Journalism

Make shyness your superpower – YOU Magazine

Not a natural extrovert? No problem! Some of the world’s most successful people are shy, says entrepreneur and coach Annie Ridout. Here’s how to follow ...
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Post-lockdown shyness: Why you might feel more shy than usual right now

An article I wrote for Red Magazine about dealing with shyness, as lockdown eases and we're expected to become sociable again... Towards the end of ...
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Turning Earth founder Tallie Maughan shares her business secrets

“Four out of five businesses fail in the first three years,” says Tallie Maughan, founder of open-access ceramics studio Turning Earth. So how did she ...
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Raymond Blanc on the importance of sustainable food

World-renowned chef Raymond Blanc OBE was involved in launching the Food Made Good campaign – encouraging a more responsible way of eating out. He tells ...
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Tim Dowling on fatherhood, marriage and freelancing

“The first conversation went: ‘oh my god, I’m fucking pregnant’. We’d been married two years.” Guardian columnist Tim Dowling on an unplanned pregnancy and the ...
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The life of Laura Dockrill: writer, drawer, talker

Brixton-born Laura Dockrill – children’s author, poet, songwriter, scriptwriter – says her dreams are “to make sure potatoes always exist because they are sensational.” Read ...
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Ex-West Ham player Jack Collison on football and fatherhood

From Premiere League career to a year at home recovering from a knee injury, Jack Collison tells Annie Ridout about being a dad, counting Andy ...
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Hollie McNish on poetry and motherhood

Millions of YouTube hits, a new poetry book about parenthood set for publication and a breastfeeding poem soon to be aired on Channel 4. It’s ...
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Strictly Come Dancing: Anton Du Beke Reveals All…

“My girlfriend doesn’t get jealous. I dance with Lesley Joseph and Anne Widdecombe, so I don’t think she’s uncomfortable with it.” With a new series ...
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