Adoption

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Books

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

Interrogation of identity has become a literary fixation in recent years, with authors seeking to disentangle their selfhood from the cultural factors that shaped them
These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'

Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver: 'I was always searching for love in the wrong places'
Letter to My Younger Self

Coronation Street legend Sue Cleaver: 'I was always searching for love in the wrong places'

Letters: Starmer and co aren't changemakers – they're change-talkers 
Letters

Letters: Starmer and co aren't changemakers – they're change-talkers 

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'
Adoption

James O'Brien on being adopted and why he hasn't met his birth mum: 'So much of life is luck'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
ballet shoes cast
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nostalgia and the rebirth of British seaside resorts

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Adoption

Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home

Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
adoption/ Vivianne Grant
Adoption

Adoptees share the 'extreme emotional challenge' of meeting birth parents decades after adoption

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes
ohn Lewis Christmas advert: a young girl arriving at her new foster placement.
Marie-Claire Jones

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes

'Adopted identity is often invisible to society, like it’s something to be ashamed of. But it’s something to be proud of'
Anthony Lynch, photo supplied
Anthony Lynch

'Adopted identity is often invisible to society, like it’s something to be ashamed of. But it’s something to be proud of'

'Being adopted doesn’t define who we are – it's just the foundations that hold us up'
John and Nikita, image supplied
Life

'Being adopted doesn’t define who we are – it's just the foundations that hold us up'

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret
illustration of a children's home
Books

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret

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