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Emily Maitlis at 'The Trouble Club' last night. What a brave woman using her voice can achieve. Six years after THAT Prince Andrew interview…

Prince Andrew. Epstein. The Monarchy. Women tearing apart the fabric of the status quo.

Oct 22, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Thank you for my award. My interview answers and nominations are ...

The Sunshine Bloggers award aims to recognise and promote creativity, positivity and inspiration.

Nov 11, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Hamnet: A Tour de Force on the Human Condition. Go see it now, with a large box of tissues. Catharsis helps.

I am so jealous of how talented the Irish are.

Jan 12 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Let's reset 2026

A Buffet: the Do Not List - Cherishing Loved Ones -Politics -Humanity - The Humanities (and the Classics) - How to Keep Going

Jan 10 • Joanna Milne 🏺

The Venezuela Grab - finding guidance from the past: with Orwell's words recorded by me

Sharing now in light of recent events ...

Jan 3 • Joanna Milne 🏺

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Can Starmer become a Tiger like the Queen was with Trump & her letter to us about that meeting

Feb 26, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Thank you for my award. My interview answers and nominations are ...

Nov 11, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

My 2025 Reads, My TBR for 2026 & Reading Tips

Dec 21, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Is America still a democracy & lessons from the first democracies.

Apr 4, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Recent posts

My 2025 Reads, My TBR for 2026 & Reading Tips

Recommendations, reads & a plea to help me strike some from the list !

Dec 21, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Getting happier at Christmas ...

Personal stories, reflections and a letter from a writer which restored my faith in humanity last Christmas

Dec 14, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

'The good billionaire': the best weapon to beat Reform?

Dec 5, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Frankinstein, Frankissstein & the beastly question of writers' authenticity

Part 2: How authentic does a writer really need to be ?

Nov 26, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

Do actors need to be authentic? (Part 1)

(Plus my inauthentic rendition of a King Lear speech - script below ...)

Nov 20, 2025 • Joanna Milne 🏺

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