Lifestyle and Travel Editor

Isla Fairbairn

Isla Fairbairn is lifestyle and travel editor of The Daily Times. She writes about holidays that are worth the money, the practicalities of running a home and the small cultural shifts in how British families live. She has walked most of the long-distance paths she recommends.

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Stories by Isla Fairbairn

A laptop and blank weekly planner on a kitchen table beside a child's high chair

Lifestyle

Father objects to son's plan to take on part-time childcare

A father’s objections to his son caring for future children have prompted advice about earnings, career choices and the role of grandparents.

13 September 2026