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Kitty Drake
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Writer @guardian, @NewStatesman and @FTmag. Researcher @GdnSaturday. Winner of the 2019 AA Gill Award for Emerging Food Critics. RIP @Ladybeardmag.
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    Apr 3, 2023
    For months I’ve been working on this piece for the Guardian - we attached cameras to 9 bedroom ceilings across the UK to watch people sleep. Manuel Vasquez’s photos are so strange and tender! Thrilled to see it in print theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
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    Feb 25, 2021
    I wrote about the one true joy of spending a year locked in your house: spying on your neighbours! thank you @hettieveronica and @bestofnextdoor 👀👀👀
    Lockdown has turned us into spies – and fantasists | Kitty Drake
    From theguardian.com
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    Kitty Drake
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    Aug 7, 2020
    I wrote about my favourite thing in the world: sandwiches! >
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    Has coronavirus ended Britain's love affair with the packaged sandwich? | Kitty Drake
    The pandemic has broken our habits – including this trusty lunchtime staple, says writer Kitty Drake
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    Kitty Drake
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    Jan 4, 2019
    I wrote about the joys of being zipped inside a latex body bag. dazeddigital.com/beauty/body/ar… Thanks to the inspiring @youwillpleaseME, @AtsukoKudoLatex, @sakura_strike and anonymous latex devotees who spoke to me. Photos by the wonderful @elle_pearson
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    Kitty Drake
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    Mar 26, 2018
    I wrote about why I'm always falling hopelessly in love with people who will never love me back @VICEUK google.co.uk/amp/s/www.vice…
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    Kitty Drake
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    Dec 10, 2020
    I wrote about Snow White attacking my mum at Disneyland - and my own problems with anger management. Thank you @annaleszkie for editing :)
    Lessons in rage at Disneyland Paris
    From newstatesman.com
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    Kitty Drake
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    Jun 30, 2019
    Very excited to have won the AA Gill award! Wrote about my early dreams of becoming a piece of toast. thetimes.co.uk/article/introd…
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    Kitty Drake
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    Nov 28, 2022
    I reviewed the very clever and insightful Chokepoint Capitalism for the Guardian - about how big corporations rob musicians, writers etc. Any person who is trying (and failing) to make a living in the arts should get this book. @doctorow @rgibli
    Chokepoint Capitalism review – art for sale
    From theguardian.com
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    Kitty Drake
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    Aug 14, 2019
    I wrote about my mum, prozac, and wanting to be hit on the head with a hammer :) newstatesman.com/culture/books/…
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    Kitty Drake
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    Dec 13, 2021
    I wrote a little bit about why it's so difficult (impossible?) to get on with your family at Xmas. And why we feel like failures when we don't. It is in @NewStatesman Xmas issue! Thank you @annaleszkie for your wisdom <3 newstatesman.com/personal-stori…
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    Kitty Drake
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    Feb 6, 2020
    I wrote about the greediness of Hemingway, my favourite writer, for The Gourmand, my favourite magazine.
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    Kitty Drake
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    Aug 19, 2021
    Trying to raise £10k to help my friends -a family of 3- escape Afghanistan. The daughter was badly beaten in the street yday for walking outside w/out a man. Only days to go before the US army abandon the airport and then there is no hope. Please support! crowdfunder.co.uk/help-the-afgha…
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    Kitty Drake
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    Aug 18, 2020
    My amazing mum talking about why she hosts refugees in her house. If you know anyone who has a spare room (or sofa bed) there is a desperate need right now. From 35 mins in is good on the practicalities of how to do it, and why it's so rewarding. <3
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    Kitty Drake
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    May 24, 2023
    I’m organising a new column for the Guardian, where couples tell the story of their sex life from two separate points of view. It has been so juicy (and inspiring) hearing what people really think of their partner’s sex skills. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/s…
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