In a second interview with filmmaker Corinna McFarlane, we hear about working with Damian Lewis and Andrea Riseborough on The Silent Storm (out this month), securing a decent budget, being a woman in film and dealing with bad reviews…
Author: Annie Ridout
Work Life
The Silent Storm, out this month, stars Damian Lewis (Homeland) and Andrea Riseborough (Birdman). We talk to the writer and director, Corinna McFarlane, about her theatre roots and living alone in a forest…
Mornings
Of course, you don’t have to be part of the 5am club to read this summary of the week’s most read articles. But if you’re a parent of young kids, the likelihood is that you’ll be up early so make yourself a coffee and get stuck in to our weekly digest…
Wellbeing
Are you happy? And if not, what do you think might make you happy? We all have different needs but there are five activities guaranteed to make everyone happy. So, prepare to be happier than you’ve ever been before…
Family
Two years ago, on a family holiday in Jamaica, Guardian journalist Decca Aitkenhead’s husband Tony drowned while saving their four-year-old son. A year later, she was diagnosed with cancer. She discusses survivor’s guilt, desperately grieving and not living every day like it’s her last…
Family
Guardian journalist Decca Aitkenhead fell in love with a crack-smoking, drug-dealing ex-con. He quit the criminal underworld for her, got a degree and they had two sons. But devastatingly, while on holiday in Jamaica, Tony drowned. Today, Decca tells us about this unlikely union…
Mornings
For those of you with less time, here’s our roundup of the most popular articles this week. You can read these four introductions then decide if you’d like the read the piece in full… easy morning reading.
Sleep
She sold The Huffington Post to AOL for $315m but stayed on as CEO. Now, Arianna Huffington is on a mission to make sure everyone starts sleeping better, believing “sleep is the ultimate performance enhancer.” Annie Ridout interviews her…
Work Life
Living in a spacious, white-washed converted factory in Norwich, Fiona and Bobby Burrage let life inspire work and vice versa. We spoke to Fiona about her lifestyle brand Nor-Folk, mornings and the perfect weekend…
Wellbeing
Nearly 40,000 people took part in last year’s London Marathon, suggesting competitive running is having a moment. But why do people do it? Annie Ridout asks a Guardian journalist, a restauranteur, Emerald Street’s deputy editor, a general manager and a TV producer…