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Rachel Sylvester
‘Children need loving, lifelong connections. That’s what this is’

Fri 26 Dec 2025

‘Children need loving, lifelong connections. That’s what this is’
James Tapper
The care home gold rush

Sun 21 Dec 2025

The care home gold rush
Charlotte Reck
The big business model making millions from kids in care

Fri 19 Dec 2025

The big business model making millions from kids in care
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Vanessa Thorpe
Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Library card plan to help write newborns’ first chapter
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil

Sat 13 Dec 2025

Private schools charging councils £250k for each Send pupil
Rachel Sylvester
Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Starmer accused of ‘blind spot’ over dangers of social media for children
Kate Finnigan
Gifts for curious children

Tue 2 Dec 2025

Gifts for curious children
Sam Freedman
Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education

Sat 29 Nov 2025

Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education
Martha Gill
Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates
Imogen Carter
Picture books of the month: where the wild things are

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Picture books of the month: where the wild things are
Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively on the best children’s books of all time

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Penelope Lively on the best children’s books of all time
Penelope Lively
Why children’s books matter

Tue 11 Nov 2025

Why children’s books matter
Rachel Sylvester
The government has flunked its curriculum review

Wed 5 Nov 2025

The government has flunked its curriculum review
Liv Little
How Jacqueline Wilson transformed British girlhood

Wed 22 Oct 2025

How Jacqueline Wilson transformed British girlhood
Eva Wiseman
Having kids has changed my cinema experience

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Having kids has changed my cinema experience
Kitty Empire
Halloween books for kids to sink their teeth into

Sun 12 Oct 2025

Halloween books for kids to sink their teeth into
Martha Gill
Seeking safety, children find hostility on Britain’s shores

Sun 5 Oct 2025

Seeking safety, children find hostility on Britain’s shores
Catherine Milner
Pupils starved of art lose their creative spark

Sat 27 Sept 2025

Pupils starved of art lose their creative spark

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