14 things I wish I knew about sex before I started having it
This week’s post is long, so I’m skipping recommendations. They’ll be back next week! The image is a still of
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Author: Irene Caselli
This week I turn 40 – and I mark a loss
*Warning: This newsletter touches on the subject of miscarriage. If you find the topic triggering, maybe skip reading this edition,
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Is not using the word tantrum enough?
A few weeks ago I wrote a newsletter about why we should stop referring to children’s meltdowns as tantrums. Michael,
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You don’t need to praise my child’s multilingualism
When people congratulate me and my partner Nacho on our son’s linguistic achievements, we usually shake off the compliment and
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I am gathering the sun
This autumn has greeted me with a sunny day in Trento, northern Italy. A beautiful day — but it can’t
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What my child is teaching me about travelling
We’re on the road. We left Greece a couple of weeks ago for the first time in over a year
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In praise of the 6am wake-up call
I am writing this at 6am. For most of my life, this was an ungodly hour, a time I would
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A healthy start for an Afghan migrant baby
As an Afghan born and raised in a loving, large family in Iran, Fatimah always expected to become a mother
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These are my favourite stories from this year
The news have been scary and sad around us. For a week, the air here in the outskirts of Athens
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Slowing down – and a preview of the stories I’m working on
The other night I dreamt that I was in a dark garage and I was trying to slowly get a
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