Isolde Walters @isoldewrites Twitter profile

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Isolde Walters

1 year

Wrote - with some trepidation - about how I could only afford to buy a flat in London with a large withdrawal from the bank of mum and dad and that we all need to get honest about just where those mighty six-figure deposits are coming from...

Don’t congratulate me for buying a flat. My parents gave me the money

Isolde Walters on how being open about our finances will help those struggling to buy

www.thetimes.com

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

I met the one and only @piersmorgan on my way into work this morning and I can tell you he was absolutely lovely

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

5 months

In three days, I will be six years sober and, with wonderful serendipity, a piece I wrote about getting sober is in The Times today. I hope it helps someone and thank you from the bottom of my heart to all the people who helped me...

Women like me drink so much that we risk dying from it

Isolde Walters understands why female fatalities are rising. Her life was once punctuated by blackouts, chaos and drama

www.thetimes.com

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

@anitathetweeter I think if you read the piece you can do the math to understand the scale of money I got from my parents. I’m sorry you didn’t find the article honest enough, Anita

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 months

@sitweetstoo @RollingStoneUK @rickygervais @StephenMerchant So classless @RollingStoneUK pay Simon what you owe him

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

4 years

@itvpeston @Peston @pritipatel @BorisJohnson Peston's smug laughter at this attempted 'gotcha' doesn't reflect well on him

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

I wrote something v personal - about how Sertraline rescued me from a truly terrifying depression but also destroyed my dating life. Gulp. What I wanted to express was how it feels to face what seems to be a very unfair choice: love life or sanity.

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.com

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

Ryan scares me

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

5 years

Seriously guys if you ever feel you can't write, just read this. YOU CAN WRITE.

Alan White

@aljwhite

5 years

I think this might just be the worst piece of writing I’ll read all year

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

9 months

@sairasameerarao Sweetpea, go ahead and put “anti-Semite” in your bio

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

Very fun to see my mug on the front page of The Times and the piece so beautifully published in the magazine - I do like the “No Sex Please, I’m On Medication” headline. #buyanewspaper 🗞️

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

Really worried that my first reaction to reading this news was... hmmm, he's hot. Second was lol at thought of him scrambling to avoid detection in his kitchen uniform of red and white chequered trousers. Third of course was my fear for the nation's security

Sophie Wilkinson

@sophwilkinson

1 year

Straight women on this site need to calm down

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

Londoners, I wrote about how life in NYC made me quit smoking, the amazing @catccohen and sneaked a mention of Tina Brown in today's Evening Standard. Pick up a copy on your way home

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

My investigation into illegal ayahuasca retreats is in the Mail On Sunday today. I went undercover at a psychedelic getaway in Stockport where I filmed a “shaman” and his yoga teacher girlfriend handing out the tea, which contains a Class A drug, to 20 people.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

I wrote about how the rental market is in chaos with tenants forced to… - pay sky-high rents - “bid” against each other for a home - commit to leases of up to 36 months - send landlords “cover letters” With help from @NatashaLgstone via @MailOnline

Studio apartment in London's Earl's Court on offer at £1,122 a month

This studio apartment in London's Earl's Court (pictured) is on offer at £1,122 a month. The shower stands next to the sink and a patch of grey mould blossoms in the ceiling.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I was typing an email “I’m a journalist at-“ and my predictive text put “at the moment” and now I feel weirdly shaded and threatened and also.... is this predictive text trying to tell me my future???

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

3 years

Went to Cyprus to interview the British woman who believes she was the first victim of the Tinder Swindler … and spent 3 weeks in a Cypriot jail after he implicated her in international credit card fraud

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I am tired of pretending that this heatwave is glorious. It is not. It is disgusting and squelchy and I am fast running out of summer clothes. So I am praying for rain and when it falls, I shall perform an interpretive dance.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

9 years

I met my writer hero @dollyalderton & talked dating, journalism & leaving the party

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I wrote about how much I love Hazza and Meg in today's @EveningStandard plus divorce law, exes at weddings and where the hell are the millennial railcards.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

The @heawood newsletter on Valentines includes one of the best descriptions of being single I've come across

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I wrote about dating, tuition fees and why I just don't get Deliveroo for today's Evening Standard notebook

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I wrote about my Spareroom search in the @EveningStandard today as well as the behemoth that is Beyonce.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

My first ever splash! Read the full story here...

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

Sad to leave @birminghammail today - such a great paper filled with talented reporters, editors and subs who've taught me so much.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I just matched with a boy I went to primary school with on Bumble. Is this the beginning of a modern fairy tale???

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I went to a Caroline Calloway creativity and 'resiliency' workshop and wrote about it here. Spoiler... I didn't love it.

i opinion

@ipaperviews

6 years

A thing is worth whatever people will pay for it, and those women clearly believed £125 was a fair price | @isoldewrites

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I wrote about my short-lived obsession with buying a flat in Margate in today's @standardnews as well as Boris's love of Latin, my idea for green makeup and Russell Crowe's divorce auction

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

Tired of Tinder and never having actually asked a girl out, Ed hired a billboard with a two-word plea: Date Me I travelled all the way up to Leeds to do just that Please guys, give it a click x via @mailplus

Ed’s Uneasy Diner! My date with the country’s most lovelorn computer nerd

www.mailplus.co.uk

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I was really proud of this story. The parents were so brave in speaking out.

Girls, 11, kill themselves 'after they were bullied at school for being in love'

Madissen Paulsen and Sophia Leaf-Abrahamson called each other "girlfriend" and were struggling with their sexuality, their heartbroken parents have said after speaking out for the first time

www.mirror.co.uk

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

The long awaited day has come - I have FINALLY achieved the same number twitter followers as follows. Yes, I know I'm deeply sad.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

Today I passed my driving test after five tries. I honestly consider it more of an achievement than my A levels, degree or masters.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

3 years

Tested out Facebook glasses for the paper this week

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

5 months

Went to influencer school to see if I could become one. I came away with newfound admiration for content creators... and wrote all about it here...

The i paper

@theipaper

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I’m 35 with 1,241 followers – can a £500 course turn me into an influencer? 🖋️ @isoldewrites

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

@RE_DailyMail Maybe she'll walk down the aisle alone. I think that would be a lovely modern touch.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 months

Ok, The Cut article: yes it’s batshit and so unknowingly hilarious with zero self awareness and actually, in parts, kinda offensive. But I also can’t recall the last time I writhed with mirth, fighting back lolz while reading a 3000-word feature. The editors there are geniuses

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

Good lord, I absolutely refuse to read another word about John Le Carre’s sex life

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I have started a newsletter! It's all about being a British gal in NYC (and I hope will be more fun and less indulgent than this sounds). The first one is about how an email brought me to the Big Apple when I was facing freelance penury. Sign up link here:

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

Now THAT’s a top line

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I wrote something in today's Dolly Mail by @dollyalderton (my favourite newsletter)... do check it out, Dolly writes oh so beautifully

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

3 years

@BeverleyJean5 Hi Beverley, I'm a journalist and I'd really like to speak with you for a story. Please can you give me a follow so I can send you a DM? Thanks, Isolde

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

I tried out the latest thing in dating for the Daily Mail. A pear ring is a green bandthat you wear to show you are single and ready to mingle… TLDR I love the idea of it and I do wish we could roll back the clock and somehow prevent the proliferation of dating apps but…..

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

I know this is the future but I still find it sad

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 months

V enjoyed writing this piece about what is obviously a v fraught topic. There's no denying that the birth rate is falling around the world. The reasons behind why so many women are opting out of having babies are fascinating... (I don't think it's just career and finances)

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@DailyMailUK

8 months

'If someone gave me a million quid, I still wouldn't have a kid' ✍️ @isoldewrites speaks to women who are choosing their careers and finances over having children. Selfish... or just admirably single-minded? ⬇️

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I've just been described as rude, condescending and uppity and I kinda love it

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Guys I'm going speed dating in Clapham tonight. I anticipate that it will be a wholeheartedly hideous experience and yet full of great tales to tell at future dinner parties

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

That would have been a cracking podcast tbf

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

5 years

My most exciting - and bonkers - exclusive since coming to NY via @MailOnline

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

@BuzzFeedNews @BuzzFeed I dunno @realDonaldTrump your sniffing sounded a lot like a coke snort...

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

My 10-year quest to get a driving licence is in the Telegraph today, including the bit about my imaginary boyfriend Dylan. Check it out!

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

Looking for case studies for piece about the rental market. If you have experienced: Landlords hiking rents Being asked to pay three or six months rent upfront Beauty contests to get a flat Asked to sign 24 or 36-month lease Please get in touch! #journorequest #generationrent

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

If you're into gothic literature and feminism (& tbf who isn't?) this is quite fun

McSweeney's

@mcsweeneys

8 years

Mary Shelley is the subject of this new installment of 'Women Who Should Be Pissed Off':

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

How strong is this look, you guys?

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

In The Times Magazine today: how people are reaching out for professional help to quit vaping… and how Allen Carr’s Easyway method helped me - dedicated smoker, vaper and nicotine gum chomper - finally break free

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

www.thetimes.com

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

Life hack: why bother running #GreatBirminghamRun when you can just nick a medal and be congratulated by strangers?

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

On my new blog (!) I wrote abt work experience & sound like either a spoilt snowflake or social activist, your call

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 months

Dipped my toe into film criticism with this take on why Poor Things - feted as a feminist classic, give me a break - is actually a misogynist mess…

Poor Things is one of the most misogynistic films I've seen

Of course this film, written by a man, got more Oscar nominations than Barbie

inews.co.uk

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

This is the loveliest story to start the week off Remember the ballerina girl of Balsall Heath? We found her!

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I found out tonight that my flatmate once dated three guys named Alejandro at the same time. I cannot stop asking him about the logistics involved.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I just vommed in my mouth

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I wrote about how sex scandals aren't about shagging anymore, they're about messaging - for the best blog in town! via @LondonEconomic

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

Splish Splash Splosh

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

As #sertraline is trending, I’ll give this piece one more nudge into the Twittersphere… TLDR: I will forever be thankful for Sertraline for taking away a hideous depressive episode but the side effect (libido demolition) was no joke

Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

I wrote something v personal - about how Sertraline rescued me from a truly terrifying depression but also destroyed my dating life. Gulp. What I wanted to express was how it feels to face what seems to be a very unfair choice: love life or sanity.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

☆And here is the story in print ☆

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

There’s an Alexa in my parents’ air bnb and my mum is convinced the host is recording her every word. “Don’t say anything bad about the apartment,” she just hissed at me in the kitchen.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

I'm writing a piece on how horrendous the rental market is right now and how hard it is to get a flat. I am looking for stories of your own struggles while looking...and the terrible flats you have viewed at ridiculous rents. Please get in touch! #journorequest #londonrent

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

5 months

@DollyDeighton I can't get over that someone (in fact, a lot of someones) thought this ad was a good idea... it's crushing lots of beautiful, magical things! pulverising them! it's horrid!

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I have joined a yoga studio in Brooklyn and it is just as barmy as I had hoped

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

My first story for the @birminghammail One in three young West Midlands girls are unhappy with their looks

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I'm in a hen do email chain and everyone's signature says 'senior business development manager' or 'senior client manager' and my signature is so pathetic, I'm tempted to change it to... Senior advanced very high level person at extremely important top secret firm xoxo

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

I’m the idiot who ordered a double mattress to my office and now I can’t change the shipping address. Please tell me: do you think a double mattress (delivered in a cardboard box) will fit in a cab???

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Tonight I found out my sister's boyfriend was once in an a capella group which sang a medley of the Spice Girls hits. And it's on YouTube. And I am THRILLED

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

This piece was so beautifully written and heartbreaking that it inspired me to, for the first time, leave a comment on a newspaper website. Yes, I've become one of those people. Best thing in the papers this weekend

Michael Crick

@MichaelLCrick

1 year

My friend & former teacher Peter Farquhar was horrifically murdered by his student Ben Field for will fraud. It's the subject of a troubling but excellent BBC drama with superb Timothy Spall, starting tomorrow night. My article on Peter for Sunday Times:

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Home for Christmas: had a row about how 'worcestershire sauce' is pronounced, my mum has called my dad a 'smug lump' and my bro says the house is full of 'fucking manic depressives'. Happy holidays!

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

My God, this is such a good piece and so true and so depressing

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@AlexofBrown

1 year

ICYMI: Wrote about the flat I've called my home being sold, and the living hell that is the rental market

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

. @StreetchefPeter 's halloumi fries brighten my day

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

V much enjoying the @EveningStandard campaign to relaunch the Bad Sex award - h/t @EthanCroft98

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I haven't spoken to an old pal for a while. I just received an email inviting me to the launch of her first natural deodorant. A year ago, she was a solicitor. Life is a strange and unpredictable thing

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

1 year

My feature is out today about 'platonic co-parenting' - having a baby, but not a romantic relationship, with a stranger or friend and then raising the child together. Such a fascinating topic and tbh I can totally see the appeal! via @Femail

The people so desperate to be parents, they have baby with a stranger

An estimated 70,000 people in the UK are now thought to be advertising themselves online as a potential co-parent. And the big surprise? Modamily says 40 per cent of their users are men.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

. @AfuaDuncan wrote the BEST story They wanted PRYZM nightclub - cab driver took them to PRISON

They wanted PRYZM nightclub - cab driver took them to PRISON

Girls ended up parked outside HMP Birmingham, where 1,500 men are banged up for their crimes

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Mums and emojis

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

I so do not need that in mine.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Whenever my dad comes to London he fills my fridge with my favourite drink. That's love, you guys

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

Brag alert but I won something!

Peter Sands, SMS

@petersands55

8 years

Well done to @isoldewrites winner of the newsquiz Champagne.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

From true crime to teenage heroes and my beloved Zadie Smith, I wrote about 10 books that have meant a lot to me

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

I am going to the cinema on my own for the first time. This makes me feel liberated and really really scared.

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

This really does seem like a total over reaction to some kinda lolz emails

Press Gazette

@pressgazette

6 years

BREAKING: William Sitwell has resigned as editor of Waitrose Food magazine after his comments about making a "series on killing vegans" and force-feeding them meat in a reply to a freelance pitch

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

Really enjoyed my week as Diary Editor, covering for @EmilyPrescott30 There’s a cracking Michael Caine story, how the fallout between an artist and his muse led to arrest, the life of Isabella Blow being brought to the small screen and more …

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

I am in a bath with a bath bomb in it listening to Nadiya on Desert Island Discs, thinking this is the life

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

8 years

ON THE BLOG: I chatted to the co-founder of @CompassNewsUK about the app which could be the Netflix of journalism

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

6 years

For the love of God, someone needs to stop Thomas Markle from talking

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Am I brave enough to rock an oversized 1980s denim all-in-one?

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@isoldewrites

7 years

I cannot wait

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

I wanna show off my vase of daffodils and new stripey jumper and the book I just bought but I gave up Instagram for Lent 😭😭😭 (Seriously I am actually crying typing out this tweet)

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

The yoga studio I want to join charges £18 a class and I hate London

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

7 years

Just read Lynn Barber's piece in Sunday Times magazine- don't know what to think, it is such a bizarre article

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Isolde Walters

@isoldewrites

2 years

AND if looking at grim flats on offer for eye-watering rent is your jam, this studio in Baron’s Court (not even a nice area) with a shower in the kitchen which is also the bedroom is on the market for… drum roll please… £1,122 a month… oh and it doesn’t have its own toilet