Miranda Sawyer is joined in the studio this month by Sam Baker, the editor of Red Magazine and the author of The Stepmothers' Support Group, and Zoe Williams, Guardian columnist and the author of Bring it On, Baby.
Stepmothers are the stuff of fairy tales - but also, increasingly, of modern life, with stepfamilies the fastest growing family group in Britain. We hear from three women who debunk the myth of the evil stepmum. Sam Baker, herself a stepmum, says she sees herself more as a benign auntie ...
It's a chick flick fantasy: harassed mother seeks help with the kids, and a caring yet fun-loving and utterly domesticated man turns up on the doorstep. What's more, the children love him. But are there disadvantages? We speak to mother-of-three Rebecca about life with her male au pair, Miguel.
Nitin Sawhney is a music man, who combines producing, composing, DJing and playing instruments. His music has accompanied video games, Sadler's Wells dancers and Madonna, who used to practice yoga to his early albums. In his Family Playlist, he talks Miles Davis, Bollywood and heavy metal.
