Posts by Penny Marshall

Do children really make you happier? Mother-of-three PENNY MARSHALL investigates…

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Surprising new research claims that parental happiness is a delusion. So is that really true?

Born free – now they’re wrapped in cotton wool. How children who swam with hippos have been left deflated in risk-averse Britain

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

When Penny Marshall lived in South Africa her children roamed with hippos and cheetahs.

The teen vodka epidemic: Thousands of middle-class girls are drinking themselves senseless… with deadly results

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Why are thousands of middle-class teenage girls drinking themselves to oblivion? PENNY MARSHALL on the trend for downing neat vodka and the devastating consequences on girls’ health.