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Co-founder, Magnificent Me
Interviewer - 'Creative Spotlight', writer - 'Letter from 'China' and 'Deal Breaker'
No single issue of Magnificent Me has a theme - we like every edition to be as singular and varied as you are, although of course we do like to major on creativity in all its guises, with a bit of witty ranting and raving thrown in. Edition four, however, has a kind of theme that came about purely coincidentally - age. It was a joy to interview Margaret Hockney, who, after a long career as a nurse, discovered a whole new artistic aspect to her life after joining an internet-based 'third agers' discussion group. Read 'Creative Spotlight' to find out more... |
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Co-founder of Magnificent Me and writer of Careering and Brewing Up.
Having heard her interviewed on BBC Radio Four's Women's Hour, I was struck by the passion and conviction of writer Julia Neuberger, as she related the horrors women encounter as they enter their seventies and eighties. Dismissed, ignored, even abused, most of the women she interviewed for her recent book on ageing, 'Not Dead Yet', had encountered the worst of our society's inherent ageism. I was thrilled to bits when she agreed to summarise her findings for us, in a heartfelt plea for tolerance, sympathy and respect (see our regular soapbox hotspot: 'Bitch'). Let's back her call for 'grey power', and start changing this insidious preujudice! |
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Formerly a teacher of English at Redruth School, Abigail Wyatt now lives and writes in the shadow of Carne Brae in Cornwall. She owes what happiness she enjoys to her family and to a small circle of good friends. She is especially grateful for the love and support of her mother, Barbara, her daughter, Tilly, and her dearest friend, Estefania.
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Ella Doran began her design business with a first class honours degree in textiles but no experience in product design. The catalyst was a studio sale of her textiles, where she sold out of photographic coasters she had produced using images from a recent trip abroad. Having received a Prince’s Trust Grant in 1996, Ella showed her first range of tablemats at the UK show ‘Top Drawer, winning ‘Highly Recommended Best new Product’. Her stockists grew to include Heals, Conran, Harrods and House of Fraser with new products then created through licensing agreements with The Art Group, Jason and Portmeirion, as well as a range of work for the Tate Museum shops. Ella now runs a studio and shop, creating collections that are not mass-produced and which allow for ‘a different kind of experimentation and creativity’, selling Ella’s work alongside the work of chosen artists and designers. |
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Broadcaster and writer Julia Neuberger became a rabbi in 1977, serving the South London Liberal Synagogue for 12 years before leaving to pursue her interest in research and health care ethics. She has held various public positions including the Chief Executive of the King's Fund and was a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life 200-2004. She recently chaired the Commission on the Future of Volunteering and has been appointed the Prime Minister's Champion for Volunteering. She was admitted to the House of Lords in 2004. |
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Born and bred in Liverpool, Teleri Lloyd-Jones moved to London six years ago to begin a university education that ended at the Royal College Art. She graduated last year with a Masters in design history, primarily on the material culture of 18th century food – which she didn’t expect to be writing about. An avid generalist, she writes commercially and academically on such topics as contemporary crafts, design and culinary history. |
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