Living

Mothers and daughters share many things. But this news story in The Daily Telegraph about a mother and daughter about to undertake a radical new fertility surgery together takes the relationship into uncharted—some might even say miraculous—territory.

It can’t have been a very fun weekend at Tracy Morgan’s house. The comedian and 30 Rock star is being taken to task for a series of extreme jokes he made about gays and lesbians during a recent standup show in Nashville. Overnight he’s gone from a goofball comedian to a representative of the perils of hate speech—it’s not an enviable transformation.

Stacy Morrison put aside her feelings when she quit her high-flying job to care for her dying mother, despite their turbulent relationship. Six months later, an undiscovered letter helped the former editor-in-chief of Redbook magazine come to terms with a troubled family legacy

The author of the runaway bestseller One Day, which hits the big screen this summer, starring Anne Hathaway, talks to us about life, writing and sentimentality

But should teenagers be shown graphic images of abortion as a means of informing them about the reality of the procedure? That’s the question more and more school boards may have to ask themselves as some anti-abortion groups set up shop near high schools in Canada (currently some groups employ this tactic on university campuses).