Vogue Williams Like many women, I have long held an idea in my head about how many children I’d like to have. It’s something deeply personal and from what I can tell, depends on something much more important than the size of your house, the resources available to you or the help available from family. No, instead it’s about a feeling — something deep inside you that might change over the years but is very precious.

I don’t usually discuss the number I have in my head with just anyone but in her line of work, the podcaster Vogue Williams does. And it’s a pressing issue for her because she’s approaching the time where she feels there’s a natural cut-off, the age of 40 — just two years away for the influencer and therefore a looming deadline..