Lacuna Voices

real voices. Real issues.

Welcome to Lacuna Voices, a digital space to showcase beautiful, worthy true-life features - a tonic for readers who’ve tired of click-bait, sensationalism and salacious headlines.

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Family

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Family

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

I cut ties with my cruel father

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Gautami Tiwari

Forgoing motherhood

Gautami Tiwari

Damian Kerlin

Letting go of social expectations

Damian Kerlin

Punteha van Terheyden

Last minute Father's Day gifts

Punteha van Terheyden

Kiran Sidhu

In the shadow of an alcoholic

Kiran Sidhu

Punteha van Terheyden

Silver linings

Punteha van Terheyden

Nicol Lamaa

A very Lebanese Christmas

Nicol Lamaa

Claudia Parker

Why I left Mormonism

Claudia Parker

Alma Schofield

Teach your child to be anti-racist

Alma Schofield

NEW

Alma Schofield

Punteha van Terheyden

Hitting pause on grief

Punteha van Terheyden

Byron Highton

The JJ Effect

Byron Highton

NEW

Byron Highton

Jenna Farmer

Parenting in chronic pain

Jenna Farmer

Anissa Patel

But where are you really from?

Anissa Patel

Dani Cole

Adopted children aren’t disposable

Dani Cole

NEW

Dani Cole

Michelle Rawlins

Women of Steel

Michelle Rawlins

Tammy Ireson

Birthdays in heaven: a mother’s letter

Tammy Ireson

Katie Dancey-Downs

Pandemic parenting: I’m a new mum on lockdown

Katie Dancey-Downs

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Trapped with my abuser

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Lorraine Gibson

The post post-baby blues

Lorraine Gibson

Georgina Fuller

Don't judge my son for his meltdowns

Georgina Fuller

Alison Alexander

My grief retreat

Alison Alexander

Kim Willis

Why I'm glad Mum left

Kim Willis

HEALTH

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Health and emotional wellbeing

Punteha van Terheyden

20-year wait for rare diagnosis

Punteha van Terheyden

Rare Disease Day

Punteha van Terheyden

Shakira Peronet

Eczema: a journey to nakedness

Shakira Peronet

National Eczema Week

Shakira Peronet

Dorothy Herson

Half a century of bipolar disorder

Dorothy Herson

Megan Lane

Navigating love with borderline personality disorder

Megan Lane

Mental Health Awareness Week USA

Megan Lane

Jennifer Risi

What endometriosis has taken from me

Jennifer Risi

Endometriosis Action Month

Jennifer Risi

Kim Willis

I’ll never regret going sober

Kim Willis

Punteha van Terheyden

Endometriosis crisis

Punteha van Terheyden

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Life after human trafficking

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Olivia Devereux-Evans

I’m grateful for every precious moment together

Olivia Devereux-Evans

Isabelle Jani-Friend

Cystic fibrosis: My invisible disability

Isabelle Jani-Friend

Ella Glover

Keep calories off the menu

Ella Glover

Sophie Brown

My living nightmare

Sophie Brown

Damarius Ingram

Beyond my feeding tube

Damarius Ingram

Punteha van Terheyden

How to beat IBS

Punteha van Terheyden

The pain of secondary infertility

Punteha van Terheyden

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

New! BPD Awareness Month

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Shahed Ezaydi

Ramadan on lockdown

Shahed Ezaydi

Maya Williams

When God isn't enough

Maya Williams

Punteha van Terheyden

Endometriosis: Where is our cure?

Punteha van Terheyden

Susie Kearley

Autism: the hidden adult condition

Susie Kearley

careers

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Careers

Annie Smith

Being fired helped realise my dreams

Annie Smith

Nadia Henderson

Beyond burnout: my escape to Sweden

Nadia Henderson

Punteha van Terheyden

Why girl power still matters

Punteha van Terheyden

Vicki Prais

The journey of a human rights lawyer

Vicki Prais

Mollie Davies

It’s time for women to stop saying sorry

Mollie Davies

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Confessions of a cam boy

Anonymous Lacuna Voice

Kirsten Neuschäfer

Life as a solo sailor

Kirsten Neuschäfer

Kim Gregory

Finding a new career path

Kim Gregory

Evie Muir

Trauma therapy saved my life

Evie Muir

Anna Colivicchi

Climate activism is for everyone

Anna Colivicchi

Ken Makin

Why we need more Black journalists

Ken Makin

Joshua King

Epilepsy: the spectre in my career

Joshua King

Niamh Burns

Surviving a quarter-life crisis

Niamh Burns

Louisa Gregson

Women 1. Prejudice 0.

Louisa Gregson

Adrian Falk

Slaying the naysayers

Adrian Falk

Punteha van Terheyden

Meet the Inspogrammers

Punteha van Terheyden

Julie Cook

City of widows

Julie Cook

Marie Yates

Silenced by the media

Marie Yates

Lacuna Men

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Lacuna Men

Sam Sims

It's time to shelve the 'Gay Best Friend' trope

Sam Sims

Peter Houston

Dear Allyson

Peter Houston

National Grief Awareness Week

Peter Houston

Baluji Shrivastav OBE

The Voice of Flowers

Baluji Shrivastav OBE

Alex Waite

I’ve embraced being an introvert

Alex Waite

Dan Hughes

Christmas reimagined

Dan Hughes

John Marchese

Latin Kings gang: from prison to paradise

John Marchese

Freddie Burns

A sporting chance

Freddie Burns

Dec Bowring

Men struggle with body image too

Dec Bowring

Alex Flynn

Parkinson’s isn’t the end

Alex Flynn

Lacuna Voices

Dear Dad

Lacuna Voices

Andy Farrer

Becoming Ironman

Andy Farrer

Mental Health Awareness Month

Andy Farrer

Dan Hughes

'Man up,' they said

Dan Hughes

Kim Willis

Built on plant power

Kim Willis

Eugene Costello

My traumatised mind

Eugene Costello

WOrld

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World

Sarah Harris

Losing my religion

Sarah Harris

Bobby Twidale

Recrafting Christmas

Bobby Twidale

Hannah Shewan Stevens

Ancient ableism lives on

Hannah Shewan Stevens

New. Invisible Disabilities Week

Hannah Shewan Stevens

Rebecca Slater

Finding Becky

Rebecca Slater

Beth Ashley

Dating after domestic abuse

Beth Ashley

Rachel Foster

Grief, bankruptcy and me

Rachel Foster

Kim Gregory

Our ethical Christmas gift guide

Kim Gregory

Suzanne Lambert

Letter from an unknown soldier

Suzanne Lambert

Lest We Forget

Suzanne Lambert

Georgia Epey

Love without borders

Georgia Epey

Sonia Zhuravlyova

I didn’t want to die

Sonia Zhuravlyova

Zinara Rathnayake

Period parties must end

Zinara Rathnayake

Nikesha Elise Williams

Riots: a revolution without privilege

Nikesha Elise Williams

#BlackLivesMatter

Nikesha Elise Williams

Milagros Costabel

Being blind in a digital world

Milagros Costabel

Kim Willis

Missed the vegan boat?

Kim Willis

Hodan Mohammed

Helping refugees feel at home

Hodan Mohammed

Helen Neave

Wild at heart

Helen Neave

Chloe McKendrick

Reclaiming 'queer'

Chloe McKendrick

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