Guest columns

Pieces written by friends of The Shift

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"Every part of my body hurt"

After years of pain, the double-Booker Prize winning novelist Hilary Mantel was diagnosed with endometriosis. But her diagnosis came too late to save…

Oct 19 •

Rediscovering my creativity in midlife

After dropping out of college at 19, Stacey Duguid buried her art dreams deep inside. In her mid-40s she picked up a paintbrush again and it changed her…

Sep 28 •

Feel like your wardrobe hates you?

Did you, like me, wake up one perimenopausal morning and wonder why all your clothes no longer fit? Erica Davies (46-year-old stylist, mum of two, size…

Jul 13 •

"You're old, you sag, get over it!"

Guest columnist Saima Mir is rewatching The Golden Girls and is surprised to find she's in love

Apr 20 •

As a 48-year-old brown woman, I’ve been invisible as long as I can remember

Our first guest columnist, Saima Mir, knows how it feels to be disregarded for nothing more than your appearance

Feb 16 •

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