Clare Conway

4 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Clare Conway

It's hard to look back on the year I almost lost my unborn baby. I've felt a mixture of things - anger, relief and, honestly, embarrassment that I was being overly dramatic all along. I look at my chubby, scowling daughter now - her gap-toothed smile, the way she clings to me like I'm the last chance she has for survival, always demanding, "Up, up, up," into my arms - and I think I've got to put it all behind me. It worked out.

Nov 28, 2024 | thetimes.com | Clare Conway

When I read that almost one in three parents don’t take their young kids on holiday with them (according to a survey by the travel association Abta), I was aghast. So few! I tried going on holiday with our son once, when he was one and a half. We’d flown to Italy to an all-inclusive resort in Sicily. All the elements were there: olive groves, a warm breeze, freshly made pasta served at tables on the terrazza overlooking the glinting sea.

Apr 9, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Clare Conway

It started as a gift idea for my mum’s 62nd birthday. The two of us would do a half-marathon together. Surprise! She’d always claimed, wistfully, that she wished she had tried long-distance running. Madrid’s official half-marathon was offering race entry for €40 a head. A run and a mini-break: what could be nicer? Then the rest of my family caught wind of it and soon they’d all signed up too.

Feb 4, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Clare Conway

Katja Faber’s eldest child, Alex Morgan, 23, was killed by a man who was meant to be his friend. And, she says, “for the longest time” the only thing she could feel was hurt. “I was so traumatised, so in shock.” Alex had recently finished university in London. He had started his first job, working in commercial property, and wasn’t enjoying it. Typical, she had said, laughing. He was tousle-haired, handsome, multilingual, impulsive, played guitar in a band. He wanted to do something with music.