Tough Tales For Dark Times
Erich Kästner's books for children shows that that difficult ideas don't have to be kept from young readers
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Life with Father
Sports-pages-stalwart Roger Mortimer's writing has been resurrected with the publication of letters to his children
Life With Father
Comparing Colette's protagonist Gigi with her namesake Gigi Chao shows that meddling family members are nothing new
Mother Of All Jokes
Education does not disqualify women from having children, as Dr Lucy Worsley falsely claims; a grounding in the humanities provides the best basis for motherhood
Grade Expectations
Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, may appeal to ambitious parents. But tough love-style child-rearing can only lead to Chinese burn-out
Family Values
Washing your dirty linen in public is all the rage, at the cost of precious family loyalty What price loyalty? Not very much, it seems, judging by the number of betrayals that
A Strange Rush for the Exit
In a world where life appears to be getting better, why are we in the grip of a suicide epidemic?
A Brother at War
Understanding the ordinariness of war helps me cope with my Royal Marine brother's service in Afghanistan