I want to make contact with my biological family. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I was adopted at six weeks in 1962. About 16 years ago, when I had two small children, I decided to trace my birth…
Butcher’s bloody window row: a sign of our over sanitised times. The Week
SUDBURY in Suffolk isn’t often in the news, let alone on Newsnight. At first I thought they’d got the wrong Sudbury and meant the one in London…
My husband has grown apart from his brother and they rarely see each other. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My husband is a loving, gentle person, who used to be best friends with his younger brother. Since my brother-in-law met his wife, J,…
My youngest daughter rarely visits and I find it hard to talk to her. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My youngest daughter, S, is 44; I am 75. Her father and I separated when she was nearly 18 – she chose to stay…
Tony Benn: no spin, no false sympathy, no nonsense. The Week.
I HAVE no special anecdote about the former Labour MP and Cabinet minister, Tony Benn, who is, as I write, still alive, just very ill and…
Should my young see his grand-dad in the late stages of a terminal illness? The Guardian
Dear Annalisa My beloved father has just been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour. It is early days and, as yet, we have no idea about…
Should I go back to work or stay home and look after my toddler?
Dear Annalisa I’m on a career break from my job, looking after my two-year-old son – it is due to end in late March. I’m 34…
Since I came out as gay, my mother hasn’t spoken to me. The Guardian
Nearly three years ago, in my mid-30s, I came out as gay to my mother. She is very religious and I knew what her reaction would…
Is it ever okay to spy on your children? The Guardian
I often joke that I don’t like the word “spying” – it has such negative associations for what can be just taking an active interest in…
I can’t get my first love out of my head. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa Twenty five years ago, in my late teens, I had my first boyfriend. We had a completely magical year together. He was, and is,…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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