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News & Reportage

As a news reporter, Jane covered major events such as the Brixton, Soho and Brick Lane bombings, the death of Princess Diana and the memorial services for the victims of September 11th 2001.

Museum's monster makeover

The Sunday Times, 7 November 2004

Tristram Besterman faced an uphill struggle to reconnect Manchester Museum with the people it was supposed to serve.

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Weighing up the work-life balancing act

The Sunday Times, 20 June 2004

Working parents can request flexible hours but this has caused a backlash among other employees.

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Why councils should nurture ambitious staff

The Sunday Times, 9 May 2004

Talented people who feel their careers have stalled need to be motivated if they are not to switch to the private sector.

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Indian soap to combat 'boys only' culture

The Observer, 7 September 2003

A primetime television show will shock a nation obsessed with gender selection.

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Do you want to change the world? These women show you how

Marie Claire, November 2002

Ever get fed up with commuting, meaningless paperwork and office politics? Jane Hughes talks to five career women who gave it all up to discover the real meaning of job satisfaction.

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The day that touched us all

Eve, September 2002

September 11: one day in history that remains very much in our present. But how are those events still affecting us, one year on? And can the victims' families ever find it in their hearts to forgive?

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Like a river of grief, widows and children flowed past a memorial to mass murder

The Independent, 2001

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Pain of a child

Guardian Society, 5 September 2001

Police officers are being trained to treat bereaved children after the sudden death of a loved one.

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Coping with the death of a parent

The Times Magazine, 3 November 2001

"Often a child's first reaction to bereavement is anger. They want to blame someone because they can't understand why this awful thing has happened."

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A lord with a rainbow notion

The Times Higher, 13 October 2000

Author of the controversial report published this week on Britain's multi-ethnic future, Bhikhu Parekh argues that we should learn to value our cultural diversity and consign to history attitudes that inspired signs such as 'blacks and Indians should not apply'.

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Hunts ride where walkers are barred

The Independent on Sunday, 19 December 1999

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Decline and fall of a once grand hotel

The Independent on Sunday, 12 December 1999

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Thousands wrongly diagnosed as epileptic

The Independent on Sunday, 21 March 1999

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Private Ryan fans invade D-Day sites

The Independent on Sunday, 20 September 1998

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Letter from Japan

New Statesman & Society, 23 April 1993

When Waseda, one of the top private universities in Japan, recently announced plans to raise tuition fees, the lack of student retaliation provided the media with food for thought.

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