‘Reclaiming women’s bodies from shame’: a photographic illumination of ageing
Over 12 months, Ponch Hawkes has shot more than 400 nude women over 50 to fix a pervasive problem: ‘We don’t know what the bodies of older women actually look like’
Kate Humble on walking – and how to improve it: ‘The rhythm is really good for your brain’
The TV presenter thinks our newfound love of walking will persist after lockdown. She talks about hiking around Britain’s coast, the joy of newborn lambs and the true meaning of liberation
Exercise can help prevent cancers, new research finds
Obesity could soon overtake smoking as the main preventable cancer risk
The model who made Instagram apologise: Alexandra Cameron’s best photograph
‘My first picture of Nyome Nicholas-Williams was removed by Instagram. This one was taken as a celebration after it agreed to change its policy’
Pregnant women going for scans alone told they cannot film baby
Exclusive: NHS urged to act after survey finds some women wrongly warned taking photos is illegal
I enjoyed researching the bloody history of childbirth – then I had a baby
My new novel is about a midwife’s daughter in the old American west. The peril pregnant women underwent, then and now, became all too vivid once I became a parent
Tina Turner: ‘When I was in the zone, it was like I was flying’
She was a rock’n’roll powerhouse who electrified audiences worldwide. As Tina Turner releases a guide to happiness, she talks to playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) about how she found the strength to overcome illness, abuse and tragedy
‘Women feel they have no option but to give birth alone’: the rise of freebirthing
As Covid infections rose, hospital felt like an increasingly dangerous place to have a baby. But is labouring without midwives or doctors the answer?
Miscarriage is still taboo – which is why Meghan’s words are so powerful
The mixed reaction to her speaking up proves that there’s a long way to go before women feel comfortable sharing their pain, says women’s health expert Zeynep Gurtin
The lost girls: ‘Chaotic and curious, women with ADHD all have missed red flags that haunt us’
After multiple burnouts, in my early 30s I finally knew why life sometimes felt harder for me. It made perfect sense, so why had no one noticed before?