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On roundabouts

On school mornings, school runs and needing to breathe again.

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Dec 2025

Bali

On sex, pregnancy, children and wanting.

By Lai Yin

/ 7 Dec 2025

On marriage

Marriage is a really, really bad idea. Separation has been in the air we breathe since the beginning.

By Lai Yin

/ 1 Dec 2025

On childbirth

I had just given birth when her little sister followed.

By Lai Yin

/ 30 Nov 2025

On c-section

Years after our daughters were born, I was still chasing a son. Conception wasn’t instant like it was with our daughters.

By Lai Yin

/ 24 Nov 2025

Why would a man want to be placed?

A man doesn’t resist direction. He recognises it as freedom and devotion. The highest form of power.

By Lai Yin

/ 23 Nov 2025

On phở

On broth and heat, raw meat and raw nerves.

By Lai Yin

/ 19 Nov 2025

London

On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.

By Lai Yin

/ 16 Nov 2025

Verona

On summer innocence, ice cream, first love, condoms and heartbreak.

By Lai Yin

/ 14 Nov 2025

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/ 11 Nov 2025

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/ 11 Nov 2025

On my father

He ruled the wok and the pot. He cooked tong from scratch with rice fluffy and hot and sweet. He pulled me out of abuse and hospitals and brought me home when I was lost.

By Lai Yin

/ 9 Nov 2025