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Boys at bootcamp: two sides of American masculinity

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Boys at bootcamp: two sides of American masculinity
Orlando Whitfield
The secrets of my father’s treasure box

Thu 8 Jan 2026

The secrets of my father’s treasure box
Emma Freud
The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s begonia

Fri 2 Jan 2026

The strange tale of Sigmund Freud’s begonia
Victoria Richards
What happens when you discover your boyfriend is dating someone else?

Fri 17 Oct 2025

What happens when you discover your boyfriend is dating someone else?
Jonny Donahoe
From here to paternity: facing up to fatherhood

Fri 29 Aug 2025

From here to paternity: facing up to fatherhood
Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin
The hole truth: my gender dysphoria and mysterious phobia

Fri 22 Aug 2025

The hole truth: my gender dysphoria and mysterious phobia
Amanda Quaid
‘My sexual recovery after cancer’

Fri 8 Aug 2025

‘My sexual recovery after cancer’
David Challen
‘The torment that drove my mother to kill my father’

Thu 31 Jul 2025

‘The torment that drove my mother to kill my father’
Luke Turner
‘Model trains are my meditation’

Fri 18 Jul 2025

‘Model trains are my meditation’
William Rayfet Hunter
Dream bears and desires: a moment that changed my life

Fri 27 Jun 2025

Dream bears and desires: a moment that changed my life
Grace Spence Green
‘This is what happened to me’: Grace Spence Green answers nosy questions on her spinal injury

Sun 22 Jun 2025

‘This is what happened to me’: Grace Spence Green answers nosy questions on her spinal injury
Gareth Southgate
Gareth Southgate on the importance of male mentorship

Sat 14 Jun 2025

Gareth Southgate on the importance of male mentorship
David Whitehouse
David Whitehouse on loss – and a vanishing woman

Sat 7 Jun 2025

David Whitehouse on loss – and a vanishing woman
Emily H Wilson
I knew the axe we’d found was old ... but that old?

Sat 31 May 2025

I knew the axe we’d found was old ... but that old?
Holly Dawson
‘Without memory and words, what is left?’

Fri 30 May 2025

‘Without memory and words, what is left?’
Jeremy Atherton Lin
Jeremy Atherton Lin: the gayest love story ever told

Sat 24 May 2025

Jeremy Atherton Lin: the gayest love story ever told
Binnie Klein
I found out my older lover was cheating... from his therapist

Sat 17 May 2025

I found out my older lover was cheating... from his therapist
Laurie Penny
‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’

Sat 10 May 2025

‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’
Amy Key
I was propositioned by my electrician. But why?

Sun 4 May 2025

I was propositioned by my electrician. But why?

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