Kim Philby: The Spy Who Loved Me

By Charlotte Philby, 12th June 2018
Features In this article for The Independent Magazine, I returned to Moscow to discover the truth about my grandfather, the infamous Third Man

Global Village #5

By Staff, 21st May 2018
Regulars, Travel When Rosalind Miller's daughter was born, the medical student was determined having a child wouldn't stop her moving to India to carry out her PhD field work. She reflects on swapping London for a local community in Bangalore with a toddler in tow

Global Village #4

By Charlotte Philby, 14th May 2018
Education, Regulars, Travel From Scotland to Costa Rica (via East London, New York and Mexico). Mother-of-four Abigail Pilcher talks multiple relocations, opening – and closing – a guesthouse, and how a holiday to Turkey inspired the move of a lifetime

Global Village #3

By Anna Stopes, 11th May 2018
Regulars, Relationships, Travel Mother-of-three Anna Stopes relocated her family from inner-city Manchester to rural South Africa. She talks police lock-downs, home-schooling, and wild weekend adventures

The Lives of Others #5

By Rebecca Armstrong, 9th May 2018
Health, Regulars, Relationships Four years ago, Rebecca Armstrong's husband was hit by a car and suffered traumatic brain injury, which left him with limited mobility and living in care. She recalls what has kept her sane in the maddest of times

Global Village #2

By Bridie Woodward, 7th May 2018
Features Bridie Woodward swapped London for New York 'for a few months', six years ago. She reflects on accidentally making a life for herself, between an apartment in the city and a cottage in Montauk

How to… Go plastic-free

By Bettina Maidment, 4th May 2018
Features Mother-of-two Bettina Maidment has spent the past 18 months living almost entirely without plastic, while reducing her overall waste so significantly that she only takes out the bins once every few months... Here is how

Global Village #1

By Alana Cookman, 30th April 2018
Education, Regulars, Travel Kicking of a new series of interviews for the nomadic generation, Alana Cookman reflects on the dreams and realities of moving from London to Denmark, via Chile, with her tribe of four

Sex For Tuition Fees: An Undercover Investigation

By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018
Features, Sex In an undercover investigation for The Independent, I found students being offered up to £15,000 a year to cover the cost of their university, in exchange for having sex with strangers

Maternity Services in Crisis

By Charlotte Philby, 24th April 2018
Birth, Features, Health, Pregnancy The NHS and its maternity services are at breaking point. In this extensive investigation for The Independent Magazine I went back to the hospital in which both I and my children were born to examine what's really troubling over-burdened midwives