The Latest Breaking News from Jessie Cole

What is the early prisoner release scheme and why has it been branded ‘deplorable’?

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The Independent UK · Jul 22

Two of Pc Andrew Harper’s killers may be eligible for early release

The 28-year-old sustained fatal injuries while responding to a quad bike theft in Sulhamstead, Berkshire, in August 2019.

Evening Standard · Jul 22

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers eligible for early release

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The Independent UK · Jul 21

My neurotic dog Tully doesn’t like change. So imagine my astonishment when he lets me start brushing him

I run the brush along his body and he arches with pleasure. My heart fills with lightness

The Guardian - AU · Jun 20, 2024

Vale Varda, the gentle, unflinching therapist who with three words unlocked my life

How to speak about our bond? This extraordinary pact, this astonishing communion

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2024

I compete for my granddaughter’s attention with my mother. But the trick, it seems, is to stand back

Babies are like cats – if you come on too strong, they will spurn you

The Guardian - AU · Jan 10, 2024

Widow of Pc Andrew Harper made MBE for justice campaign in his name

Lissie Harper successfully campaigned to introduce mandatory life sentences for people who kill emergency service workers

Evening Standard · Dec 31, 2022

Widow of slain Pc Andrew Harper made MBE for justice campaign in his name

Lissie Harper successfully campaigned to introduce mandatory life sentences for people who kill emergency service workers.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Sex, 'skin hunger' and problematic men: Jessie Cole's memoir investigates desire after trauma

Desire: A Reckoning is a remarkable contemporary memoir. Its author, Jessie Cole, is unafraid to be vulnerable – in her life and her writing. This, her fourth book (and second memoir) is an extraordinary exploration of both physical and emotional desire, and the fraught limits of passion, need and want.…

The Conversation · Nov 6, 2022

Desire by Jessie Cole review – an author reckons with her yearning for intimacy

For fans of Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, Cole’s second memoir deals with the pain of an ambivalent courtship – while exploring her visceral need for love

The Guardian - AU · Aug 11, 2022