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‘She helped me believe it was all going to be OK’: Elizabeth Day on the friend who turned her life around
At one of her darkest points, Elizabeth Day stumbled across a new friendship. Here, the author and broadcaster describes how Joan, 20 years her senior, always finds just the right words – and mixes the greatest martinis
Elizabeth Day
02, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM
Summer reading: the 30 best holiday reads – chosen by authors and critics
Novelists including Johny Pitts, Monica Ali and Nina Stibbe – plus Observer critics – on their essential holiday books
02, Jul, 2022 @1:00 PM
Jenna Coleman: ‘Being me makes me feel self-conscious’
She reigned as Queen Victoria and is now back on screen as a traumatised mum from Glasgow. Jenna Coleman tells Elizabeth Day how these ‘brave’ women made her so much stronger
Elizabeth Day
16, Sep, 2018 @6:00 AM
Why we should learn to embrace failure | Elizabeth Day
Divorce, miscarriage, career knock-backs – the big moments in life often come through crisis and make us who we are, so don’t airbrush them out, says Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day
15, Jul, 2018 @7:00 AM
After a miscarriage and divorce, my friends showed me true love
When author Elizabeth Day lost a baby and her marriage ended it was her friends who gave her the unconditional love she’d been seeking
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22, Apr, 2018 @4:59 AM
Top 10 parties in fiction
From Bridget Jones’s curry calamity to Vanity Fair’s historic ball, these social dramas have inspired many novelists. You are invited to enjoy 10 favourites
Elizabeth Day
02, Aug, 2017 @10:16 AM
My parents sent me to Russia for a month, aged 13 – never again
Communism had fallen, and her host could offer her little food and no hot water in their freezing flat, and there were strange noises coming through the walls too …
Elizabeth Day
15, Jul, 2017 @5:14 AM
Whitney Houston’s real bodyguard: ‘Bobby was jealous of her success’
David Roberts, a Welsh former police officer, witnessed the singer turn into an icon, then a tragedy. As a new documentary reappraises her life, he recalls her slide into self-destruction
Elizabeth Day
04, Jun, 2017 @8:00 AM
The rugby buddy movie that tackles homophobia with a laugh
New film Handsome Devil has been hailed as ‘the Irish Moonlight’
Elizabeth Day
29, Apr, 2017 @11:04 PM
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout review – masterful chronicler of small-town America
With her gentle gift for unmasking human vulnerability, Elizabeth Strout has a touch of John Steinbeck and Anne Tyler
Elizabeth Day
23, Apr, 2017 @6:30 AM
BJ Novak: ‘Mindy Kaling used to bully me on set. She would lie to me’
After starring on the US Office, BJ Novak became equally known as a bestselling author – and Mindy Kaling’s soulmate. Now the actor has invented Hollywood’s favourite app. Elizabeth Day meets him
Elizabeth Day
29, May, 2016 @11:00 AM
Not your average pop stars, but Reggie N Bollie’s Afrobeats is the sound of summer
The runners-up of last year’s X Factor, now celebrating a top 10 single, tell how their humble beginnings have shaped their success
Elizabeth Day
28, May, 2016 @11:05 PM
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