Losing hope
At seven year old, Andrew Bridge was taken from his mentally ill mother and sent to a notorious children's home in Los Angeles. This is his story of survival
In toy land, is there nothing about the sea that’s macho enough for boys to identify with apart from pirates?
Zoe Williams: T and I made our first substantial toy outlay this week, on some squirting pirates
Spell bound
When the Great Depression left architect Alfred Butts out of work, he scrabbled around for something to do - and came up with a game that is still a winner, 60 years on. And yet it nearly didn't see the light of day... Oliver Burkeman reports
Family Forum
My son is turning into a gaming addict
The Well Baby Clinic is aptly named. If there’s anything wrong with your child they can’t do a thing to help
Zoe Williams: These clinics don't really do anything apart from make babies cry by taking all their clothes off and putting them in grocer's scales
‘I was never about boo hoo hoo’
Dave Pelzer, who single-handedly launched the 'misery lit' genre with his horrific memoir of childhood abuse, is now publishing his fourth self-help book. In it, he insists that happiness is all about 'moving on'. So why does he continue to obsessively trawl through his own past? Decca Aitkenhead meets him
Something was obviously wrong
Sally Hurst lost her leg to cancer at the age of 27, and is suing her GP for failing to spot it sooner. Bob Chaundy discovers the traumas she faced
“Baby-thrift won’t scar them for life”
Tricia Murphy didn't want to spend her entire pregnancy feathering the nest - but now, with the big day in sight, she needs to get hold of the basics quickly. Can she do it without breaking her baby bank?
Saving Sabine
French movie star Sandrine Bonnaire tells Edward Marriott why she has made a film about life with her autistic sister
Debt destroyed my family
In the 90s, Samantha Downes's parents bought an inn. All went well at first, but the economic downturn led to financial struggle - which ended in tragedy