My favourite family photo: ‘I can still feel my mother’s arm around my shoulder’
<p>I love the way we are both looking in astonishment at my son. It shows the unwavering support she gave me when he was born</p><p>This picture of my mother, me and my eldest son, Theo, was taken the morning after he was born in May 2002, in University College Hospital, London.</p><p>There are a lot of things I love about it. I love the fact my mother is exquisitely dressed – she’s wearing her pearls! She always looked very elegant at this time in her life and enjoyed clothes (we bought that suit on a day out together). I love the composition too – our three dark heads, faces in profile and the way our three hands are aligned. I love the miracle of my son’s intricate little shell of an ear, the nose (his dad’s) and lips (mine) still visible now in his 23-year-old face.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/09/my-favourite-family-photo-i-can-still-feel-my-mothers-arm-around-my-shoulder">Continue reading...</a>
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