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The Eva Wiseman column
Eva Wiseman's weekly column for the Observer magazine
28 July 2024
Women’s prisons have served their time. They should be abolished
Eva Wiseman
Prisons are not safe spaces for women – and many of the inmates should not be there in the first place. It’s time for a radical rethink
21 July 2024
Are you giving your kids a 90s summer?
Eva Wiseman
Balls, bikes, possibly boredom. As the summer holidays begin, and nostalgia for the good old days kicks in, it’s worth wondering if it really was better back then
14 July 2024
How much would you pay, honestly, to get back with your ex?
Eva Wiseman
The breakup rehabilitation industry is in high demand but the truth is you can’t force someone to love you again
7 July 2024
Polyamory? Celibacy? Today’s sexual politics reveals much about the way we live
Eva Wiseman
A rise in both seemingly opposing choices adds a layer of confusion to the way we conduct our most intimate lives
30 June 2024
We need more than trompe-l’oeil to fix our housing crisis
Eva Wiseman
Interiors trends are all very well, but this is a horrible time to be a renter
23 June 2024
The schools debate is asking all the wrong questions
Eva Wiseman
Private schools don’t put children first, they put everyone else last
16 June 2024
Falling over will teach you hard truths about life – and teeth
Eva Wiseman
Hitting the ground running has some very painful lessons
9 June 2024
Why is it so hard to book a holiday?
Eva Wiseman
I’m tempted by the ‘Ultimate Mystery Holiday’, if only so I don’t have to make the final decision…
2 June 2024
Why health trackers can push you off the road to wellness
Eva Wiseman
As we know more about our bodies, from wearable tech to data feedback, so our health anxiety increases. So is it better not to know?
26 May 2024
Pillows, playlists and a gentle push… My birth plan was a joke
Eva Wiseman
We all start our journey into motherhood with a Plan A for the birth, but wouldn’t it be helpful if we had a Plan B or C or even D?
19 May 2024
Are you a LAT couple enjoying living apart together?
Eva Wiseman
One couple, two home addresses… it’s certainly tempting
12 May 2024
Compliments – why can’t we just accept them?
Eva Wiseman
Learning to respond to an admiring comment is a skill in itself
5 May 2024
Baby Reindeer and how a compelling TV drama reflects the stalkers in us all
Eva Wiseman
Raised as we now are on social media and true crime, we need to fight the impulse to always find out more
28 April 2024
Shelf life: why are toy shops full of horrors these days?
Eva Wiseman
Pots of slime, pig heads, sexy dolls… we were only looking for a present for my son’s fourth birthday
21 April 2024
Ladybirds are meant to be lucky, but lucky for who?
Eva Wiseman
Fly away home… You can have too much of a good thing
14 April 2024
Sober as I currently am, let’s raise a glass to having a drink
Eva Wiseman
Having a little drink, a toast, a moment of togetherness, has much to recommend it
17 March 2024
Live to 120? I’d rather go for quality not quantity of life …
Eva Wiseman
Staying alive longer is only worth it if the quality of life itself is valuable
10 March 2024
Through a failed immersive experience we glimpse real joy
Eva Wiseman
The latest flop to make the papers was based, loosely, on Roald Dahl’s story about Willy Wonka and his chocolate factory. By Eva Wiseman
3 March 2024
Banning phones in schools is just another ploy to distract us
Eva Wiseman
We need nuance and empathy in addressing this complex issue, writes Eva Wiseman
25 February 2024
Using books as interior design? It’s a trend with a tale
Eva Wiseman
The appeal of bookshelf wealth and its ensuing outrage tells us something uncomfortable about our culture
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