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Vicky Spratt
Living
I’m Surprised Offensive Behaviour To Women In Football Has Been Taken ...
Vicky Spratt
2 Nov 2023
Relationships
Has Attachment Theory Gone Too Far?
Vicky Spratt
17 Oct 2023
Living
I’ve Entered My
Eat, Pray, Love
Era & I’m Not The Only One
Vicky Spratt
4 Oct 2023
Living
Alleged Rapist Russell Brand Was Hiding ‘In Plain Sight’, Abusers...
Warning: The following includes descriptions of rape, sexual assault and abuse that some readers may find distressing. In 2010, the comedian Russell Brand
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Vicky Spratt
Body
Parcopresis: Why Do So Many Women Suffer From Poo Anxiety?
During March, a young woman in her late 20s moved in with a man she had been dating on and off since December. They quickly went from meeting up at the blu
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Vicky Spratt
Beauty
I Got Rejected For Botox & It Was A Hard Pill To Swallow
“I wouldn’t inject you,” aesthetic doctor, Dr Harris, said matter of factly as he sat across from me in his North London consulting room.
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Vicky Spratt
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Beauty
This £750 Facial Taught Me Some Hard Truths About Ageing
There are gravely serious things happening in the world: Donald Trump’s criminal trial, war in Ukraine, boats of people in the Channel desperately trying
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Vicky Spratt
Beauty
I Got My Chest Lasered To Improve My Skin & I Learned A Lot
Outdated phrases such as ‘anti-ageing’ and ‘anti-wrinkle’ are slowly but surely being replaced by healthier, more inclusive ideas.
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Vicky Spratt
Relationships
Gwyneth’s ‘I Wish You Well’ Was Immediate – But...
Once, on a cold January evening, I wrote in an iMessage the words: “I wish you well.” I was signing off a text to someone who had behaved less
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Vicky Spratt
Living
What You’re Getting Wrong About ‘Self Love’
“Thank yourself for showing up today and loving yourself,” said the yoga teacher in the dim, sweaty room where I do hot yoga and try to shut do
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Vicky Spratt
Work & Money
Does Your Job Really Need To Spark Joy?
“I just don’t feel like I’m contributing anything,” a friend said to me recently in despair. “I want to do more. It’s not just abou
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Vicky Spratt
Living
Not Everything Is ‘Toxic’ Just Because You Don’...
If something is toxic, it is poisonous. If ingested or inhaled, its toxicity can make people sick; it can even be fatal. Toxic things are to be treated wit
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
Nobody Is Talking About Male Infertility & It’s Bad For Us All
There’s a story we’ve been told about Britain’s falling birth rate. It goes something like this: women are too focused on their careers, having child
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Vicky Spratt
Living
Young Single Mums Are Really Struggling, So Why Is Nobody Helping?
“I’m doing everything I am supposed to be doing but there are all these knock-backs,” says 26-year-old mother of one Phillipa over the ph
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Vicky Spratt
Mind
I Stopped Chasing Happiness & You Should, Too
I remember, with the sort of clarity reserved for those pivotal moments in life during which, you later realise, a huge change was underway, the card I was
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Vicky Spratt
Abortion
How We Talk About Abortion Needs To Change
I have a lot of déjà vu at the moment. This creeping feeling that I’ve had a conversation before. That I’m saying something I’ve already said. I wo
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Vicky Spratt
Work & Money
All The Reasons Why Private Renting Right Now Really Is Chaos
The rental market in England is, to use a technical term, totally and utterly bonkers right now. “There were literally around 60 other people viewing
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Vicky Spratt
Work & Money
Things Were Bad For Women – But Liz Truss Has Made Them Even Worse
Britain’s third woman prime minister, Liz Truss, delivered a budget which, in just the space of a few days, has made the lives of many women materially w
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Vicky Spratt
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Global News
Under Liz Truss, Things Could Be Harder For Women In Britain
Former foreign secretary Liz Truss has won the Conservative party’s leadership contest and beat former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race for the top job
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Vicky Spratt
Work & Money
Advice For Starting Again Financially After A Break Up
The first time I went through a proper break up I was at university. I still had a Nokia phone. It was neither ironic nor a burner; iPhones didn’t exist
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Vicky Spratt
Relationships
Should We Ever Block Lovers & Friends On Social Media?
“I was seeing someone and he ended it. Well, it was a classic fade out – it ended but it didn’t. My friends swooped in and told me to block him,?
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
Sanna Marin Has Been Exposed As Human & It’s Good For Us All
What exactly constitutes a scandal in politics these days? Allegedly misleading parliament over what you were up to during the coronavirus lockdowns (Boris
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Vicky Spratt
Beauty
I Got My Face Lasered To Improve My Skin & Here’s What I Le...
In 2021, it’s safe to say we’re no longer so afraid of growing older. The beauty industry is slowly phasing out the term ‘anti-ageingR
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
A Woman Prime Minister Won’t Necessarily Be Good For Women
It’s British Summer Time and due to climate change a record temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius has just been recorded in the seventh circle of hell (sor
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Vicky Spratt
Wellness
Abortion Is More Under Threat In Britain Than You Think
How much do you know about abortion law in Britain? No, really, how much do you know about it? This is a serious question. Do you know that even thou
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
Don’t Miss This Good News About The Gender Health Gap
Women and people with wombs don’t need studies to tell them there is a gender health gap. They know. They know because, as Refinery29 has reported in our
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Vicky Spratt
Beauty
A Skin Doctor Told Me This Is The Only Preventative Treatment Tha...
In 2022, growing older is no longer such a big deal. ‘Anti-ageing‘ is slowly but surely becoming a defunct phrase as beauty brands focus on enh
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Vicky Spratt
Living
“Buying A Flat Was The Biggest Mistake Of My Life”
In 2017, 29-year-old Sophie Bichener made what she describes today as “the biggest mistake” of her life. Did she break up with the love of her life? No
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Vicky Spratt
Living
What Learning To Drive As An Adult Is Really Teaching Me
In the summer of 2009, when I was 21, I drove down the M25 at 70 miles per hour, twice, in what I can only describe as my first real rite of adulthood. For
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Vicky Spratt
News
Boris Johnson’s Government Is A Toxic Boys’ Club
Ask Siri to show you what an ‘elite boys’ club’ looks like and an image of No. 10 Downing Street during a coronavirus lockdown will appea
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Vicky Spratt
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