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Devil Jeans
“Avoid stonewashed denim,” offers Peter Kay by way of advice to his 16-year-old self in the first edition of my book, Dear Me. I wish he had told me earlier. 1987 was, sartorially speaking, a difficult time to be a teenager. I should qualify that – it was a tricky time to be a teenager like me. If you were cool, you could do the proto-emo black, baggy-sexlessness of...
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USA Today run first piece o...
USA Today are the first media outlet (other than The Bookseller, which gave us a four star review) to announce my forthcoming collection of Dear Me letters USA Today Book critic and publishing reporter Carol Memmott leads on JK Rowling‘s foreword and mentioned that Kathleen Turner, Suze Orman, James Franco and Aasf Mandvi are all contributors. All I can say, is...
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Dear Future-Self
People often send me letters to their 16-year-old selves, but I’ve rarely seen a letter to a future-self. I loved this one that blogger Amy Sefton posted on her site neverfullybooked. Letter to my 10 Years Older Self So we’ve all read the Letters To My 16 Year Old Self, but writing to them is a little late don’t you think? What would you say to yourself...
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Anthony Nolan want 10000 yo...
The bone marrow donor people, Anthony Nolan, are currently trying to recruit men aged 18-30 to their donor register. I wrote the following as a comment piece for Pinknews and would urge you to follow the link and register. I’ve been on the Anthony Nolan donor register for over a decade. I joined after an argument: a straight girl friend had joined and was urging me to...
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Fashion’s Most Wanted
The Fashion’s Most Wanted blog has published a blog about Dear Me, and I wanted to put it here. “…I interviewed the gorgeous Patsy Kensit for LOVE Magazine a little while ago. Patsy and her lovely PA, JD very kindly sent me a present and card thanking me. The present was a book I’d flicked through and showed an interest in while I was at...
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