Kate Adie

Trying to be as positive as he could about it, he said to me, 'I have to tell you, Kate read more

Trying to be as positive as he could about it, he said to me, 'I have to tell you, Kate – it was a Harrods bag'.

Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being read more

Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen.

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a read more

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, read more

[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.

Somewhere in the twentieth century we stopped regarding children as property and started seeing them as people.

Somewhere in the twentieth century we stopped regarding children as property and started seeing them as people.