Latest
-
4 Oct 2013: Tim Lott: A book from 1958 has made me realise that children have always had their own counter-culture, from which adults are largely excluded -
27 Sep 2013: Tim Lott: The older I get, the more important fashion gets – it's all that stops me looking like a total wreck. And I'm sick of unkind comments about my Sarah Lund sweater so I've got a new picture, see below ...
-
22 Sep 2013:
It's the age-old family dilemma. Tim Lott explains why it isn't worth the bother
-
20 Sep 2013: Tim Lott: Books for young children tend to be slight and dull, but after this and up to the early teen years, the richness of modern work is astonishing. As long as you survive Clifford the Big Red Dog …
-
13 Sep 2013: Tim Lott: It's not so much the sex as the fact that it is full of images of hatred and abuse of women. What does it do to young people's understanding of what constitutes a healthy sexual relationship?
-
6 Sep 2013:
Tim Lott: I'm shocked by how much pocket money children supposedly get. Spoiling them by providing everything on demand is not healthy – or am I just stingy?
-
30 Aug 2013:
Tim Lott: What worries me is not so much illegal drugs, which mostly seem to cause a relatively low level of harm compared with cigarettes and alcohol. What worries me is addiction
-
26 Aug 2013:
The Edinburgh international book festival welcomes writers from all over the world. We've been asking writers such as Alasdair Gray, Neil Gaiman and Ruby Wax to come up with their favourite words and filming the results. Here you can watch the words they have chosen from 'a-whoring' to 'Zulu'
-
16 Aug 2013:
Tim Lott: Blood is strong – I know that in desperate times I could turn to any of my relatives
-
9 Aug 2013: Tim Lott: Teenagers love playing with irony and sarcasm. But I'd like my daughters to feel comfortable with being literal rather than always going for the cheap laugh
-
2 Aug 2013: Tim Lott: The relationship with my elder daughters has in many respects become one of equals. Now they shed light on the world for me, as I once did for them
-
19 Jul 2013:
Tim Lott: The film Before Midnight made me think about acceptance and resignation – and the difference between the two
-
12 Jul 2013: Tim Lott: I have more disposable income than my wife because I earn considerably more. She doesn't feel this gap in resources is fair, but what's the alternative?
-
5 Jul 2013:
Tim Lott: Growing up, I never saw my parents arguing or even visibly sad or upset and I have tended to be the same with my daughters – but recently I have come to question this airbrush parenting
-
29 Jun 2013:
I hated science as a child but have come to see that understanding it underpins the imagination, says Tim Lott
1-15 of 111 for Tim Lott
;