Yes, we do need to know. Published in The Guardian.
When I was pregnant, caesareans didn’t figure in my thinking. I neither considered nor planned for one: they were for celebrities or women on the verge…
Grin and bare it, The New Statesman
There used to be a time when we had the looks we were born with. This changed with the invention of something called plastic surgery and…
You will never have to worry about your wit or conversation being sharp as long as your clothes are. The Guardian
Carefully lower your paper and let your eyes fall upon the first person you see. What’s your first impression? Posh, pikey, yukky or yummy? (Looking in…
Diary. The New Statesman.
I like to start the week talking about breasts – and thus it was that I did. There we were Monday morning, ten women sitting around…
“Are you STILL breastfeeding?” The Independent.
“Do you remember,” asked my friend Alex as we both indulged in Margheritas two weeks ago, “how you used to say women who did it for…
Know your cod and plaice. Published in The Guardian.
If there are three things guaranteed to induce white noise between your ears, it’s anything to do with the EU, fishing quotas and maps of the…
Twenty winks. It’s never big or clever to cut back on sleep. Published in The Guardian
The last time the world cried as one, at the last American elections, I remember George Bush saying he wasn’t getting much sleep. This despite the…
Child’s play for adults. Published in The Guardian.
It’s debatable when I actually became an adult. According to various criteria it probably wasn’t until I left home at the rather late age of 22…
Amo, amas, I love a lass, published in The Guardian.
At last, it seems as if the cavalry is coming. For years, the subjunctive has been in hiding in the barren hills of What Once Was:…
It takes practice to be this imperfect. The Independent
I grew up with two mantras ringing in my ears. “Could do better”, which was on all my school reports, and “don’ta tella everyonea your biziness”,…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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