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BioNews Review articles written by Susan Tranfield-Thomas:
| TV Review: Trying |
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| 8 February 2021 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Making comedy out of the ups and downs of the adoption process is a bold move by most standards. Infertility and comedy aren't, after all, the easiest of bedfellows, and there will be no shortage of people like myself, ready to roll our eyes at the first sign of cliché and censure any attempt to create cheap laughs... [Read More] |
| TV Review: DNA |
| 30 November 2020 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| In times of lockdown, long shadows and shortening days, it seems counter-intuitive to turn to a new scandi-noir series for an additional helping of bleakness... [Read More] |
| Event Review: Egg freezing – what's the deal with fertility preservation? |
| 26 October 2020 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Billed as a 'forum for civilized disagreement', this hour-long webinar offers an opportunity to understand what egg freezing is, how and why it is accessed and what its long term implications are for the women who use it... [Read More] |
| TV Review: Little Fires Everywhere |
| 7 September 2020 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Fresh from the acclaimed Sky series 'Big Little Lies', Reese Witherspoon produces and stars in another big-budget production that explores the complex dynamics of family relationships from female perspectives... [Read More] |
| Podcast Review: SART Fertility Experts – What is IVF? |
| 27 July 2020 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| 'SART Fertility Experts' is an educational project that aims to inform prospective patients about the various options available, through a series of podcasts conducted by experts working in assisted conception, including reproductive endocrinologists, reproductive urologists, genetic counsellors and mental health professionals... [Read More] |
| TV Review: The Nest |
| 4 May 2020 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| The word 'nest' has several connotations – vipers, cuckoos, supernatural entities – so many malevolent associations pop into my head. A 'nest' in a gothic context is anything but a place of safety, so I settled down to watch BBC One's 'The Nest' ready to give my overactive imagination some exercise with gloomy nursery images of spooky rocking horses and dolls... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: Trying to Find a Black Egg Donor |
| 3 February 2020 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| At 38 years of age, with four failed rounds of IVF behind her, Natasha wants to know why she can't find a non-white egg donor... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: One to One: Benjamin Zephaniah Meets Richard and Terri Clothier (BBC Radio 4 available on iPlayer) |
| 4 November 2019 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| The psychological aspects of infertility are generally well-documented. Those who have experience of this will be all too familiar with the devastation, guilt, shame and anger that accompany the diagnosis... [Read More] |
| Film Review: Only You |
| 5 August 2019 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| 'I don't care how old you are – you're gorgeous' says Josh O'Connor's character Jake, PhD student and DJ, on hearing that his new girlfriend Elena is 35 (to his 26). The age gap is not enough to shock the viewer or stand in the way of Jake and Elena's mutual lust though it will, in due course, stand in the way of the couple's cherished hopes for a baby... [Read More] |
| Book Review: Breakthrough Babies - An IVF Pioneer's Tale of Creating Life Against All Odds |
| 24 June 2019 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Dr Simon Fishel, founder of the CARE Fertility Group, has a long and distinguished career behind him. As a young biochemist he began his research career at the University of Cambridge with IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards, who together with Dr Patrick Steptoe was responsible for the birth of the first IVF baby, Louise Brown, in 1978... [Read More] |
| Video Review: 'Your Fertility Matters' – Fertility Education Initiative |
| 4 March 2019 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| 'Your Fertility Matters' is a short public education film by the Fertility Education Initiative, a special interest group of the British Fertility Society. This animation is aimed at 'young people who may have been told how NOT to get pregnant but will likely know little about factors that could lead to infertility'... [Read More] |
| Book Review: Dreams Before the Start of Time |
| 15 October 2018 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| 'Dreams Before the Start of Time', a novel by Ann Charnock, 2018 winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for SFX Book of the Year, begins in a not-so-distant possible future. In this world, humans exert so much control over reproduction that, over the course of just 100 years, the notion of gestating a fetus in its mother's womb comes to be viewed with pity if not downright hostility... [Read More] |
| Book Review: 21 Miles - Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood |
| 11 June 2018 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Jessica Hepburn, author of 'The Pursuit of Motherhood’, former executive director of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith and founder of Fertility Fest, underwent eleven rounds of unsuccessful IVF, multiple miscarriages and a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy in a decade... [Read More] |
| Education Review: Primary Schools Resources - The Donor Conception Network |
| 19 March 2018 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Donor conceived children are among us; we have come a long way since the early days of sperm donation, but it would be easy to forget that each family built through donor conception and assisted conception is going through its own particular journey. |
| Book Review: Making Friends with your Fertility |
| 15 January 2018 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| The entire landscape of human fertility, from puberty to menopause, is the uncharted territory we tread from adolescence to middle age and sometimes beyond. It is a heady mixture of hormones, reproductive functions and barely acknowledged social and emotional narratives played out against our own and familial expectations... [Read More] |
| Book Review: Telling and Talking about Donor Conception with People Aged 17 and Over - A Guide for Parents |
| 22 May 2017 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| Olivia Montuschi's revised 'Telling and Talking' booklet aims to guide parents of donor conceived children aged 17 or over through the delicate process of disclosure... [Read More] |
| Radio Review: Dangerous Visions - Brave New World |
| 6 June 2016 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| The latest episode in Radio 4's Dangerous Visions series is a new adaptation of Aldhous Huxley's iconic dystopian novel, set just 100 years in the future... [Read More] |
| Book Review: Archie Nolan – Family Detective |
| 14 December 2015 - by Susan Tranfield-Thomas |
| 'Is nowhere a donor-conception free zone?' asks the eponymous hero, 11-year-old Archie Nolan, as his quest to establish the meaning of 'family' in the context of donor conception leads him to ask more and more questions about origins, genetics and the intricacies of relationships in 21st century Britain... [Read More] |