Fertility
Eco warriors are driving themselves to extinction
It wasn’t that long ago when the fashionable gathering place for young couples was a meeting of the National Childbirth…
Why is the NHS pushing pregnant women towards sterilisation?
It was a routine antenatal appointment. I’d done it twice before and knew the format. The obstetrician runs through the…
The global fertility crisis is worse than you think
For anyone tempted to try to predict humanity’s future, Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book The Population Bomb is a cautionary tale.…
The stuff of nightmares: Retrievals podcast reviewed
It is the stuff of nightmares, or a queasily dystopian film plot. A woman is undergoing a surgical procedure in…
Letters: Jeremy Clarke was an example to us all
Goodbye, Jeremy Each week I opened The Spectator at Low Life in part to read that brilliant column and, more…
Modernity is making you sterile
Cassava is a woody shrub native to South America. For people living in drought-prone tropical regions, it is a godsend:…
Our long, vulnerable childhoods may be the key to our success
Could our long journey to adulthood actually be the key to our success, wonders Sam Leith
Will Italy's Euro win lead to a baby boom?
Could Italy’s triumph on Sunday result not just in a trophy for the azzuri, but a baby boom for a…
The Inheritance isn’t theatre — it’s mesmerically boring TV
Stories by Nina Raine is a bun-in-the-oven comedy with a complex back narrative. Anna, in her mid-thirties, had a boyfriend…
Commitment-phobic men are the real reason women are having children later
We are becoming a nation of older mothers. The average age at which a woman has her first child is…
Would you let parents destroy ‘gay’ embryos?
Because I’d like to have a child, and I’m getting on a bit, my husband and I have spent time…
A secret sperm donor service in post-first world war London
The strange tale of how 500 women were helped to conceive after the first world war
