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Journalism

Style over fashion:

 

  • Fashion on film: five of the very best fashion films

 

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Anna Wintour with a bob hairstyle sits at her desk, with a scarf, papers, and a candle in the background.
A person with long hair stands in a large hall with a checkerboard floor and ornate columns.
Two women in black blazers walking through a busy space; below, a person in a blue jacket walking through a doorway.
A collection of colorful, vintage-style high-heeled shoes, including pink, green, and yellow pairs on a pink surface.
A black-and-white photograph of Diana Vreeland, profile view, smoking, in front of a wall crowded with framed pictures.
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  • Beautifully retro: Britain's long-lived and long-loved beauty products
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  • The style icon: Annie Hall
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Two images of Diane Keaton in outfits featuring a white button-down shirt, a vest, and a tie, from the film Annie Hall.
Three stills from the film Annie Hall showing the two main characters in a bookstore, a conversation, and a diner setting.
A collage featuring a still from the film Annie Hall alongside three models wearing modern pantsuits in patterned styles.
Collage of fashion photos: a tan silk button-down shirt, a white t-shirt, and a person wearing a black choker and jacket.
A collection of fashion photos showing people wearing sweaters, jackets, and hats on city streets.
A woman and two men standing on a street next to a yellow taxi cab.
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  • The great British bikini
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Profiles:

 

  • High pressure but sunny forecast: BBC Weather presenter Helen Young 

 

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  • Joy in the journey: actress Amanda Root 

 

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Inspiring women:



  • Sheila Scott: British aviation's elegant aviatrix
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  • Calculating women: the first women actuaries

 

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Black-and-white portrait of Margaret Dakin against a plain background, illustrating an article about women in actuarial work.
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Text about actuarial history featuring a headshot of Lucy Snelgrove, a partner at Actuarial Partners.
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  • The Cross and the Countess: the Sierra Leonean legacy of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon

 

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Spirituality and self-development:

 

  • Red or white? The great poppy debate

 

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A headshot of a woman next to a column of text about gardening, framed by a large red poppy flower on the left.
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  • Childless by choice — revisited

 

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  • Three window women: the life of the medieval anchoress 

 

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  • Childless, by choice 
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  • Posada: the run-up to Christmas
A group of people holding candles walking down a road during a Posada celebration.
A group of young people gathers around a table holding small, handmade decorative figures outdoors at dusk.
Small wooden figurines of two people beside an open book, symbolizing communal spiritual connection.
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  • My healing journey
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Highlighted features:

Relationships:

  • Second chance at love

Words by Kate Chapman.

Photography: Jenny Photography

Appeared first in Woman's Weekly, 18 June 2024, issue no. 25.

Reproduced here with kind permission.

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  • The Dating Divorcée: my articles written for the Christian Connection dating site
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  • Jane Austen: date coach?
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A man in period clothing stands behind a woman on a grassy path, with text headers about Jane Austen syndromes below.
A historical drama scene showing a man kissing a woman's hand in an outdoor setting.
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  •  Learning to trust again

 

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  • Words of comfort for depression & anxiety
    Inspired by Elizabeth Goudge, novelist & mystic


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  •  No guarantees: even in a 'rock solid' marriage

 

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  • Why I dumped ‘The Rules’ 

 

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All sorts:

  • Why calling a phone box a 'library' is not on, in my book
A red British phone box stands by a stone wall on a country road, featured in an article from The Oldie magazine.
A text-heavy image expressing a librarian's frustration with the devaluation of public libraries by comparing them to bins.
Text expressing the opinion that book exchanges should be labeled as book swaps rather than libraries.
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  • Discovering undiscovered Donegal
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  • Space 1969: Apollo and the British connection

 

Cover of Best of British magazine featuring a vintage illustration of an astronaut looking shocked in space near the moon.
A person in a vintage deep-sea diving suit planting a British flag on a craggy, dark lunar landscape.
A collage of four historic black-and-white photos: an airplane, two men near a spacecraft, and two men at desks.
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  • The curse of the ensuite bathroom
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  • ‘Good books for a bad day’: comfort reading

 

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  • Rant! Accents and the English
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  • Lockdown made me realise I lack close friends

 

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Three people smiling at a restaurant table with glasses, cutlery, and a book, under text discussing social anxiety.
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