A chart-topping podcast about psychic communication makes for a troubling listen. Elsewhere, more excellent mental health musings from Scottee, and in praise of the adventure playground The Telepathy Tapes Ky DickensSelf Help ScotteeThinking Allowed: Playgrounds Radio 4/BBC Sounds When I was little, my favourite book was Mysteries of the Unknown, and one of the strangenesses […] →Read more
‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England
Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them Ella* gave birth to her daughter in a London hospital last week. Days later, still in the same busy hospital, she appeared via a laptop in a […] →Read more
How writing about female cannibals changed my relationship with food
Describing issues of autonomy, femgore, worth and hunger all had ain impact on what I wrote and how I felt about myself, says Lucy Rose 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 […] →Read more
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