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Mama Said: It's suncream season. Cue the stress
Mama Said: It's suncream season. Cue the stress
18 May 2022
The sun’s out, but don’t get too excited. It just means we have to “suncream the children” writes Emily Martin
Real Life: Frontline doctor shares her Covid story
Real Life: Frontline doctor shares her Covid story
19 April 2022
Ahead of her appearance at Cambridge Literary Festival to discuss her Covid memoir, Everything is True, Roopa Farooki talks to Velvet’s Lisa Millard
Mama Said: How do I explain about Ukraine?
Mama Said: How do I explain about Ukraine?
10 April 2022
In her latest column for Velvet, mum-of-two Emily Martin wonders how - and indeed if - she should explain the war in Ukraine to her children
Real Life: 'Why I walked Britain's coastline'
Real Life: 'Why I walked Britain's coastline'
02 April 2022
Cambridge dad Chris Howard has just completed an epic 11,100-mile charity walk of Britain’s coastline, as he tells Louise Cummings
Mama Said: Plans for today? Watch Encanto
Mama Said: Plans for today? Watch Encanto
27 March 2022
If you’re looking for us, we’re probably watching Disney’s Encanto, writes Emily Martin
People: Wise words for International Women’s Day
People: Wise words for International Women’s Day
08 March 2022
To mark International Women's Day, Velvet’s Riadh Falvo asks trailblazing women in our own community to share their words of wisdom
Real Life: "How I set my inner goddess free"
Real Life: "How I set my inner goddess free"
04 March 2022
This time two years ago, Mel Kilbey felt “utterly broken”. Determined to mend herself, the Red Lodge single mum has now been on a journey of healing
Food: Help Cambridge City Foodbank fight poverty
Food: Help Cambridge City Foodbank fight poverty
16 February 2022
Three emergency food parcels are given out every minute in the UK. Velvet talks to Margaret Saner, CEO of Cambridge City Foodbank
Art: The Cambridge artist painting love stories
Art: The Cambridge artist painting love stories
12 February 2022
Riadh Falvo discovers the work of Federica Marinaro, a Cambridge-based artist whose paintings capture real-life romance
Mama Said: Why children + manners = a minefield
Mama Said: Why children + manners = a minefield
01 February 2022
When it comes to children having good manners, everyone has a deal breaker, writes Emily Martin
Real Life: How to manage an anxious mind
Real Life: How to manage an anxious mind
27 January 2022
Hailed as “raw, intense and absorbing” by Matt Haig, Lauren Brown’s new memoir, Hands, charts her battle with compulsive skin-picking disorder
Real Life: From shooting guns to photographs
Real Life: From shooting guns to photographs
20 January 2022
Life has been anything but ordinary for Nigel Wallace: he’s represented team GB, battled back from cancer and is now an acclaimed dog photographer
Real Life: The future's bright after breast cancer
Real Life: The future's bright after breast cancer
05 January 2022
Diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer at 35, Cambridge mum Ida Zamzad faced a gruelling battle. But today she feels ‘stronger than ever’
Mama Said: Why this generation is the toughest yet
Mama Said: Why this generation is the toughest yet
04 January 2022
The pandemic has taught children that life is basically fire-fighting, and maybe that’s a good thing, writes Emily Martin
Mama Said: How do you make Christmas perfect?
Mama Said: How do you make Christmas perfect?
24 December 2021
How *do* you make Christmas perfect? Emily Martin has an idea
Mama Said: Happy Hallowe'en. But don't come round
Mama Said: Happy Hallowe'en. But don't come round
25 October 2021
What are you scared of? Emily Martin delves into her children’s deepest fears
Mama Said: Kids love sleepovers. Parents don't
Mama Said: Kids love sleepovers. Parents don't
31 August 2021
Were you a 'Hyper' or a 'Sleeper'? Emily Martin’s daughter has reached the age of the sleepover and she's having flashbacks
Sponsored: Problem pet? Call Wood Green
Sponsored: Problem pet? Call Wood Green
26 August 2021
Why Wood Green is pet owners’ first port of call
Mama Said: Is the funfair really. . . fun?
Mama Said: Is the funfair really. . . fun?
31 July 2021
Emily Martin took her children to the fair for four minutes and spent £10
Awards: Meet county's Business Person of the Year
Awards: Meet county's Business Person of the Year
24 July 2021
With the 2021 National Business Women’s Awards open for entries, Velvet meets inspirational Cambridge entrepreneur Faye Holland