Dr Peter Goadsby’s pioneering work has changed our understanding of migraines. Eva Wiseman, who has endured them since she was a child, hears how he found his way to the source of the pain – and what can be done about itI started yawning, and that was …
New measures on freezing eggs leave women in the cold | Eva Wiseman
Why the government’s latest egg-freezing extension is cold comfort for womenThis morning, for the second time this week, I heard the phrase “drops off a cliff” during a discussion about fertility. The second time this week. Through my life, of course, …
Miriam Margolyes: ‘Writing my memoir was terrifying. It’s quite revealing’
Gleefully outspoken and bursting with hilarious anecdotes, Miriam Margolyes is gloriously larger than life. As her memoir is published, she tells Eva Wiseman about settling scores, her one regret and why for her nothing is tabooMoney and sex and religi…
Jack O’Connell: ‘Eventually the wheels come off, everything explodes’
Actor Jack O’Connell is known for going to physical extremes to show the vulnerability of violent men. But what does masculinity really mean to him?Are you here to see man?” asks a Spanish waiter as I walk through the café garden, and points towards th…
Paloma Faith: ‘If anyone can do it, it’s me’
Despite the balancing act – home schooling, a second baby, a fifth album and a nationwide tour – Paloma Faith always comes out fighting… and full of storiesHere’s a nice little exclusive for you,” Paloma Faith leans into my voice recorder generously, g…
Property fantasies are quickly ruined by reality | Eva Wiseman
Allowing yourself to daydream about the perfect home is one thing, but the romance is spoiled as soon as you open the door on to real worldMy friend is trying to buy a flat in Bristol, and each time he sends me a link with a little question mark, I get…
Anti-vaxxers using pro-choice slogans make me so angry | Eva Wiseman
Slinging around phrases about body autonomy belittles the pro-choice debate and overlooks issues surrounding pregnancy and fertilityI am not an angry person, I get headaches instead. Rage is swallowed like a meatball and spreads fattily around my body,…
It’s too hot for sleep, or anything except restless thoughts… | Eva Wiseman
Cardboard beds, norovirus, stinking wheely bins… summer’s heat brings agitated nightsIt’s late at night on the hottest week of the year and the air is made of meat. I am lying in the dark thinking about the Olympians’ cardboard beds. A runner posted pi…