Tears of a Clown: by humorist & character comedian, Rose Wadham

Tears of a Clown: by humorist & character comedian, Rose Wadham

When I was five, I was painfully, quiveringly shy. So shy that I took up residence in the airing cupboard, where I would immerse myself in the soft, clean laundry and sing to my family of twenty-two teddies and dolls from around the world; tragic operettas involving lovelorn knights and Chinese princesses and orphans drowned [...]
A labour of love: by Career Matters founder, Erica Sosna

A labour of love: by Career Matters founder, Erica Sosna

I’m a child of the globe. My Russian father and my Persian Jewish mother met and married in Israel before moving to London, where I and my younger brother were born. Their marriage was an unhappy union of polar opposites and my experience of their very different approach to parenting created an inner conflict that [...]
Life’s a rollercoaster: by voiceover artist Posy Brewer

Life’s a rollercoaster: by voiceover artist Posy Brewer

Photo credit © Carl Proctor In 2010, I was in a very dark place. I found myself spiralling into a deep hole of depression and anxiety. I remember the moment my husband came back from work and found me crying into the carpet, hoping the floor would just swallow me up. That was when the [...]