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Reasons to be hopeful: potatoes
I’m starting a new Substack series called ‘Reasons to be hopeful’. This essay is about countryside life, learning to be wholesome, growing potatoes…
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I want to move house again.
Or do I?
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Steel wool and a mouse by my head
On heightened sensitivity in perimenopause, notes on neurodivergence and the night a mouse woke me up.
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Am I in denial about ageing?
How I look, how I feel, what I think about other women my age, people who live in my area, young people and getting older.
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What women want
An exploration of female desire.
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I started HRT and instantly felt better
I've had the patches in my drawer for months but last week, I bit the bullet and put one on. Within minutes, I felt different. Placebo or genuinely…
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Change is invigorating but it swallows time
Relocating twice in two years made it feel like my life was moving in fast-forward mode. Only now, two and a half years later, it's slowing to a regular…
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The Creative Powerhouse.
Who is she? What's she like?
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What is love?
You can listen…
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Annie Ridout
Essays on living and working creatively. By Annie Ridout (non-fiction author, journalist for nationals, viral poet, Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter and creative entrepreneur).
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