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Welcome to Tell Their Stories: The healing power of story
Read an introduction to this Substack, including personal background as a writer, and why I care about telling the stories of others
Jan 2, 2023
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"I often want to live two whole days in one”—Beth O'Leary on being a full-time author and mother
24 hours with author and mother Beth O’Leary
18 hrs ago
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Closing out at the rebirth of the sun
As we celebrate Montol here in west Penwith, sending a message of festive joy
Dec 22, 2025
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50 for 50
Get a bargain blurb from me this Christmas, and start the new year with a pop
Nov 27, 2025
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“I think it is easier for me to be a modern working mother than it is to be a stay-at-home dad.”
Welcome to the second edition of On the Clock: a new series documenting a day in the lives of working creative women. Today we have 24 hours with…
Nov 19, 2025
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10 lessons on the creative practice I learnt from my artist husband
Feb 15, 2024
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The communities you can never forget
Sep 13, 2023
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Dear book two, I’ll never get over you
Jun 19, 2024
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Shelf life: Are smartphones making us all sick? Lightphone II review
Jun 26, 2023
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Shelf Life 🍣: In praise of a single, gleaming, read
A review of Lucy Jones’ Matrescence
Jul 4, 2024
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Shelf Life 🍣: The unlikely resurrection of the quote post
On the U-bend popularity of the quote post, the surprising rise of the shared screenshot, and the nostalgia of low-production value content
Nov 9, 2023
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Shelf Life 🍣: Rabbit-hole research
Plus, eleven advice posts for fiction writers, and introducing the story-writers’s scurry
Aug 9, 2023
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Shelf life: Are smartphones making us all sick? Lightphone II review
Or how I lived with a fancy dumbphone for two months, went smartphone free on-the-go, and got my Brummie accent back...
Jun 26, 2023
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On the Clock
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"I often want to live two whole days in one”—Beth O'Leary on being a full-time author and mother
24 hours with author and mother Beth O’Leary
18 hrs ago
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Hannah Ray
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“I think it is easier for me to be a modern working mother than it is to be a stay-at-home dad.”
Welcome to the second edition of On the Clock: a new series documenting a day in the lives of working creative women. Today we have 24 hours with…
Nov 19, 2025
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Hannah Ray
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On the Clock: 24 hours with artist and mother Jess Littlewood
Welcome to the first edition of a new series documenting a day in the lives of working creative women
Oct 7, 2025
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Hannah Ray
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Close of play: Meet the Low Hanging Females
October update: kicking off a new “day in the life series” showcasing 24 hours in the lives of working creative women
Oct 3, 2025
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Close of play: Getting stuck on the name for your story project
Plus my November update: four new work packages on offer, and this month’s upcoming interview
Nov 12, 2025
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On the Clock: 24 hours with artist and mother Jess Littlewood
Welcome to the first edition of a new series documenting a day in the lives of working creative women
Oct 7, 2025
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Hannah Ray
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Close of play: Meet the Low Hanging Females
October update: kicking off a new “day in the life series” showcasing 24 hours in the lives of working creative women
Oct 3, 2025
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Hannah Ray
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Writing herself into history
Author and bookshop owner Jane Cholmeley on love, feminism, British politics and bringing others into her storytelling
Sep 22, 2025
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