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What's got my attention this week #7
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What's got my attention this week #7

Things to read, watch & listen to this weekend

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Jun 23, 2023
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Linda Haye OBE, the first woman of colour to be a full-time member of the Police Complaints Authority. One of ten Windrush Generation portraits. Painted by Shannon Bono.

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• Debbie Harry is playing Glastonbury at 70. Here’s why. £
• This will change the way you think about ambition.
• Can we stop talking about generations now?
• In a surprise to pretty much no-one, women in leadership positions face ageism whatever their age.
• What it’s like to be a virgin at 30/40/50.
• After breast cancer I didn’t care about looking young, I just wanted to look like myself. £
• If you aren’t yet sick of me going on about Demon Copperhead and its author Barbara Kingsolver, here’s an interview I did with her for You magazine.
• Learning the difference between wants and needs.
• Eating out is a luxury again. £
• How learning to walk properly can change your perspective as well as your posture.

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