Lynn Enright

Dublin, London

Contributing Editor at Grazia Magazine (UK)

Journalist (Vogue, ES Mag, Guardian, Irish Times). Contributing editor, Grazia. Author of Vagina: A Re-Education. She/her.

Articles

Abortion Isn't Just 'A Women's Issue'

Jan 17, 2025 | msn.com | Lynn Enright

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Do You Need A Life Coach?

Aug 21, 2024 | thegloss.ie | Lynn Enright

Are you feeling anxious as September approaches and post-summer holiday blues kick in? A back-to-work reset can be front of mind for many at this time of year. Lynn Enright questions if a life or career coach can be helpful to get you out of a work rut … Last year, on social media, I was chatting with a former colleague.
My encounter with Edna O’Brien, the great literary crusader and giant of Irish literature

Jul 30, 2024 | msn.com | Lynn Enright

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My encounter with Edna O'Brien, great literary crusader and giant of Irish literature

Jul 30, 2024 | independent.co.uk | Lynn Enright

By the time I read Edna O’Brien’s debut novel The Country Girls for the first time, I was in my early twenties and it was no longer so shocking. When it was published in 1960, it was banned in Ireland, but not before a priest in Limerick had burned copies after the rosary. The English novelist LP Hartley deemed its protagonists, the teenage Cait and Baba, a pair of “nymphomaniacs”.
Are You Experiencing Brain Fog? Read This (Before You Forget!)

Feb 9, 2024 | thegloss.ie | Lynn Enright

When Lynn Enright started experiencing symptoms of brain fog, she put it down to a number of factors – turning 40, going through IVF, becoming a mother, changing jobs, moving house – but is it possible to reverse the effects or combat the symptoms?
There's Christmas Caring... And There's Compromise

Dec 20, 2023 | thegloss.ie | Lynn Enright

It’s widely acknowledged that Christmas gets earlier and earlier each year, as brands and retailers seek to take advantage of consumers’ propensity to spend big in the run-up to December 25. Christmas Creep, they call it – and it’s a billion-euro strategy. The point at which I say, “I’m done, I can take no more” gets earlier and earlier each year, too. This year, it occurred on December 6, almost three weeks before the big day.
Help, I’m struggling to adjust to parenthood

Oct 14, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Lynn Enright

Every week for the past year I have written this parenting column, interrogating academics, doctors, psychologists and campaigners about how best to bring up a child. I’ve written about brushing teeth and sex education, bullying prevention and pocket money. I’ve considered time spent on electronic screens and parental-leave policies, as well as sibling rivalry and creativity.
How to keep friendships after having children

Oct 7, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Lynn Enright

Recently, I watched my daughter snuggle into the lap of one of my oldest friends as the sun went down behind them. It is beautiful to see their relationship develop, and touching to witness the effort my friend makes with my daughter, singing sweetly to her before entertaining her with fart jokes. My friend doesn’t have a child of her own but she’s very, very good with mine.
Help, my teenager is starting to date

Sep 30, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Lynn Enright

There were many upsetting and disturbing details in the Russell Brand investigation carried out by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, but as a parent I was particularly struck by the words of “Alice”, who was 16 when she started dating a 30-year-old Brand.
Help, I want to discipline my kids without punishment

Sep 23, 2023 | thetimes.co.uk | Lynn Enright

Supernanny, which aired on Channel 4 between 2004 and 2008, was something I, like a lot of millennials, watched long before I actually became a parent. The reality show — which followed Jo Frost, aka Supernanny, as she turned up at weeping, harried British people’s homes to help to discipline their misbehaving children — was presented largely as entertainment.