Writing for Goodwood
JOURNALIST, COPYWRITER eleanor fazan JOURNALIST, COPYWRITER eleanor fazan

Writing for Goodwood

My background as a journalist means I can research any topic. For Goodwood I wrote some pieces of fashion history, delved into topics including why thrift and vintage is making a comeback and what it’s like to be an impersonator and interviewed impersonators, designers, traders and makers.

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Go your own way
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Go your own way

WHEN MY 74-YEAR-OLD FATHER asked me to walk a stretch of the famous Camino de Santiago with him to celebrate his 75th birthday, I said yes.

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Capture the moment
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Capture the moment

Professional photography shouldn’t be reserved for special occasions, it’s the simple interactions and the day-to-day that makes up most of our time and it deserves to be captured more often.

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What does home mean?
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

What does home mean?

At London’s newly reopened Museum of the Home, the trends of British domestic life over four centuries are chronicled in evocative detail. But, learns Ellie Fazan, finding the essence of home lies in understanding the feelings and needs that remain very similar down the generations

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Quality and craftsmanship
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Quality and craftsmanship

Ellie Fazan visits former mill town Long Eaton to meet the suppliers of sofas to the Cotswold Company and finds out how they are keeping proud local traditions of upholstery alive by producing quality handcrafted furniture

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Taste the landscape
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Taste the landscape

Rolling fields, native wildlife and much-loved livestock are the key ingredients for superb English fare. Add passionate producers, and you’re in for something extra special

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A fair deal
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

A fair deal

We meet some of our Fairtrade suppliers and learn how a few simple choices can help to change lives. From chocolate to coffee and quinoa, buying Fairtrade can improve living and working conditions for farmers, support the fight against child slavery and help cope with the challenges of climate change

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Culture bounces back
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Culture bounces back

“To be an artist is to believe in life,” said Henry Moore. And to see art is to feel alive. It liberates our souls, feeds our imaginations and breaks down barriers; it brings joy and can prompt sudden sadness, but most of all it makes us free… In a time when the future of cultural institutions is more uncertain than ever, some brave newcomers have popped their heads above the parapet, daring to open for the first time during the pandemic. We round up the best of them.

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Spirited away
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Spirited away

When it comes to creating a classic gin, it turns out that less really is more. We go behind the scenes of a distillery whose ethos of simplicity produces a gin as deep, cool and clear as the waters of the Cumbrian lakes that inspired its creation

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Optical illusions
JOURNALIST eleanor fazan JOURNALIST eleanor fazan

Optical illusions

A year-long Van Eyck celebration is underway in the Belgian city of Ghent. ELLIE FAZAN finds a weekend there helps put things into perspective...

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Small town girl
JOURNALIST ARCA JOURNALIST ARCA

Small town girl

From a tiny place surrounded by the forests, mountains and lakes of British Columbia, to becoming London’s new queen on the techno scene, the DJ we know as B.Traits has been on quite a journey

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The cherry on top
JOURNALIST ARCA JOURNALIST ARCA

The cherry on top

From its foundations in the modernist movement, this 1930s property – set within a prestigious English estate – has been redesigned for the 21st century, creating a home of extraordinary symmetry and craftsmanship

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