs. But he needed love and pain relief

15 July 2024

  • A hand squeezing a stress-relieving ball

    How to build a better life
    Face your anger and let it out. It’s the only way to stay healthy

  • A lesbian couple in white gowns holding bouquets over their faces

    From the agencies
    Japan’s LGBTQ+ photo weddings – in pictures

14 July 2024

  • A children’s birthday party. ‘Babies are so undiscerning, you could simply walk around until you found another baby’s birthday party in the park and join in.’

    The Séamas O’Reilly column
    There’s nothing like a big cake and local park for a stress-free child’s birthday party

    Séamas O’Reilly
    My son wanted to keep the celebration small and so we took his friends out for an afternoon of beautiful, wonderful chaos
  • Divorcing Society Observer Archive Cover 21 11 1976

    From the Observer archive
    The big split: why divorce rates were soaring in 1976

    After the Divorce Reform Act a decade earlier, women were telling their husbands, ‘I’ve had enough!’
  • man and woman with kids in fallen leaves

    Ask Philippa
    My brother’s mental illness hovers over my family life

    You see this as sibling rivalry but if you could learn the skill of attunement, it will be easier to imagine how he feels and to get on with him

13 July 2024

  • Reggie Yates wearing a blue suit, a white shirt and a blue bow tie in 2024

    Flashback
    Reggie Yates looks back: ‘I went from a council estate to working with the people I watched on TV’

    The actor and broadcaster on how his mum kept him grounded, an awkward encounter with Sting, and why making documentaries changed him
  • Two men, both wearing glasses, standing in a room with a dark wood table and cabinet, and lots of pictures on the walls

    ‘As my wife and I left our wedding, I thought: I’ve made a huge mistake. I love Ted’: from closeted men to a major age gap – finding love against all odds

    They defied expectations – and their critics – to find soulmates

    • When my mother died, I thought her violent boyfriend had won. But she had secretly taken back control

    • The story of a heat death: David went to work in his new job on a French building site. By the end of the day he was dead

    • The kids' quiz
      Why are more people right-handed than left-handed? Try our kids’ quiz

12 July 2024

  • Children playing in puddles in the Gorbals district of Glasgow in 1969.

    As children, we roamed free. What has changed?

    Letters: Robert Hardy, Mandy Lane and Rita Hawes respond to an article on hands-off Norwegian parenting, talking of the freedom they had during childhood in Britain decades ago
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