Cash, cartels and controlling scores in Confessions of a Match Fixer Moses Swaibu laments about betraying the sport he loved in a news podcast. Plus: five of the best podcasts about great love stories The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2024
5 new podcasts to listen to this week These are our top podcast picks. The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024
Best gifts for a divorce: practical and compassionate gifts for tough times It’s a big change and they’ll need their friends - and a few helpful ideas - to get them through Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2024
Meghan Markle podcast firm Lemonada launch rival to Elizabeth Day's How to Fail series Day has described it as a ‘failure to be original’ Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2024
Good Material by Dolly Alderton audiobook review – a funny account of millennial love Doctor Who’s Arthur Darvill and Napoleon’s Vanessa Kirby narrate a warm, witty portrait of thirtysomething middle-class life The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024
Good Material by Dolly Alderton review – anatomy of a breakup Comedy, compassion and Insta-stalking in the tale of a thirtysomething standup’s relationship anguish The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2023
Good Material by Dolly Alderton review – heartbreak wit with Hornbyesque charm The Everything I Know About Love author’s second novel mixes relationship maxims with sharp observations about thirtysomething life The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023
Dolly Alderton: ‘In an emergency, I turn to Bridget Jones’ The journalist and author on meeting Nick Hornby, siding with Sylvia Plath, and finding comfort in cookery books The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023
OPINION - My midlife sex romp made media waves and shows that Britain is still ageist Motherhood, career, money, debt, drugs, miscarriage, abortion, rape, frequenting gay clubs in the hope of meeting “the one”, I’ve written a book about womanhood in all its messy, chaotic glory. Spending several months writing my first (and last) no-holds-barred memoir in bed, it’s jam-packed with brilliant advice, even if I… Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2023
Sara Pascoe on her debut novel, debt and fertility: ‘In my thirties, I had to suddenly describe myself as a childless woman’ The stand-up star talks to Jessie Thompson about her novel ‘Weirdo’, predators in the comedy industry, and why cancel culture is funny The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023
David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox named as most curious thinkers of all time The top signs of a curious thinker include asking lots of questions and studying in your spare time - with three in ten Brits wanting to be more curious in general Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2023
Actor Bel Powley: ‘I’d shied away from second world war stories – it’s always all about men’ The Morning Show star on playing the woman who hid Anne Frank, revitalising period dramas and working with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023
The great podcast robbery? Sony and Spotify accused of stealing shows The media giants have allegedly released ‘new’ podcasts mirroring those made by the likes of Gizzi Erskine and Pandora Sykes. So why is it so hard to make a case against them? The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022
Best books based on films and TV shows Read the inspiration behind some of the most loved TV shows and films Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2022
Tribune News Service · Aug 25, 2022 ‘Everything I Know About Love’ explores the ‘mundaneness of being in your 20s’ The cast of “Everything I Know About Love” is the first to admit they still don’t know everything — or much at all — about love. But that’s the whole point.
Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022 Shakespeare or Love Island? A chance to shine in 1,000 words Stories are told everywhere and on every platform. We toast the latest innovative developments. So now you can tell us your tale, says Lotte Jeffs
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022 Boogie wonderland: dance is at the heart of Everything I Know About Love The TV adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s memoir depicts the triumph of female friendship in its characters’ dazzling and defiant urge to make the world their dancefloor
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022 Best podcasts of the week: Sam Smith charts 40 years of progress on HIV and Aids In this week’s newsletter: The singer reflects on the legacy of Terrence Higgins and life-changing advances in treatment in A Positive Life. Plus: five of the best TV show companion podcasts
Pedestrian.tv · Jun 22, 2022 Everything I Know About Love’s Emma Appleton Thinks It’s Time Platonic Love Was On Yr Screen "This is [a] platonic relationship but it's filled with just as much love and just as much romance."
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2022 The week in TV: Everything I Know About Love; We Own This City; My Name Is Leon; Avoidance Dolly Alderton’s millennial memoir and Kit de Waal’s acclaimed social care novel are brought to the screen with aplomb, while David Simon’s new Baltimore cop drama is brutally compelling
Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2022 Dolly Alderton says dating apps have increased insecurities ‘to a new level’ Dolly Alderton has said dating apps have heightened our insecurities “to a new level”.
Edinburgh Live · Jun 9, 2022 Edinburgh TV Festival announce first wave of guests including Scottish actor Brian Cox Organisers announced earlier in the year that the festival will return with an in-person event this year, running from August 24-26. Scottish actor Brian Cox is amongst those just announced.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022 How Messy Millennial Woman became TV’s most tedious trope She’s charismatic, self-destructive, and increasingly tiresome: from Fleabag through to Everything I Know About Love, chaotic female leads now seem to be the default, one-note expression of womanhood. It’s time to move on
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2022 Everything I Know About Love highlights the pain and pleasure of dating a Softboi As Dolly Alderton’s hit memoir finally arrives on screen in a BBC adaptation, Olivia Petter examines one of the dating tropes it dismantles
Wales Online · Jun 7, 2022 BBC One Everything I Know About Love: Cast, air date and what it's about The famous book has been made into a light drama series