Tag Archives: Children

The Afghan Children of War

At the time of writing this post, the war in Afghanistan has been going for 11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 5 days. Imagine how many children there have grown up only knowing war? Below are selected photographs — just some of the brilliant work by photojournalists — from the collection published in The Atlantic this week (warning, manyContinue reading “The Afghan Children of War”

Hello baby

I’m not a mother. So for me, talking about pregnancy, babies, motherhood or parenthood in public can sometimes require the skill of a Russian ballet dancer to tip-toe through a mine-field of taboos, out-of-bounds and ‘how would I know’ topics. However, on this one, I’m pretty confident to stride through like a country Victorian full-back.Continue reading “Hello baby”