childlessness

Where have all the children gone? A demographic winter sweeps the world

17 October 2026 9:00 am

Decreased fertility, housing shortages and prohibitive childcare costs are all contributing to an ‘extraordinary wave’ of childlessness unrivalled since the Black Death

The ordeal of sitting for my father Lucian Freud

8 June 2024 9:00 am

Rose Boyt describes posing naked over many nights – supplied with purple hearts by Freud to keep her awake – and her shock on finally seeing the result

A whale of a problem

8 July 2023 9:00 am

Restoring the painting ‘View of Scheveningen Sands’, an art conservationist uncovers a vital detail, leading her to regret the pact she once made with her husband