Kitty Drake
Writer @guardian, @NewStatesman and @FTmag. Researcher @GdnSaturday. Winner of the 2019 AA Gill Award for Emerging Food Critics. RIP @Ladybeardmag.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Kitty Drake
When my boyfriend proposed, I said yes – not because I was madly in love with him, but because it seemed like the correct thing to do. We’d been together for eight years and all of our friends were getting engaged; my life felt like a constant cycle of hen nights. I knew something was wrong but I suppressed it. Sometimes I’d get these flashes of anxiety.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Sam Wollaston |Kitty Drake
Becky, 47, BrightonOccupation Data product owner at a utilities companyVoting record Green but has voted Labour to keep the Tories outAmuse bouche Becky’s surname, Fuego, comes from Vim Fuego, Adrian Edmondson’s character in the fictional Comic Strip heavy metal band Bad News. “When we got married, my husband changed his name, too, so we both adopted the surname Fuego”Andy, 59, HorshamOccupation Industrial physicistVoting record Used to vote Labour and was a member.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Kitty Drake
Anook, 31 I’d had orgasms with previous partners, but I’d never tried to give myself one – I felt too ashamedWhen I met David three years ago, my marriage was breaking down and I’d just had a baby. It was a very low moment. My husband was a shut-down, cold man. Part of what finally motivated me to leave was he seemed incapable of caring for me, or even really talking to me after our daughter was born. What first struck me about David was his warmth.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Zoe Williams |Kitty Drake
David, 47, Surrey Occupation Pharmaceutical physician Voting record Has always been a Conservative, but has fallen out of love with the party and only votes for them now because the MP is his best friend Amuse bouche Politics is his hobby – he stood for the Conservatives in Scotland, circa 2015, and is a former chair and president of the association Yung Yung, 41, London OccupationAccountant Voting record Last voted Green – but only because she’s in a safe Labour seat Amuse bouche Was a...
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Sam Wollaston |Kitty Drake
Lian, 57, DarlingtonOccupation Former professor of chemistry, now head of growth for a green startupVoting record Labour party member. Before that had voted Green in some local elections. Describes himself as centre leftAmuse bouche A former PhD student of Lian’s is now his boss. “I only went to work for her for five weeks.
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