Editor Annie Ridout shares a simple description of what The Early Hour is, who it’s for, how it’s done and when to read it. She also introduces herself and the (amazing) team who make it all happen…
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Fashion designer Alice Temperley and the architect Zaha Hahid are joining Women for Women International’s campaign to raise awareness of the brutal violence – often sexual – against women in war zones. And you can help too…
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Think your daughter’s bossy? Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg thinks she’s showing leadership qualities. So how best to harness these skills? Sandberg gives us some tips…
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What started as a hobby blog soon became a hit with parents who warmed to Sarah Turner’s candid, often humorous tales of motherhood. She now has over 500k Facebook fans and two books out. Annie Ridout interviews The Unmumsy Mum…
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Four months in, founder and editor Annie Ridout wishes all readers a happy Christmas – or happy holiday – and pretends she’s the Queen by writing a (brief) Christmas Day speech…
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For ladies and gents what do afternoon tea – sketch, London, is unbeatable; the perfect pre-Christmas treat. But with a child? Annie Ridout decided to find out…
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In an exclusive interview, George Davis – who was sent down for a crime he didn’t commit – tells Annie Ridout about prison, The Who’s Roger Daltrey wearing a t-shirt proclaiming his innocence and the armed robberies he did carry out
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Journalist Lisa Francesca Nand suffered multiple miscarriages. She and her husband – a psychotherapist – began documenting these painful, traumatic experiences on camera and the resulting film was broadcast on TLC Network…
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Set up by old school ravers who decided that the party shouldn’t end when you have kids, Big Fish Little Fish put on family raves across the UK. Annie Ridout dusted off the glow sticks and took her daughter to one in Hackney Wick…
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A worrying number of girls in the UK – and worldwide – experience harassment, violence and bullying at school every day. On International Day of the Girl, Annie Ridout looks into these issues…