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Eleanor Wood

The puppy blues are real (and the best advice I received)

Like a lot of people who have always wanted a dog, lockdown finally seemed like the perfect time to do it. Pre-COVID, I had been working…

8 min readJan 11, 2021

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The puppy blues are real (and the best advice I received)

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Eleanor Wood

Always never be optimising

It’s not the done thing, I know — but I’ve always kind of liked Gwyneth Paltrow. OK, she’s descended into self-parody now, and her refusal…

5 min readDec 12, 2020

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Always never be optimising

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Eleanor Wood

Olivia Harrison: The coolest Beatle’s wife and why I hated Marriage Story

I really hated the movie ‘Marriage Story’ and I especially hated the dismissive reference to coolest Beatle wife Olivia Harrison

3 min readAug 31, 2020

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Olivia Harrison: The coolest Beatle’s wife and why I hated Marriage Story

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Eleanor Wood

Kingdom: Cage-fighters in Venice Beach and my unexpected love affair with Jay Kulina

I’m not really the target market for Kingdom, the American TV series that has recently dropped on Netflix in the UK. It’s a soap…

3 min readAug 25, 2020

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Kingdom: Cage-fighters in Venice Beach and my unexpected love affair with Jay Kulina

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Eleanor Wood

Pop goes the culture: how books and TV let me down now I’m ‘middle-aged’

When I was 12, the mopey suburban angst of My So-Called Life made me feel less alone in the world, infinitely better about my sad pre-teen…

4 min readAug 25, 2020

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When I was young and pop culture was everything.

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Eleanor Wood

Eleanor Wood

Author of STAUNCH (HQ/HarperCollins). ‘A fun and uplifting memoir’ (Cosmo), and one of the 10 best non-fiction books of 2020. Recovering manic pixie dream girl.

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