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A life with too many doors (opens the original)
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The missing years (opens the original)
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Why men don't talk (opens the original)
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From a young age, men are socialised to see emotional intimacy as a liability. Don’t dwell. Don’t show it. Get on with it. Most men carry that their whole life without ever challenging it.But what happens when the mask stops working?My guest is , who runs men’s groups and co-created a writing collection on fatherhood and vulnerability. He’s run 17 groups so far, across different countries, ages and backgrounds.I wanted to understand where the mask comes from in the first p
Empire at the dinner table (opens the original)
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A whiff of awkwardness (opens the original)
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I signed up for a short story competition.500 words. A genre, an action and an object.Small stakes on paper, bigger stakes in my head, because I’ve been circling the idea of a novel for years without starting one.Round one is written. It’s not in the culture crunch’s usual register. It’s a story about a boy, a girl, a cinema and an arm that won’t cooperate.Curious what you make of it.Subscribe nowThe movie had been running for twenty-three min
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