Vicky Spratt

Warning: The following includes descriptions of rape, sexual assault and abuse that some readers may find distressing. In 2010, the comedian Russell Brand

During March, a young woman in her late 20s moved in with a man she had been dating on and off since December. They quickly went from meeting up at the blu

There are gravely serious things happening in the world: Donald Trump’s criminal trial, war in Ukraine, boats of people in the Channel desperately trying

Outdated phrases such as ‘anti-ageing’ and ‘anti-wrinkle’ are slowly but surely being replaced by healthier, more inclusive ideas.

“Thank yourself for showing up today and loving yourself,” said the yoga teacher in the dim, sweaty room where I do hot yoga and try to shut do

“I just don’t feel like I’m contributing anything,” a friend said to me recently in despair. “I want to do more. It’s not just abou

There’s a story we’ve been told about Britain’s falling birth rate. It goes something like this: women are too focused on their careers, having child

“I’m doing everything I am supposed to be doing but there are all these knock-backs,” says 26-year-old mother of one Phillipa over the ph

I have a lot of déjà vu at the moment. This creeping feeling that I’ve had a conversation before. That I’m saying something I’ve already said. I wo

The rental market in England is, to use a technical term, totally and utterly bonkers right now. “There were literally around 60 other people viewing

Former foreign secretary Liz Truss has won the Conservative party’s leadership contest and beat former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race for the top job

The first time I went through a proper break up I was at university. I still had a Nokia phone. It was neither ironic nor a burner; iPhones didn’t exist

What exactly constitutes a scandal in politics these days? Allegedly misleading parliament over what you were up to during the coronavirus lockdowns (Boris

In 2021, it’s safe to say we’re no longer so afraid of growing older. The beauty industry is slowly phasing out the term ‘anti-ageingR

How much do you know about abortion law in Britain? No, really, how much do you know about it? This is a serious question.  Do you know that even thou

Women and people with wombs don’t need studies to tell them there is a gender health gap. They know. They know because, as Refinery29 has reported in our

In 2017, 29-year-old Sophie Bichener made what she describes today as “the biggest mistake” of her life. Did she break up with the love of her life? No

In the summer of 2009, when I was 21, I drove down the M25 at 70 miles per hour, twice, in what I can only describe as my first real rite of adulthood. For