I think about bringing up our children all the time, and the thought is: we can’t mess it up, we have to do everything perfectly, otherwise they’re going to hate us for the rest of our lives. Safeguarding the anarchy and innocence of childhood is so hard to do now. Looking back on my own…
My conflict with food began before I was born. According to family lore, I couldn’t be sated, even in utero. I consumed everything, apparently putting my twin at such risk that we were delivered prematurely. There are even stories of me climbing into my twin’s crib late at night and stealing their milk bottle, swapping…
Engineer Breno Bulus had long coveted his neighbour’s land, with its ancient forest and gardens in prime position overlooking Rio de Janeiro’s Pedra da Gávea mountain and the capital’s sparkling coastline. Situated in Itanhanga, 20km west of Rio, when the plot came up for sale in 2020, Breno snapped it up. Two years later, he…
On the evening of 1 January, my wife watched as I opened a bottle of wine and filled a glass to the brim. “I thought you were doing dry January,” she said. “Yeah,” I said. “So what’s that?” she said, pointing to my glass. “Dry January doesn’t start on New Year’s Day,” I said. “It’s a public…
Sadiye on Iwan What were you hoping for?Good company and good food. First impressions?Chatty and fun. What did you talk about?The NHS and how good it is to have. Rowing. Cycling. Gardening. Home education. Most awkward moment?Asking the person at the next table to take our photo and telling them we were on a Guardian…
