After the Manchester attack: how do I talk to my children about distressing news stories? The Guardian.
I have only once actively hidden a news item from my daughter. She was three when Madeleine McCann went missing, far too young to know about…
What if I never get over my ex? The Guardian.
When I was younger, and a relationship ended, I would do this thing. I would flip forward as many months as my diary allowed and I…
I’m worried that my teenage daughter has an eating disorder. The Guardian
Dear Annalisa Over the past year, my teenage daughter has lost a dramatic amount of weight. She smiles and says she doesn’t have any problems and…
Children’s mental health: do we care nearly enough? The Week
The subject of child mental health is very close to my heart. I was a depressed teenager. I had emotions I could neither name nor deal…
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…
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…
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…
Jobless down, turkeys up. PM relishes his Christmas bounce. The Week.
IT WAS a festive Prime Minister’s Questions today; the last one before the right honourables break up for Christmas and the atmosphere in the Commons was…
Obama finds his voice with a magnificent tribute to Mandela. The Week.
AS THE RAIN blurred the camera lenses in Soweto’s FNB football stadium, Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy president of the African National Congress, took to the podium to…
The big six show: so much brain power and not a spark of Light. The Week.
IT WAS the day after the biggest storm to hit Britain in 25 years. As more than 50,000 people were into their second day without electricity,…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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