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Emma Barnett

Emma Barnett presents BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour and BBC Two’s Newsnight. She writes a monthly column for i

Article thumbnail: Resigning has such a tired and sad air about it. But quitting? That sounds vibrant and fizzy (Photo: Anchalee Phanmaha/ Getty Images)
Emma Barnett

We're learning how to quit – let's celebrate it

Decided to quit? Own that with a party 

Emma Barnett

I had the coil fitted and didn’t recognise the woman I became

Emma Barnett

How to find happiness in your life – right now

Article thumbnail: Pregnant businesswoman using tablet PC. Female professional is standing at desk. She is in brightly lit office.
Emma Barnett

A grieving father wants to awake people to gun violence. He wants you to imagine how it feels

Emma Barnett

A reliable, informative companion: Happy 100th birthday radio, my dear old friend

Article thumbnail: Merry Varney from Leigh Day, lawyer for the family of Molly Russell, during a press conference in Barnet, north London, after the inquest into the death of schoolgirl Molly Russell. Coroner Andrew Walker has concluded that schoolgirl Molly Russell died after suffering from "negative effects of online content" and that online material viewed by the 14-year-old on sites such as Instagram and Pinterest "was not safe" and "shouldn't have been available for a child to see". Picture date: Friday September 30, 2022. PA Photo. The 14-year-old from Harrow, north-west London, viewed an extensive volume of material on social media, including some linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide, before ending her life in November 2017. See PA story INQUEST Russell. Photo credit should read: Joshua Bratt/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Merry Varney from Leigh Day, lawyer for the family of Molly Russell, during a press conference in Barnet, north London, after the inquest into the death of schoolgirl Molly Russell. Coroner Andrew Walker has concluded that schoolgirl Molly Russell died after suffering from "negative effects of online content" and that online material viewed by the 14-year-old on sites such as Instagram and Pinterest "was not safe" and "shouldn't have been available for a child to see". Picture date: Friday September 30, 2022. PA Photo. The 14-year-old from Harrow, north-west London, viewed an extensive volume of material on social media, including some linked to anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide, before ending her life in November 2017. See PA story INQUEST Russell. Photo credit should read: Joshua Bratt/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary Therese Coffey. In the coming days and weeks we will hear about how things will now be tackled in the NHS (Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire)
Article thumbnail: Deputy Prime Minister and Health Secretary Therese Coffey. In the coming days and weeks we will hear about how things will now be tackled in the NHS (Photo: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire)
Article thumbnail: We want to laugh at ourselves, and with each other, in a bid to bond and find the answers we didn’t know we needed (Photo: Joscha Malburg / EyeEm/ Getty)
Article thumbnail: We want to laugh at ourselves, and with each other, in a bid to bond and find the answers we didn’t know we needed (Photo: Joscha Malburg / EyeEm/ Getty)