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Annalisa Barbieri

Annalisa Barbieri is a Guardian Weekend columnist and the Observer's chocolate correspondent

July 2024

  • Alone-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My former friends are ignoring me when I try to reconnect. Why does it hurt so much?

    It’s great you tried to reach out to your old colleagues and housemates, but maybe they (like you) have moved on. Here’s how to try to accept that
  • Honduras 72% Carton

    Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: in dangerous times, you can depend on a good bar

    Feeling stressed, worried or scared? Now’s the time to lean on a decent bar of chocolate
  • Illustration of a man and a woman with their arms folded.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Our place is a mess, but my partner and I still can’t agree who does which chores

    The withholding of anything on purpose – sex, money, housework – is about control. Might your domestics reflect other underlying tensions?

June 2024

  • Cox & Co 25g Flowrap Lineup

    Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: small bars are the perfect pick-me-up

  • An illustration of a lady with her back facing us, sitting.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I just found out who my real father is. What do I do now?

  • Tosier<br>Tosier - H FRONT

    Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: some bars are pure poetry

  • Mum Dad arguing with child stuck in the middle

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My working-class dad sent me to private school – now I feel that I’ve failed him

  • Notes on chocolate
    Finding comfort in good chocolate and the phases of the moon

  • Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My daughter rarely bathes and her room is smelly, but says she doesn’t care

  • Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: a creamy, dreamy combo that will have you melting

  • Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My daughter took her own life, and I can’t face talking to anyone about it

  • Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: the delights of slow-crafted liquorice balls

May 2024

  • An illustration of a woman with her back facing us, arms folded.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    Why am I so afraid to accept that it’s time for me to retire?

  • salted pretzel whole front

    Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: contrasting bars for when you can’t decide

  • Sad couple-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m yearning for a third child to recreate the large, loving family I grew up in

  • Venchi Nougatine ice cream

    Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: a glorious gelato in touristy Venice

  • Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m happily remarried, but am haunted by my ex’s long-ago betrayal

  • Full Story
    Put it down! Should children be allowed smartphones? – Full Story podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Put it down! Should children be allowed smartphones?

  • Notes on chocolate
    Notes on chocolate: pistachio bars on a family holiday in Italy

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