The Guardian was the first 'biggie' publisher I was commissioned by and I 'got in' with an unusual story about female executives being elected into precarious and risky postitions that held a high chance of failure.
This phenomenon was called the 'Glass Cliff' and my piece, Women on the edge, was for the Office Hours section and heralded a fabulous breakthrough in my career.
I squealed around the living room after reading the commissioning editor's email that said 'we'll take 800 words' - and only four months after I'd decided I wanted to be a writer!
Since then, I have done much more work for The Guardian, in different sections.
This work includes other Office Hours features such as All day and all of the night, which was about 24/7 consumer culture and how it is affecting our time with families and friends, away from work.
Another piece - which I loved doing - was a more recent one, Cuckooland or paradise for the birds?, focusing on some research that said most of us are 'morning people' and would prefer to be at work earlier (really? No, I didn't think so either).
Then there is a feature I did on women entrepreneurs, a topic I enjoy writing about, called What women really want, which was published in time for last year's International Women's Day.
I've also written for the Rise (graduate) section, Guardian Weekend, and the education supplement, Evaluate.
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