Ruth Addicott @RuthAddicott

Freelance Journalist - Swansea, London, Brighton, The North (but still shouting for Wales) ruthaddicott.co.uk Joined November 2010

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Ruth Addicott @RuthAddicott

a month ago

First there were 500, then there were 40,000 - how to cover the world's biggest Elvis festival, my piece in The Journalist bit.ly/3JoQIwI @mschrisbuckley @NUJ_LFB @robbieegrif @owenmoneycomic #PorthcawlElvisFestival #Elvis #MadAboutElvis

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My story on Fizz, who goes to the job centre, bank, leisure centre, library, bingo & local bowls club. And once turned up at a pub five miles away - in this week's Take A Break @CatsProtection @Number10cat #catsprotection #nationalcatawards #Fizzwanderer

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a month ago

Julie, Galia and Charlotte went on holiday - and it changed their lives, my feature @WomansWeeklyMag @BodyRetreatUK @DravetUK #lifechanging #holidays

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2 months ago

When Louise found herself homeless, it was Mitts, a tiny tabby, who came to her rescue... my piece on Mitts - one of the finalists at this year's #catsProtection #NationalCatAwards in Best magazine @CatsProtection @Number10cat #cats

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2 months ago

My story on Val & how losing two husbands and finding love for a third time, inspired her to buy a home for the homeless, in the July issue of Take A Break @TheWallich @takeabreakmag #homelessness

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2 months ago

Floods, no fence and face to face with Liam - my piece on what it was like reporting from #Glastonbury back in the day, in the current issue of The Journalist bit.ly/3TFXTCI @punk_dreams @MatthewGeorgewh @musiciany @neil_mccormick @mschrisbuckley #GlastonburyFestival

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3 months ago

Essential reading, especially if you’re going to Glastonbury! @NUJofficial @RuthAddicott Also featuring @RaymondSnoddy on populism; @neil_merrick on AI; @stephaniecpower on podcasts

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5 months ago

'I heard him before I saw him' my piece on Trump & his encounters with the Scottish press in the latest issue of The Journalist bit.ly/4d0wW5P Thanks @StephenPaulStew @BRitchieGuitar Alicia Bruce & Edward Harbinson @mschrisbuckley @NUJ_LFB #Trump

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5 months ago

My story on Jen who went travelling with strangers & made friends for life, in the recent issue of Best #friendship #psoriaticarthritis #fibromyalgia #lifeafterdivorce

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6 months ago

'What shocked all of us was how quickly it spiralled...' In 2023, the Nicola Bulley case sparked a social media frenzy. I spoke to journalists who covered it @inzyrashid @EmmaSweeneyTV @Hollie_Savannah @ElizabethHaighx @jabberingjourno #NicolaBulley bit.ly/4h5wJi3

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6 months ago

My piece on Heidi and her amazing support dog Rolo, who helps her load the washing machine & even strips the bed, in the latest Womans Weekly #chronicfatigue #fibromyalgia #supportdogs #dogs @supportdogsuk

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Christine Buckley @mschrisbuckley

6 months ago

The new @NUJofficial mag has reporting by @JeffFarrellNews in Ukraine; @RaymondSnoddy on Murdoch’s reputation; @BellBelltoons on the sale of The Observer to @tortoise @gonuj93 @Jenny__Sims on disinformation; @conradlandin on journalists in politics; On Our Patch by @RuthAddicott

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7 months ago

My story on Jen & her epic challenge, hiking 1,000 miles across 10 national parks with her rescue dog Cookie, in Woman's Weekly Healthy Living @Jlowthrop @NationalParkFdn @pdnp_foundation @peakdistrict #nationalpark #hiking #northyorkmoors #yorkshiredales #LakeDistrict

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8 months ago

The extraordinary story of the #SalisburyPoisonings from reporters who were on the ground, my piece in The Journalist bit.ly/4alGtTj Thanks @WiltsRebecca @Joe_Journo @lukeharding1968 @RobertMurphyTV & James Fielding @mschrisbuckley #Novichok

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8 months ago

My piece on Diana and how losing both her legs to meningitis didn't stop her pursuing her Olympic dream, in this week's My Weekly @MeningitisNow #paralympics #paradressage #meningitis #Inspiration

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8 months ago

My story on Charlotte and how she overcame her fear of water & learnt to scuba dive, this week's Take A Break #scubadiving #facingfears #holidays

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9 months ago

My piece on Ann and how she changed NHS guidelines after losing her son Olly to suicide at 22 @OllysFuture #SuicideAwareness #SuicidePrevention telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness…

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Ruth Addicott @RuthAddicott

10 months ago

Sad to hear about Trevor Sorbie, I interviewed him in Brighton back in 2007 & he was v funny and candid. He styled the Queen, Grace Jones and helped many women with cancer - and even took style tips from tabby cats #trevorsorbie

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10 months ago

My story on Lara and how her five yr old daughter helped her beat her 25 year battle with food, in this week's Chat magazine @drlarazib #bulimia #eatingdisorder #bodypositivity #orthorexia

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10 months ago

My story on Alessa and how her four-legged friend stopped her bolting into busy roads, in this week's Take A Break @supportdogsuk #Autism #supportdogs #AutismAwareness