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Sam Delaney
Sam Delaney
Sam Delaney is a writer and broadcaster from London. His latest book, Sort Your Head Out - Mental Health Without All The Bollocks (Constable), is out now in paperback. You can read more of his stuff and listen to his weekly podcast on his Substack (sambdelaney.substack.com)
The existential agony of being a parent
Black and white illustration of a jigsaw adult giving a piece of his jigsaw to a child
Sam Delaney

The existential agony of being a parent

Travelling with kids, in-flight tensions and the joy of taking the middle way
The wing of an aeroplane
Sam Delaney

Travelling with kids, in-flight tensions and the joy of taking the middle way

I never used to believe in ghosts. Until I visited a haunted house
A haunted house in a graveyard with a full moon
Sam Delaney

I never used to believe in ghosts. Until I visited a haunted house

Labour MP Chris Bryant felt 'ashamed' to be part of parliament when Boris Johnson was PM
Chris Bryant MP
Interview

Labour MP Chris Bryant felt 'ashamed' to be part of parliament when Boris Johnson was PM

Arsenal 'starboy' Bukayo Saka on playing football, beating trolls and offering a hand up
Bukayo Saka in a white t-shirt, hands clasped together
Interview

Arsenal 'starboy' Bukayo Saka on playing football, beating trolls and offering a hand up

GCSE results day: Won't someone think of the parents?
The phrase Everything is going to be Okay typed on a piece of paper
Sam Delaney

GCSE results day: Won't someone think of the parents?

Animal Kwackers and the affirming power of great TV
Animal Kwackers group
Sam Delaney

Animal Kwackers and the affirming power of great TV

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers
Chuck D in black and white
Interview

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers

'Mindfulness is difficult. Exercise is exhausting. But anyone can go for a stroll through some trees'
A forest
Sam Delaney

'Mindfulness is difficult. Exercise is exhausting. But anyone can go for a stroll through some trees'

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other
Former lead singer of The Bangles Susanna Hoffs in a pink shirt and suit jacket
Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other

Barrel Children: The kids left behind by Windrush
Four children at a train station
Sam Delaney

Barrel Children: The kids left behind by Windrush

It takes a lot of hard work to realise how stupid hard work is
Image for Sam Delaney column of a scrambled brain
Sam Delaney

It takes a lot of hard work to realise how stupid hard work is