GaBoom.co.uk gives game exchange girl power

Entrepreneur and gamer, Jess Ratcliffe, launched GaBoom.co.uk earlier this year, giving the UK a platform for trading pre-owned games in reaction to industry attempts to cash-in on gamers buying second hand

On the telephone to Chrissie Hynde

It’s not everyday you get to chat to the likes of Chrissie Hynde. So, when I was presented with the opportunity to talk to her while working at The Guardian Guide, I more than jumped at the chance – I leaped (but only metaphorically of course. One must maintain their professional dignity).
I got to ask [...]

Julian Mitchell and the 'saga syndrome'

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His varied career as a stage and screen writer has seen him launch Colin Firth’s career and even write a teleplay with The Kinks’s Ray Davies. Now, Julian Mitchell is returning to novel writing, as Jenny Williams found out

Julian Mitchell wasn’t always a playwright. In fact, he started as a poet and almost became a [...]

Growing confidence: meeting Julia Gregson

Even the best of us can have a confidence crisis at times, as Jenny Williams found out when she met author Julia Gregson
There aren’t many of us who can claim to have progressed through life without suffering a lack of confidence in something at some stage. But you don’t expect an international bestselling novelist and [...]