“It started small. Taking jars of nut butter to Maltby Street Market at the weekends to see how they sold,” says Pippa Murray, founder of Pip & Nut. They sold well; her nut butters are now stocked in 2500 stores across the UK. We talk mornings, mentors and living in a shed…
entrepreneur
Mornings
She travels the world, baking bread in a trailer, then returns to her modernist north London pad to brainstorm creative ideas for her business. Read about the romantic life of Julia Georgallis, founder of The Bread Companion…
Mornings
They grew up in Somerset, running around in the handmade leather moccasins their parents made for a living. Now, sisters Bethany and Osyth have launched their own business – Bimble – making beautiful kids’ shoes. Only, Osyth recently moved to Australia. Here’s how they make it work…
Mornings
Debs and Bex, the founders of tongue-in-cheek clothing label Parent Apparel, discuss work-life balance, collaborating with Mother Pukka and their ideal weekends (hint: one involves gin, the other involves vodka)…
Work Life
“Melanmag is for women of colour. The magazine is also for anyone with an ‘appreciation’ for women of colour – be it our fashion, food or culture.” Joy Joses, founder of a new digital magazine, talks business, media and race with The Early Hour…
Mornings
“I don’t want to sound like a smug git whose got it all – cause I don’t – but I’m actually really happy with my work/life balance.” Leo Wood on running a co-working space, pop-up creche PlayPen and raising two young girls…
Mornings
“I mostly work from the dining room table, surrounded by scattered toys, piles of post/brand lookbooks and boxes.” Ben Turner, founder of family outdoor clothing brand Beyond the Stork, on the reality of starting a new business…
Mornings
“Houseplants have become my latest obsession, it amazes me how they can completely change the feel of a room.” Helen Cordy, founder of online lifestyle store Wood Grey, talks work and family life with Annie Ridout…
Family
Mariam Mola was sentenced, aged 25, for a crime she committed seven years earlier – as a teenager. But not just that, she was heavily pregnant when the judge sent her down. Here, she discusses the reality of being pregnant in prison…
Family
A toddler, a second baby on the way, running a business, a marathon-runner, working part time and completing a master’s degree… we ask Dominique Beach how it feels to be a student mum – juggling work, motherhood, hobbies and studying…