How My War Came Home

Modern Love Essayists Write Letters to Their Younger Selves

We asked essayists to write a letter to the person they were when they published their Modern Love essay. Here’s what they shared.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 11

My love letter to Oxford

Graduate and model Grace Clover swaps subfusc for second-hand, as she takes us on a tour of her alma mater

Business - Financial Times - October 18

My Manifesto for Despairing Democrats

Here’s how to be a watchdog, not a lap dog, for the next four tumultuous years, while holding on to your sanity.

Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday

Dining across the divide: ‘I think his opposition to child benefit came partly from a place where he doesn’t have any kids’

They differed on support for those with children – would they agree on experts, immigration or Brexit?. Jonjo, 30, Lincolnshire . Occupation PR consultant Continue reading...

World - The Guardian - October 31

The Other War for These Gazans Is Against Cancer

The small number of cancer patients from Gaza who are receiving care in Jordan’s capital, Amman, bear burdens beyond those of illness — deep feelings of guilt, along with fear and homesickness.

World - The New York Times - October 26

‘All the evil’: doctors in the line of fire in world’s forgotten war

Sudan’s brutal civil war is taking a devastating toll on the country’s health facilities

Business - Financial Times - October 30

Hospitals in firing line of forgotten war

Sudan’s brutal civil war is taking a devastating toll on the country’s health facilities

World - Financial Times - October 30

Star Wars memorabilia auction raises £177k

One man sold his entire collection to pay for his upcoming wedding, an auction house says.

Google is winning the AI search wars

But rival products from Apple and OpenAI will continue to attract users

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Can I transfer my property to my son to reduce tax liabilities?

I own a second home in Cornwall and spend a few weeks there every year

World - Financial Times - October 16

Adopting as a single mum in my 40s changed my life

The number of people adopting in Wales is falling, according to the latest figures.

The boom in home schooling

Parents and children unhappy with traditional education are turning to online alternatives after the pandemic opened the door to new ways of learning

World - Financial Times - October 15

My Venice, by Diane von Furstenberg

The designer, philanthropist and resident of La Serenissima shares her favourite places to eat, shop and visit

World - Financial Times - October 14

David Olusoga: ‘My loyalty is to history’

The historian on reimagining the Black British experience, being shot at from both sides in the culture wars and how to ‘de-weaponise the past’

Business - Financial Times - October 18

My Body Doesn’t Belong to You

In this essay from 2017, a young woman offers powerful testimony about the damaging effects of men’s possessiveness over women’s bodies.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 19

'My daughter's killer's trial was unbearable'

The mother of a woman who was repeatedly raped until she died said she is glad he has faced justice.

Mum's 'nightmare' after deaths of son and daughter just months apart

Ten years on from the end of British combat operations in Afghanistan, a mother tells of her loss.

Melania Trump: My husband is 'not Hitler'

Former first lady Melania Trump said her husband is “not Hitler” in a Fox News interview Tuesday morning. “He’s not Hitler, and all of his supporters, [they’re] standing behind him because they ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Angel Reese: My $73,000 WNBA salary can't cover my bills—'I'm living beyond my means'

Chicago Sky All-Star rookie Angel Reese, 22, relies on endorsements to pay rent and get by, rather than her WNBA salary: That can't even "pay my car note."

Business - CNBC - October 21

My partner isn’t meeting my sexual needs – and he’s rejecting my attempts to spice things up

We love each other and have recently navigated a serious family crisis. But I am starting to think he just isn’t very sexually attracted to me. My partner (46, male) and I (39, female) have been ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

China Holds War Games Encircling Taiwan in Warning to Island’s Leader

Scores of Chinese aircraft and dozens of ships surrounded Taiwan, after President Lai Ching-te rejected Beijing’s claim over the island.

World - The New York Times - October 14

Donald Trump’s unimpeded path to trade war

Neither Congress nor the courts would be likely to stop him raising tariffs across the board