Helping men enjoy fatherhood, not just survive it.
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5 books to read before you become a dad
When my partner Jessie was pregnant, the reading pile by her side of the bed grew and grew. Non-fiction, memoirs, short story collections, poetry – all about the transformation she was undergoing, all offering solidarity, insight or just so...
How to eat out with a toddler
The calm before the storm
It was our dream pub. Wood panelled walls. Comfortable, sturdy stools. Tall windows gorging on sunlight. Everything – the vibe, the fellow drinkers, the beer selection and reassuringly terse cocktail list – in tha...
No, we don’t need the ‘Trad Dad’ back
This week I saw a clip resurface of Bill Maher, the American comedian, talking about ‘Trad Dads’. It gets reshared regularly by feeds with names like The Alpha Mind or GROWTH – and more mystifyingly to me, parent advice channels.
“The tra...
Buying a Katie Taylor hat for my daughter
On a trip to Dublin to watch the GOAT of women’s boxing bow out, I wondered: can we pass our heroes onto our children?
The last person to turn Croke Park into a boxing ring was Muhammad Ali. The home of the Gaelic games welcomed the Greate...
5 picture books you can read 100 times and not hate (part 2)
Villagers fighting wasps, an intrepid mouse and a phone-addicted father fill the pages of this month’s kids’ book recommendations
Is there a better feeling on this earth than your toddler picking up a picture book, crawling over to you and...
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Author of Good Anger (Bloomsbury, 2025). Writing here about fatherhood.
internationally bestselling author of books including Hark, How Women Listen; and Why Women Grow: Stories of Soil Sisterhood. I write savour, a newsletter about writing, motherhood and the delicious things in life.
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