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Whips, Wellies & Other Country Pursuits
Behind Suffolk’s clipped hedges and impeccable manners, Ivy discovers how much people will pay to surrender control. A darkly comic memoir of becoming a dominatrix out of necessity—and the unsettling intimacy of being trusted with desires that never make it into polite conversation.
The Worlds We Play In and the People Who Build Them
What does it cost to build the worlds we escape into? In this candid interview, an independent game developer opens up about creativity, neurodiversity and the pressures behind the screen, revealing what happens when the work you love begins to ask more than you can afford.
Losing My Dad Broke My Heart. Losing My Dog Broke Me.
The dog’s bed lies empty, the daily rituals have lost their purpose, and somehow you are expected to carry on. Losing My Dad, Losing My Dog is an intimate account of grief arriving twice over, for a father and for a beloved dog, and of the loneliness of finding that the loss others take least seriously is the one that has left you most undone.
The Illusion of Expertise: What Real Qualified Personal Trainers Think of Online Coaching
The physique is convincing, the promises persuasive—but what happens once you’ve paid? Drawing on first-hand experience and interviews with qualified trainers, this investigation examines how online fitness coaches turn visibility into authority, and what clients risk when the person selling expertise cannot deliver it.