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Just as there is with wine, food, gangsters, royalty and morning ablutions, there is such a thing as napkin etiquette.

Kate Pietrasik is founder and designer at unisex kids fashion brand Tootsa MacGinty. Here she talks the problem with pink and blue, being a single parent and starting a unisex fashion kids business from scratch, with a baby in tow. I’ve always been a bit of an adventurer. When I...

We do love camping with quality gear, and the Homecamp bell tent is tops! We are stoked we have a Homecamp Classic 4m Bell Tent plus a Flatpack Firepit & Grill to giveaway to one lucky reader – all you have to do is subscribe to our fortnightly newsletters to...

As the world rushes towards a state of environmental emergency, what does it mean to be an ethical carnivore? Does such a thing even exist? Let’s get one thing out of the way up top: meat is delicious. A good bit of meat activates our brain’s pleasure centres in a...

A young scientist from France, Simon Klein is carrying on a tradition started by the Acádémie des sciences, which stretches back over 300 years to when King Louis XIV founded it. Better known for its contribution to the arts, France has constantly been at the forefront of scientific advances, too,...

A chat about Mindful in May, meditation and mums who meditate. Tell us your background. I decided I was going to be a Psychiatrist when I was 16 years old (I know, it’s pretty funny in retrospect). I don’t think I really understood what Psychiatry entailed back then, but I...

When Dee Tang lost her almost four-year-old daughter Kawa Leaf in a drowning accident, her life changed, and so did her perspective on the bigger picture. Here Dee shares her thoughts on life, death, love, universal grief and what’s most important to learn from loss.

Back in 2006, Bea Johnson and her family started a war on waste and reduced their household rubbish to fit in just one small jar a year. Twelve years on, Bea has inspired a global movement and now spends her time writing books and travelling the world teaching others how...

Fancy a bit of woo-woo with your daily brew? Pop the kettle on and consult your humble cuppa for intuitive insights into your future and your fortune.   

Lead by founder and CEO Ash Perrin (or Bash, when he’s in the baggy pants), the Flying Seagull Project has been spreading a gospel of laughter and joy to some of the world’s neediest children since 2008, helping kids in refugee camps. “There are more than 50 million child refugees...

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman makes giant sculptures of discarded animal toys. We talk to him about fame, finding your style and rediscovering your childlike wonder

People are always talking about political and religious differences, but there's really no divide like the one between parents and non-parents. I know, because I worked in an office for a while where I was the only person with kids.

Having 'the talk' has never been easy, but it's an essential part of raising kids who can appreciate not just the biological steps of sex, but also the pleasure and fulfilment that can come with healthy, respectful, intimate relationships.

In the backyard of my house, a small concrete statue of a monk stands praying beneath a bush of coral-colour tea roses. "Who's that?" guests of barbecues sometimes ask.

A chat with Anna jones, a London-based chef, food stylist, writer, Guardian columnist and mum.

So, what happens at a kindergarten that proudly proclaims to have "no toys, no tools, no art supplies"?  How do children respond to being outside with no equipment whatsoever, apart from a portable loo?

If you're stuck on what books to buy or borrow next, here's our list of awesome books given the thumbs up by a range of kids aged 3-10.

The thought of having to flee a war zone with your family would have to rate as one of the most terrifying hypotheticals the anxious mind plays out while watching the news or during a bout of insomnia. Yet twelve years ago, Jeremy and Jessica Courtney did the exact opposite...

Brumm is the first piece I've created as both a designer and a producer. I wanted to start this new phase of my life with a toy, and specifically with a car, because it reminded me of the forms and passions of 1980s motorsports

Having children really made us want to change the way we worked and develop something that was our very own. More specifically, we wanted to create something for our own homes that didn't exist already.

There are natural dyes all around the home. Beets! Coffee! Cabbage! The coolest part of this crafty experiment is to see what colours come from what ingredients after they're thrown in a pot.

My Dad has a great sense of humour and rarely acts his age (he’s 63). He loves football, which is something neither my brother nor I have taken to our hearts. Possibly due to being dragged along to watch him play...

A few months before my partner's mum Joan turned seventy, she'd been asking questions about the internet. "So, you can really talk to your relatives overseas instantly for nothing?" Or, "You can really see pictures of how fat your school friends got?"

I went to school for painting and drawing, and focused exclusively on fine art pursuits until my first son was born almost ten years ago. While I continued drawing and painting and showing my work, I became interested in the idea of integrating my lifelong love of sewing and toys.