Interviews
Anna Wing
Life Tips #9: Anna Wing, actor
'You still like to be fancied - even at 90.' The former Eastenders actor tells us what she's learnt
gospel oak
Life Tips #8: Kristin Baybars, 79, Toy Shop Owner, Gospel Oak
'Constant change is wretched. My window display hasn’t altered since the 70s.'
Life Tips
Life Tips #7: Jon March, 32, Vicar at St Luke’s, Kentish Town
1. Be careful what you say you’ll never do. Studying a degree in theology I had no intention of being a vicar. My Dad’s one, ...
Hampstead Heath
Life Tips #6: Clare Davidson, Voice Coach
1. It’s essential to love what you do. I meet such varied people, from politicians and priests to corporate high flyers and of course actors; ...
Books
Life Tips #5 – Maggie Gee, 63, Author
#1. It’s not about the carriage you go round the village in is it? In August 1983 my boyfriend Nick and I, after six months ...
Life Tips
Life Tips #4: Zak, Working Mum
1. ‘Make every impression count. I once struck up conversation with a customer at my first job in London, waitressing, then saw him again two ...
Life Tips
Life Tips #3: Rose Hacker, world’s oldest newspaper columnist (1906-2008)
'Life might be about nothing, but it might be about something'
Camden Lock Market
Life Tips #2. John, 60, Market Stallholder
1. ‘If you’re a jewellery seller, don’t ask for a stall nearest the entrance. It’s the first one customers see so they’ll walk straight by, ...
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