charlotte cripps
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Writer and Editor @Independent. All my views my own. [email protected] plus very busy mum of two
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Joined May 2011
I had a wonderful time talking to Rita Ora at home with her family. She opened up about IVF, therapy, panic attacks and why she feels passionately about protecting refugees. Read the exclusive interview at The Independent ❤️@Independent
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Exclusive: As the singer returns to the bonkers game show ‘The Masked Singer’ next month, she opens up to Charlotte Cripps about IVF, her relationship with Taika Waititi, and why she will always feel...
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Love doing these Voices pieces @Independent @IndyVoices Opinion: Leave Richard Keys alone – you can’t help who you fall in love with
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Why does it matter if she’s half his age and younger than his daughter – who is also her former best friend? Leave them alone. They are in love!
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Hannah Rothschild talks to @charcripps about her extraordinary life - and her new novel High Time @BloomsburyBooks #SuccessionHBO
https://t.co/d69ucCg4EA
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The Rothschilds have the wealth, power and prestige of Succession’s Roy dynasty but that’s where the similarity ends, insists heiress and novelist Hannah. As her family get the lavish Downton-esque...
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Oh yes ! My non-surgical facelift has got me thinking about more procedures @Independent
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No scalpels. No filler overload. Absolutely no buccal fat removal. Those were the things Charlotte Cripps was certain about when she went in for a cutting-edge treatment designed to rejuvenate the...
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I couldn’t stop destroying myself and those around me – the brutal truth of being an addict @charcripps for @IndyVoices
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When you love someone dearly, fighting addiction tears you apart. It's a living hell that I’m lucky to have escaped, says Charlotte Cripps
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I defend all the mums out there who look a bit frazzled, or unglamorous. I never did the school run in pyjamas, but there’s nothing wrong with ‘mumsy’ @Independent @IndyVoices
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Why mums like me respectfully disagree with Queen Camilla’s stylist
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As a mum of two small kids, I’ve had enough of being judged by other passengers on flights when my baby has cried. Opinion: Stop shouting at babies on planes @IndyVoices @Independent
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Parents can’t help it if our babies cry on flights. It’s not always possible to leave the kids at home
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My first royal interview with Sarah Ferguson on Andrew, Harry and her new Mills & Boon whodunit. Was so fun to talk to the Duchess about how she’s become her “authentic self” @IndyLife @Independent
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The Duchess of York talks to Charlotte Cripps about feeling broken, living through her heroines and plastic surgery
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The Duchess of York talks to @charcripps about feeling broken, living through her heroines and plastic surgery https://t.co/z6kGGdXxG2
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The Duchess of York talks to Charlotte Cripps about feeling broken, living through her heroines and plastic surgery
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I wrote about how children’s birthday parties are making my life a living hell. It doesn’t matter if it’s the intimate soft play at Kensington Leisure Centre or an ice palace built in the UAE desert, they’ve got out of hand
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Birthday parties have become ground zero for parental one-upmanship and luxury gifts, writes Charlotte Cripps, from flying birthday boys to immersive espionage events to recruiting pop stars for...
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Finally, my Muggles is in therapy! I wrote about it here @Independent. Can a pet therapist cure my dog’s eating disorder?
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Driven to distraction by her eight-year-old Golden Retriever, Charlotte Cripps turned to pet psychoanalysis for help. But a session with behavioural therapist and TV star Victoria Stilwell proved far...
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Unforgotten’s Sanjeev Bhaskar: ‘Rishi Sunak as PM reveals latent racism in people’ . I spoke to the man behind DI Sunny Khan in ITVs hit police drama - can’t wait for it to start this eve ❤️@TheIndyTV @Independent
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The actor is reprising his role as DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan in the hit crime drama. He talks to Charlotte Cripps about Nicola Walker’s shock departure, casual racism in TV, and being labelled ‘white...
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Jason Segel’s new comedy Shrinking has reminded me of all my mad therapists. @Independent
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The Hollywood star’s latest role is as a therapist who breaks every rule in the book. It made Charlotte Cripps think back to all of her wackiest experiences in therapy
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I wrote a piece about how IVF is covered on TV. Can there be humour in a struggle to conceive? Yes! The lastest comedy is Sky Comedy’s Romantic Getaway - the couple steal cash to fund fertlity treatment @Independent
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‘Romantic Getaway’ explores what happens when a couple goes to criminal lengths to pay for IVF, and while my story never went so far – I understand their desperation, writes Charlotte Cripps
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I spoke to Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones…after that shocking cliffhanger, she says we may never find out if Nessa and Gavin tied the knot! Her new novel Love Untold is out today @Independent
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The ‘Gavin and Stacey’ writer and actor talks to Charlotte Cripps about her new novel, ‘Love Untold’, and why she won’t be bringing back the beloved sitcom
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Mixed emotions: How does it feel to be shortlisted for the Booker prize - or even win it?
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The shortlist for the UK’s most prestigious literary award was announced this week – but is it stressful for the nominated authors? Charlotte Cripps investigates
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I spoke to Jenny Agutter about nudity in her earlier films like Walkabout and reprising her role as Bobbie in The Railway Children Return - 52 years later!! @Independent
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Fifty years since her star-making role in ‘The Railway Children’, Jenny Agutter is playing Bobbie again. The actor talks to Charlotte Cripps about returning to the role, the pressure to get plastic...
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The Baby is the scariest show about motherhood I’ve ever seen – and I relate to it @Independent
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I spoke to Talulah Riley about her new book The Quickening. It’s about a terrifying dystopian matriarchy. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale❤️ @Independent d https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/talulah-riley-elon-musk-wife-book-quickening-b2112070.html
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Yep a Netflix show about a cisgender man finding out he’s pregnant. The series is so bizarre, it’s almost binge-worthy. I wrote about it @Independent
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Films and TV shows about pregnant men are nothing new, but Netflix’s latest one from Japan is one of the strangest, even if ultimately it has a pure message, writes Charlotte Cripps
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