Writing and Motherhood
By Charlotte Philby, 8th July 2019Features For a new series by Riposte magazine on motherhood and identity, I explore how writing fiction became an escape, and then a career, after having children
Features For a new series by Riposte magazine on motherhood and identity, I explore how writing fiction became an escape, and then a career, after having children
‘The Night Manager set in a woman’s world’
By Charlotte Philby, 6th May 2019Features Radio 4 Open Book's editors pick, and One to Watch in The Observer and The Bookseller (small shriek), read the first reviews and order my debut novel, The Most Difficult Thing
Marie Claire: Why we need to talk about miscarriage
By Charlotte Philby, 18th April 2019Features In this piece for the May 2019 issue of Marie Claire magazine, I recall my own experience and speak to others affected by one of the last taboos
Author Lee Child on why he never plots his novels
By Charlotte Philby, 6th March 2019Features I spoke to the bestselling crime writer for Marie Claire on the importance of remembering that fact is often stranger to readers than fiction
Decoding Your Dark Side
By Charlotte Philby, 26th February 2019Features, Relationships As Dr Julia Shaw's book Making Evil is published to great acclaim, she tells me, in this piece for Marie Claire, why a new movement is encouraging us to embrace our darkest thoughts, rather than shy away from them
‘What I learned from six months off social media – and why I came back’
By Charlotte Philby, 25th September 2018Features, Health, Technology In an article for Marie Claire, I reflect on what drove me away from instagram, Facebook, et al - and how half a year away gave me a revised approach to life online
Writers Bloc #1 Val McDermid
By Charlotte Philby, 25th September 2018Features, Regulars From imposter syndrome to plotting, in a new series for Marie Claire authors give me chapter and verse on how the writing process works for them - starting with multi award-winning crime writer Val McDermid, who has written 32 books in as many years
The Lives of Others #6
By Staff, 23rd July 2018Education, Features, Regulars, Travel Georgie Higginson moved from the UK to Uganda 14 years ago. After losing their daughter to stillbirth, she and her husband were inspired to build a lodge on the banks of the River Nile, overlooking Murchison Falls National Park - an area once occupied by LRA rebels
Global Village #6
By Charlotte Philby, 9th July 2018Design, Features, Regulars, Travel Designer Kate Pietrasik lived in London, Edinburgh, New York and Byron Bay before moving to a town near Biarritz when her daughter was four years old. She reflects on life as a 'blended family', running her own business, and the joy of being rootless
Chapman Pincher: The Spy-Catcher of Fleet Street
By Charlotte Philby, 24th June 2018Features On the eve of his 99th birthday, I spent the day with Chapman Pincher - and found the original spy-catcher still on the hunt for spooks