Polly Vernon

2 months ago | graziadaily.co.uk | Polly Vernon

Home|Life|Real LifeAs Grazia turns 20, Polly Vernon contemplates on what she's learned over the past 20 years... by Polly Vernon | Published on17th February 2025 at 5.19pmTwenty years of Grazia: as good a time as any to contemplate the latest 20 years of my life, how I got to here from there, what I’ve learned – and what I’d tell 20-years-younger me. For example... You do not need to wash your hair every day. It’s a fearful waste of time.

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Polly Vernon

I've been feeling a little off lately. Prone to anxiety. I thought it might be about winter at first - so miserable, so cold, so long. Then I thought it might be about the time that I was assaulted by a stranger in the street. Finally I realised it was about finishing my new book, a precursor to it being published, which, in my experience, is what happens before you get trolled to abstraction. Trolled into a terrible, all-encompassing, self-worth-demolishing state of shame.

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Polly Vernon

Holly Willoughby sits across a table from me - a Dictaphone and two glasses of water separate us - looking absolutely petrified. Her eyes are wide, panicked; her breath comes shallow and short. She clasps one hand to her chest quite unconsciously. "I can't ... I can't ... I ... find this really so hard to talk about ..."Take your time, I say. It has been a f***er of a year. "It's been a tough one. There's no way of sugar-coating it."Her voice breaks and then fails her completely.

Jan 12, 2025 | pollyvernon.substack.com | Polly Vernon

Broad with Polly VernonA multi award winning journalist, author, (/ trouble maker, atypical feminist, dog worshipper, Botox fancier, fashion obsessed wise woman) tells you - you know: Stuff. Over 5,000 subscribersNo thanks

Jan 10, 2025 | thetimes.com | Polly Vernon