Archive - Trying with Emma Barnett

Trying…to build a life without children

Guest post by Caroline Stafford

Aug 27, 2022 •

Trying...to write while things are going wrong

A couple of weeks ago I interviewed the actor, writer and comedian Miranda Hart.

Oct 19, 2024 •

Trying...to tell you something

At the start of the year, I made a decision.

Sep 24, 2022 •

Trying…not to be a soft girl

Sweden’s new soft girl trend - which celebrates often young women without kids quitting work - makes me feel queasy.

Feb 5 •

Trying to…sip selfhood

What would you go and do if somebody suddenly interrupted your working day and said: “Go.

Dec 13, 2024 •

Trying...to return

Greetings to you still here.

Jul 20, 2024 •

Trying…to make the invisible, visible

I am writing this through pain.

Nov 19, 2024 •

When are side effects of medication unacceptable?

Trying to...figure out the line. Often alone.

Mar 19 •

Trying…to write what you are writing

The woman who just won the prestigious Booker Prize nearly didn’t.

Nov 26, 2024 •

Trying...to colour in the UK

Telling you the story of one of my biggest and newest endeavours

Feb 14 •

Trying.... to bite my tongue

Someone I love, who should know a whole lot better, said one of those things recently you don't say to a woman trying for a baby with medical…

Jul 2, 2022 •

Trying...to find the words

This week I have interviewed three women on Woman's Hour, whose words have stopped people in their tracks and rightly so.

Oct 8, 2022 •

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