Thousands of strangers told her she was too ugly to be seen. They said she should be banned from posting pictures of her own face online. So she made a decision that turned their cruelty completely on its head. She would post a picture of her face. Every single day. For anyone who didn’t wantContinue reading ““Tell Me I’m Too Ugly — I’ll Give You Front‑Row Seats.””
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The Longest Journey
After putting her three tiny children into a six-year-old Hillman Minx saloon, a Berkshire housewife who had never travelled overseas set out on a 4,000-mile journey to Baghdad on June 30, 1954. She encountered a colourful cast of individuals in the weeks that followed, including a former U-boat captain and a group of adolescent stripteaseContinue reading “The Longest Journey”