Outward affection wasn’t part of my culture growing up. I have made a different decision as a mother
In western cultures parental affection is usually overt, but growing up in a Chinese-Australian household you learn love is not always expressed in words
When you’re childless not by choice, Mother’s Day can be a painful reminder of profound loss
Sian Prior
When other women are being feted by their progeny, no amount of positive psychology can override the sense of loss I feel
This Mother’s Day, I’m choosing my friends instead
Trying to avoid Mother’s Day is like trying to avoid air. I was desperate to find a way to coexist among those who were able to celebrate their mothers
March 2022
Brief letters
Mom or Mum? The mother of all names
What did my kids give me for Mother’s Day? A brief break in hostilities
Zoe Williams
A year without Sarah: memory, loss and the pain of Mother’s Day emails
The Simone Lia cartoon
Simone Lia: For all my mothers – cartoon
From Marge Simpson to Susan Kennedy: TV’s best mums!
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
Poached eggs and strawberry spritz: Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for Mother’s Day brunch
Kitchen aide
Mother’s Day brunches that even a teenager can make
Duty Free review – mother-love doc is a heartwarming dose of grit and sass
Blooming great: how to buy flowers for Mother’s Day – or just for a treat
May 2021
If Mother’s Day brings out conflicted feelings in you, it’s OK. You’re not alone
Rebecca Solnit
Mother’s Day’s origins are in activism. Today’s saccharine version is suffocating
Jennifer Zeven
April 2021
Need a Mother’s Day gift? Why not a vibrator necklace or yacht trip, says Goop
Annual gift guide includes luxury items that would seem beyond the means of most struggling in a pandemic-hit economy
March 2021
The Simone Lia cartoon
Simone Lia: Like mother, like daughter – cartoon
My grandmother was passionate about dust…
Quarter of English families plan to break Covid rules for a Mother's Day visit
After a year of restrictions, many parents feel it’s worth bending rules to take children to see their grandmothers, though most will only do so outdoors
Fiona Beckett on drinks
Mother's Day wines to lift the spirits
What makes a wine ‘lush’? Smoothness, richness, a certain type of grape? Here’s a pick of quaffable tipples for Mother’s Day
