Barack Obama brings out his patchwork quilt of a speech. The Week.
THE East Room is the White House’s largest room. An erstwhile playroom, it was where John F Kennedy laid in state in 1963. And it was…
The truth about baby food. Published in The Guardian
Having children is like opening the door to a whole other universe. Arguments you simply never knew existed, you suddenly become part of. News stories on…
“Our dad is an angry chauvinist who puts us and our mum down.” The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I have an older sister and a younger brother who lives overseas. We are all close and get on very well. We are at…
Woman’s Hour with Jenni Murray: grandparents with favourites.
On Woman’s Hour with the fabulous Virginia Ironside. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dtdgc
“I have a phobia about going home in the holidays.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am a long-time student and have developed a phobia about going home for the summer holidays. Each summer when I visit, there seems…
“I get tongue tied during arguments.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa I am a young woman who has a problem arguing with loved ones – specifically, with boyfriends/partners. In social and professional contexts, I hope…
“My partner is sometimes too harsh with my little boy.” Published in The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My partner and I separated more than three years ago. We took every care to ensure that we put our son, now six, first…
“I’m 40 and I want to find out about my biological father.” Published in The Guardian
Dear Annalisa am a 40-year-old woman. I had an OK childhood with my mother and loving father, always in the knowledge that I had a different…
I think my sister’s trying to con me out of my inheritance. The Guardian
My mother sold her house in 2009 and moved in with my sister. I was living abroad at the time. Our mother died in October last…
How can we protect our daughters from abusive relationships? The Guardian
When I became the mother of one, then two, girls I would occasionally think about the prevalence of eating disorders and what I could do to…
Annalisa Barbieri 
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