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  • 1 month ago | msn.com | Alexandra Heminsley

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  • 2 months ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Alexandra Heminsley

    Home|Life|Real LifeAlexandra Heminsley reveals what it was like to work alongside the actor for three weeks in 2000 while she practised her British accent for the first Bridget Jones’ Diary film.. by Alexandra Heminsley | Updated on14th February 2025 at 12.18pmI would love to say I realised, but I didn’t. Not when we were told the new work experience girl was called ‘Bridget’. Not when she did almost zero real work for a fortnight.

  • Aug 20, 2024 | brnw.ch | Hannah Coates |Marie Bladt |Alexandra Heminsley

    With mental health disorders, such as depression and anxiety, on the rise in the UK, and an overwhelmed NHS, we’re approaching a crossroads in how we approach matters of the mind. In a conversation on Times Radio on Monday, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, a non-executive NHS England director, noted the steep uptick in younger generations’ willingness to talk about their mental health, in contrast to their parents and grandparents, who were far less likely to open up.

  • Aug 16, 2024 | msn.com | Alexandra Heminsley

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  • Aug 16, 2024 | theguardian.com | Alexandra Heminsley

    Violence against women on UK trains has risen by 50% in two years, it was reported this week. The news barely raised an eyebrow among my female friends, so commonplace are sexual assaults and aggressions on public transport. Society seems to be teetering at a crossroads, perilously close to accepting that being stroked, squeezed or grabbed at is just another mundanity of women’s commutes. Grim, but not unlikely. And hardly a crime. Right? Except it is. Of course it is.