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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
Tim Leunig
If growth is the aim, the UK must lift more children out of poverty

Sun 21 Sept 2025

If growth is the aim, the UK must lift more children out of poverty
Lynzy Billing
How a western charity helped the Syrian regime abduct children

Thu 11 Sept 2025

How a western charity helped the Syrian regime abduct children
Lynzy Billing
How a western charity helped the Syrian regime abduct children

Thu 11 Sept 2025

How a western charity helped the Syrian regime abduct children
Emma Haslett
Dismay in nursery sector as free hours plan expands

Sun 31 Aug 2025

Dismay in nursery sector as free hours plan expands
Matt Alagiah
Baby on board: four families on intrepid travels with kids

Thu 21 Aug 2025

Baby on board: four families on intrepid travels with kids
Maggie Davis
Back to life: kids’ clothes don’t have to be brand new

Sat 16 Aug 2025

Back to life: kids’ clothes don’t have to be brand new
Francisco Garcia
Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis

Sun 10 Aug 2025

Teenage boys claimed by growing knife crime crisis
Are we in a “Hot Reform Summer”?

34 mins • S1, E257

Are we in a “Hot Reform Summer”?
Martha Gill
Children can’t be safe online. We will have to carry on policing them

Sun 3 Aug 2025

Children can’t be safe online. We will have to carry on policing them
What do tweens really want?

Thu 31 Jul 2025

What do tweens really want?
Séamas O’Reilly
At 2am, unthinkable things become all too thinkable

Sat 26 Jul 2025

At 2am, unthinkable things become all too thinkable
Catherine Neilan
More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment

Fri 25 Jul 2025

More Gazan children will come to UK for treatment
Heidi Thomas
Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct

Tue 22 Jul 2025

Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct
Matthew Gould
Why wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to children’s mental health

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Why wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to children’s mental health
Rachel Sylvester
How to fix special needs education

Fri 18 Jul 2025

How to fix special needs education
Andrew Pollard
Children face a death sentence because of anti-vaccine rhetoric

Thu 10 Jul 2025

Children face a death sentence because of anti-vaccine rhetoric
Anna Fazackerley
Council seeks to make man who faced child abuse trial a guardian

Mon 7 Jul 2025

Council seeks to make man who faced child abuse trial a guardian
Fred Harter
What’s behind the dangerous fall in vaccination rates?

Sun 6 Jul 2025

What’s behind the dangerous fall in vaccination rates?
Emma Haslett
Sperm donor app is a ‘serious risk’, warns regulator

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Sperm donor app is a ‘serious risk’, warns regulator
Abigail Leonard
Baby it’s you: tales of motherhood in four countries

Sat 5 Jul 2025

Baby it’s you: tales of motherhood in four countries
Séamas O’Reilly
‘Sports day had been delightful up to the point the parents had to race…’

Sat 28 Jun 2025

‘Sports day had been delightful up to the point the parents had to race…’
Nazir Afzal
Cowardice and inaction left children to be abused

Sun 22 Jun 2025

Cowardice and inaction left children to be abused
Louise Tickle
New child rape law could prolong victims’ wait for justice

Sat 21 Jun 2025

New child rape law could prolong victims’ wait for justice
Kitty Empire
The best children's chapter books for the summer

Sat 14 Jun 2025

The best children's chapter books for the summer
Séamas O’Reilly
British dads deserve a better paternity deal

Wed 11 Jun 2025

British dads deserve a better paternity deal
Michaela Makusha
I miss Club Penguin and the noughties internet

Wed 11 Jun 2025

I miss Club Penguin and the noughties internet
David Blunkett
‘We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world’

Sat 31 May 2025

‘We need our children to leave school ready for life in the real world’
Séamas O’Reilly
‘With 10 siblings and a frugal dad, we never had babysitters’

Fri 30 May 2025

‘With 10 siblings and a frugal dad, we never had babysitters’
Martha Gill
Why fewer children in care are being adopted

Sun 25 May 2025

Why fewer children in care are being adopted
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
E-scooters are too fast for kids. Casualties are soaring

Sun 27 Apr 2025

E-scooters are too fast for kids. Casualties are soaring
James Tapper
Injured Gazan children will be allowed into the UK for treatment

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Injured Gazan children will be allowed into the UK for treatment
‘Do we need a phone ban in schools? Just ask the children’

Sat 26 Apr 2025

‘Do we need a phone ban in schools? Just ask the children’
Séamas O’Reilly
Séamas O’Reilly on his three-year-old’s capitalistic gleam

Fri 25 Apr 2025

Séamas O’Reilly on his three-year-old’s capitalistic gleam

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