North East – Holly Peacock-Goodwin

Am I Guilty of Not ‘Leaning In’, Just When Society Needed Me to Go the Extra Mile?

I have spent the past seven years in London working my way onto one of the most established women’s magazines in the country, Grazia magazine. But after less than a year, I quit my job and headed back to the North East… jobless. When the idea of leaving was just that, an idea, I beganContinue reading “Am I Guilty of Not ‘Leaning In’, Just When Society Needed Me to Go the Extra Mile?”

I’m…you know…’northern, northern’

I’m so over pretending insulting me because I’m Northern is ok. Now I’m not talking about the mocking of accents per say. Sometimes, it’s lols and definitely acceptable. There are also times when I’ve been to blame, for example, I now accept (9 years after leaving London) that: A) Tret is not a word B) Continue reading “I’m…you know…’northern, northern’”