Kirsten Robertson

England

Features Writer at Metro (UK)

Reporter at Wiltshire Publications Ltd✍️ Previously features writer at Metro

Articles

Meet Britain's Doomsday preppers stockpiling for WW3

5 days ago | msn.com | Kirsten Robertson

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Meet Britain's Doomsday preppers stockpiling for WW3

5 days ago | msn.com | Kirsten Robertson

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I live in a 'murder house' – this is what it's really like

1 month ago | msn.com | Kirsten Robertson

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I live in a 'murder house' – this is what it's really like

1 month ago | msn.com | Kirsten Robertson

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I live in a 'murder house'

1 month ago | metro.co.uk | Kirsten Robertson

When Mike Covell's young daughter asked one evening: 'Where's the old lady who sings to me?', his blood ran cold. There was no elderly woman in their house on Severn Street in Hull. It was just Mike, his wife, three-year-old Bradley and two-year-old daughter Alyssa. 'We moved onto Severn Street in 2007. I was born on this street and my parents still lived there, we wanted to move closer to them,' Mike, a writer and history expert, tells Metro.
More Than a Personal Decision: A Relational Theory of Quiet Quitting

1 month ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kirsten Robertson |Al-Karim Samnani

1 Introduction Over the past few years, the popular press has been abuzz with discussion and anecdotes about the rise of “quiet quitting,” which some define as a limited willingness to perform assigned duties and avoidance of tasks not outlined in one's formal job description (Formica and Sfodera 2022). Common examples include refusing to engage in after-hours tasks, working slowly, and refraining from trying to improve work processes (Nimmi et al. 2024).
Metro's Lifeline challenge raises over £33,000 for Missing People

1 month ago | metro.co.uk | Kirsten Robertson

Thousands has been raised for the charity Missing People after a group of hardy fundraisers trekked across the Isle of Wight. Each year, Metro staff and readers take on a mammoth hike alongside charity workers and supporters as part of our annual Lifeline campaign. Missing People, which helps the loved ones of those who have vanished, was our chosen charity for 2025.
Thousands will descend on the Isle of Wight in May – and you should too

2 months ago | msn.com | Kirsten Robertson

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Thousands will descend on the Isle of Wight in May

2 months ago | metro.co.uk | Kirsten Robertson

With the evenings getting lighter and days feeling longer, there's something about this time of year that gives most of us a new lease of life. Finally, the time has come to shake off the darkness and cold of winter and shake up our sense of spring adventure. And what better way to do that stretching your legs with likeminded people through some of Britain's most glorious scenery?
Meet Britain's Doomsday preppers stockpiling for World War Three

Mar 27, 2025 | metro.co.uk | Kirsten Robertson

Your phone is out of action, the electricity has cut out and there's no way to reach food. What's your game plan? These are questions people have been urged to explore as the risk of 'World War Three' seemingly grows.