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‘I feel like I’m having a heart attack’ – The menopause and anxiety symptoms

WHAT IS LOVE? SCIENCE HAS THE ANSWER

‘My mum lied about everything’

Memories of Jerusalem

How to Stay Safe When Solo Hiking

The Soviet Union, America and Me

World Mental Health Day: Kerry Fisher and Pat Showa share their story

The Farmed

An exclusive from Florence Ọlájídé.

Exclusive Reveal: Windward Family by Alexis Keir

Thread to publish mental resilience guide by James Elliott

A neuroscientist’s guide to controlling your emotions

What Is It Like to Live on a Farm?

A new chilling true crime book from New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen is coming…

Gregg Olsen’s Starvation Heights, the chilling true story of the doctor who starved her patients to death to be published by Thread on 19th January 2023.

10 reasons why my dad is BRILLIANT

Zeena Moolla’s thank you to her single-parent dad.

The crime that shook a nation

Ellen J. Green recounts the story behind the first ever recorded mass shooting in American history.

Play with your tween to help with challenging behaviour

Clinical psychotherapist Joanna Fortune outlines the importance of playing with your tweens.

The Appalachian Trail vs The South West Coast Path

Gail Muller takes us behind the scenes on her journey through the wild outdoors.

#PitchThread

We’re super excited to be launching our first-ever Twitter event where non-fiction writers can pitch their ideas directly to the Thread editorial team.

Coconut Exclusive Extract

An Exclusive Extract of Coconut by Florence Ọlájídé. Read the first four chapters for free.

Objects that speak a thousand words

‘Why am I not white?’ Nan came and sat on the edge of my bed. A tender finger brushed against my cheek. ‘Everyone in this house is white. Why am I Black?’

My Memories of Movement by Florence Ọlájídé

As the Nigerian civil war drew to a close, my parents stopped home-schooling me and sent me to the local primary school…

Mama Yaba by Florence Ọlájídém

It was time to pay another visit to my neurotic great aunt, Mama Yaba, and for some unfathomable reason, Mum wanted me to take my youngest sister, Idowu with me…

Adventures on the Road

School holidays created an opportunity to travel to my dad’s home-town Ijebu-ode, the capital of Ijebu land, an area north east of Lagos.

An Ode To Fathers

In celebration of the incredible role that fathers play, we wanted to share an excerpt from Everything I’ve Learned About Motherhood (From My Single-Parent Dad) from our author Zeena Moolla.

Why I wrote How To Be A Boss At Ageing

Anniki Sommerville, co-founder of the popular podcast The Hotbed, talks about why she wrote How To Be A Boss At Ageing and embracing midlife. 

Eight gift ideas way more meaningful than bath salts to give a mum on Mother’s Day

Want to show a mum some love? Well, step away from that last- in-the-bucket bouquet and hastily bought box of Black Magic…

Hi! I’m Zeena

In the previous blog post, I introduced you to my amazing Dad.  Now I’m introducing myself.

Meet My Dad by Zeena Moolla

Hi there, I’m Zeena Moolla, author of Everything I’ve Learned About Motherhood (From My Single-Parent Dad) and in this blog post I wanted to introduce you to my amazing Dad.

Why the F*ck Can’t We Change?

In her new groundbreaking bestseller Why the F*ck Can’t I Change, Dr Gabija Toleikyte shows how you can banish bad habits for good and transform your life. Read an exclusive extract here.

The Science of Kindness

I want to briefly draw your attention to the science of kindness. It’s important for you to know at the outset that all the suggestions in my book 100 Ways To Be Kind are not anecdotal but backed up by solid research.

What Is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is the practice of showing humanity towards each other. It is an African tribal practice that upholds that all people are inherently good, but we can all make mistakes and poor judgements in our lives.

What to Expect From 15-Minute Parenting: The Teenage Years

As you read through this book, I invite you to hold in mind that play is not a box of toys, nor is it even a sequence of activities. Play is a state of mind and a way of being. In order to playfully connect with your teenager, you must be playful within yourself.

Why I wrote the Power of Us, by David Price

It’s hard to be optimistic when times are so tough. But I hope that The Power of Us reminds us – and those who lead us – that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things when they work together to make the world a better place in which to live.

A New Way of Living

Often the simplest solutions are the best ones. Kindness is the simple and scientifically proven remedy that you and everyone on the planet urgently need to administer right now.

Are You Highly Sensitive?

Sometimes it can help to know where you are on the sensitivity spectrum. Theresa Cheung has created a self-help tool: a sensitivity scale that you can use as a gauge, or that you can use for someone you know to help them understand themselves better.

15-Minute Parenting: Building Empathy

When something is fun it becomes appealing and that gives young children a positive association with it. Here are some ways that you can build empathy-teaching moments into your parenting.

Parenting Tools: Active Listening

Active listening is, without doubt, one of the most beneficial and effective parenting tools you can have. Take an effective listening quiz and reflect on how your answers make you feel.

Your Organic Kitchen Larder

A ‘starter kit’ list of ingredients that are known to have positive health benefits and are used extensively in the recipes included in Cooking for Your Genes