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Katherine Hassell

  • Showbiz Journalist, Copywriter and Content Provider, Freelance
Dartford, United Kingdom
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Freelance showbiz interviewer, copywriter & content provider.

Former Showbiz Editor of Woman's Own (2004-2008).
Staff Writer on TV&Satellite Week (1997-2004).

Interviews • Features • Press Packs • Artist Bios • Branded Content •
Advertorials • Content for business or personal websites

X/Twitter @khassell1974
Instagram: katherine.hassell
Substack: substack.com/@katherinehassell

Katherine Hassell’s Journalist Portfolio

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Keith Brymer Jones now prefers renovating chapels to riotous gigs

Keith Brymer Jones now prefers renovating chapels to riotous gigs

Keith Brymer Jones, from London, is the 58-year-old master potter who's known for crying over everything from…

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Prue Leith reveals the startling reason she never watches Bake Off

Prue Leith reveals the startling reason she never watches Bake Off

Great British Bake Off presenter Prue Leith, who lives in London, and Alison Hammond, from Birmingham, discus…

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Juliet Stevenson: 'The perception of women of my age is so reductive'

Juliet Stevenson: 'The perception of women of my age is so reductive'

My earliest memory is jumping off a little stone wall in the garden in Australia. I called it my jumping wall…

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Shobna Gulati interview: 'It's a very personal space, I think, because I was once homeless'

Shobna Gulati interview: 'It's a very personal space, I think, because I was once homeless'

I live in a piece of history: a 300-year-old weavers' cottage in Lancashire. It's one of a row of grade II li…

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Amanda Redman says Dennis Waterman's death from cancer 'knocked her sideways'

Amanda Redman says Dennis Waterman's death from cancer 'knocked her sideways'

Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman had known each other for 40 years and worked on huge BBC hit drama New Tric…

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Nicholas Lyndhurst: my family values

Nicholas Lyndhurst: my family values

I don't know if I'm like my father, but there are qualities I hope I have and others I hope I haven't got. I …

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Sunday with Annette Badland: ‘We enjoy a prance around the living room’

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By Katherine Hassell
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Photograph: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Early riser? If my little peepers open and I catch a glimpse of light, I’m up. In summer, it’s 5am. Coffee is essential, then I’d probably go into the garden. It’s like stolen time. You think: ‘I’ll just get the secateurs…’ What’s next? A pungent bath. My favourite’s Molton Brown – a black pepper fragrance with a bit of verve. I hope I’ll absorb some of that verve. If I’ve done too much gardening, it’ll be Epsom salts. Breakfast? With my partner, David.
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Bettany Hughes: ‘I end up in tombs all the time, but I’m scared of the dark and claustrophobic’

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By Katherine Hassell
| Yahoo Sports Canada Verified
My earliest memory is being in an empty reservoir with my father when I was three. It was a hot summer afternoon and the grass was bleached and golden. He’d just started an allotment and I toddled off while they were picking blackberries. People were petrified. I remember thinking, “Why are they looking so anxious?” My childhood was incredibly happy. We didn’t go anywhere as there was no ready cash – my mother and father were actors – but it was full of love and interest.
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Robson Green: ‘How the outdoors saved me’

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By Katherine Hassell
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Home: there's no place like it. For Robson Green, that's the North-East of England. The 58-year-old was born in Hexham, Northumberland, where he now lives in an old ferryman’s cottage on the banks of the River Tyne. And it’s one of his greatest pleasures to showcase the area so dear to his heart. He does it beautifully in BBC2’s new travel show, Robson Green’s Weekend Escapes. The 15-part series is just what the doctor ordered – a real tonic for winter blues.
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