Charlotte Metcalf
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Associate Editor and Editor, Great British Brands at Country & Town House
Charlotte is a freelance writer and film-maker
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1 week ago |
countryandtownhouse.com | Charlotte Metcalf
Victoria Siddall (c) Alexandra Dao Victoria Siddall (c) Alexandra Dao After 20 years at Frieze, Victoria Siddall has become the first woman to take the helm at the National Portrait Gallery. And there’s change afoot, finds Charlotte Metcalf Conversations At Scarfes Bar: Victoria Siddall Last August, Victoria Siddall became the first woman to become National Portrait Gallery’s director in its 168-year history. ‘It’s my dream job,’ she says. ‘The gallery is full of incredible people and tells...
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2 months ago |
countryandtownhouse.com | Charlotte Metcalf
Image courtesy of Oris Image courtesy of Oris Stop the boats? Yusra Mardini and her sister famously swam to safety. She talks to Charlotte Metcalf about fleeing Syria, her collaboration with Oris and how she’s giving back. Interview: Olympic Swimmer Yusra Mardini Anyone who watched the 2022 film The Swimmers will know Yusra Mardini’s story. She and her sister, Sara, fled war-torn Syria and made the treacherous journey across the Aegean from Turkey to Lesbos. As their overladen dinghy started...
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Feb 11, 2025 |
mg.co.za | Des Erasmus |Charlotte Metcalf
Water holds an extraordinary position in South Africa. It exists as both drinking water, a fundamental human right enshrined in the Constitution, and packaged water, a regulated food product subject to stringent safety laws. This dual identity presents unique problems in a country straddling the demands and legislation of a first-world population seeking premium quality and a developing-world reality where millions simply need access to safe water.
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Jan 31, 2025 |
countryandtownhouse.com | Charlotte Metcalf
Marianna Spring’s reporting on the darkest tenets of social media for the BBC has resulted in vicious slurs and death threats. But she’s met her trolls head on, finds Charlotte MetcalfConversations At Scarfes Bar: Marianna SpringWho Is Marianna Spring? Marianna Spring is suddenly everywhere.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
theoldie.co.uk | Nanette Newman |John Standing |Charlotte Metcalf
Nanette Newman and John Standing, Oldie In-Laws of the Year. By Charlotte Metcalf Actress and author Nanette Newman, 90, is the mother-in-law of actor John Standing, also 90. United by their acting careers as well as their family, Nanette and her son-in-law are just three months apart in age. John’s wife is the journalist Sarah Standing, Nanette’s older daughter by the film director the late Bryan Forbes (1926-2013). Nanette and Bryan also had a second daughter, Emma, the television presenter.
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