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Ella Braidwood

Ella Braidwood is a freelance journalist

June 2024

  • Annie Stones photographed at her home in Swaledale. Annie is a farmer and feed store representatvie. Photographed for the Daughters of the Soil by Joanne Coates, for My Best Shot

    My best shot
    Farmer Annie and her prize-winning sheep: Joanne Coates’ best photograph

    ‘Sheep are Annie’s passion. She won an award with this north country cheviot. It’s put on a stand to keep it still’
  • Patrons at Le Monocle in the 1920s.

    ‘But you hated these clothes!’ The complicated history of ‘lesbian fashion’

    From a 17th century Swedish queen to drag king Stormé DeLarverie, a new book charts the myriad styles of women-loving women through the ages
  • In Newfoundland, Clarence Hynes and Craig Avery were swapped at birth.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Best podcasts of the week: Two men were switched at birth – and things only got weirder from there

    Come By Chance tells the story of two 52-year-old Newfoundland men who realised their lives should have been so different. Plus: five of the best Euro 2024 podcasts

May 2024

  • Curling at the 2018 Olympics.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Best podcasts of the week: The stone cold truth about the scandal that rocked curling

    How can one broom tear apart a Canadian curling community? John Cullen investigates in Broomgate. Plus: five of the best post-apocalyptic podcasts

April 2024

  • Fans celebrate England’s win over Denmark in the 2023 Women’s World Cup at a Baller FC event in London

    Moving the Goalposts newsletter
    ‘It’s open to everyone’: women’s football watch parties are on the rise

    Organisers around the UK work with venues to ensure parties are free to attend, LGBTQ+ inclusive and accessible
  • Michael O. Snyder: Maxine Young, detail

    My best shot
    A smalltown drag queen vapes at night: Michael O Snyder’s best photograph

    ‘My rural American hometown isn’t known for being tolerant towards nonconformity. We wanted to juxtapose the grimy backdrop with the glamour of drag’
  • Carla Ward, the head coach of Aston Villa, takes charge of training

    Moving the Goalposts newsletter
    ‘Missed opportunities’: why are the WSL’s female coaches a minority?

    Carla Ward and Remi Allen discuss the lack of female managers in the elite women’s game – and where progress is being made

March 2024

  • Brann’s Justine Kielland runs with the ball during the Women's Champions League group match against Lyon

    Moving the Goalposts newsletter
    ‘No one knew about us’ – Brann step up for Barcelona test in Champions League

  • Hoda Afshar - For My Best Shot only

    My best shot
    Hair-plaiting for the Iranian resistance: Hoda Afshar’s best photograph

February 2024

  • Joe Lycett, host of the Turdcast.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Best podcasts of the week: Joe Lycett finally explains his poo podcast prank

    In this week’s newsletter: The comedian, with the help of Gary Lineker, unveils his Turdcast, and it’s tummy-achingly joyful. Plus: five of the best survival stories

January 2024

  • Celebrations after Caroline Graham Hansen added the second goal for Barcelona.

    Barcelona 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt: Women’s Champions League – as it happened

    Goals from Patri Guijarro and Caroline Graham Hansen made it five wins from five for Barça while confirming Frankfurt’s elimination
  • Fran Kirby in action against Real Madrid on Wednesday. Chelsea won 2-1 to qualify for the knockout phase of the Champions League

    Moving the Goalposts newsletter
    ‘Really powerful’ – how Kirby’s comments on body image have helped grassroots girls and women

    We speak to coaches and players around the UK who have been inspired by the Chelsea forward talking openly about the matter
  • Jasmine Hartin in Belize.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Best podcasts of the week: The mysterious tale of the officer and the socialite

    In this week’s newsletter: A killing in Belize which seems to implicate a British aristocrat takes a strange turn in White Devil. Plus: five of the best podcasts to get you through the dark days of winter

November 2023

  • Dr Elinor Breman, a researcher at the Millennium Seed Bank, Wakehurst, Sussex.

    The doomsday vaults storing seeds, data and DNA to protect our future

  • Mayan Toledano 04 Tiempos Kisses, Lomas de Tecamachalco, 2022

    My best shot
    Kisses at a Mexican house party: Mayan Toledano’s best photograph

  • Brooke Aspin sits on a railing by the side of the pitch at Bristol City’s training ground

    Brooke Aspin: ‘When the sepsis started … I’ve got a picture in my head’

  • The singing area of Arsenal fans before Sunday’s WSL game against Manchester City

    Sportblog
    ‘The atmosphere means everything’: the growth of women’s football fan culture

October 2023

  • Russell Howard, host of Wonderbox.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Best podcasts of the week: Russell Howard and friends reveal their most precious possessions

    In this week’s newsletter: Guests from John Oliver to Jen Brister join the comedian to select their most precious possessions in Wonderbox. Plus: five of the best podcasts about sporting heroes

September 2023

  • Fertile ground … the Pansy Project, which plants pansies at sites of homophobic or transphobic attacks, reaches Donald Trump’s White House in 2018.

    ‘Nature embraces queer people’: inside the Kew show about the LGBTQ+ side of plants

  • Bristol City players celebrate after winning the Barclays FA Women's Championship in April to gain promotion to the Women’s Super League.

    Women’s Super League 2023-24 previews
    Women’s Super League 2023-24 previews No 4: Bristol City

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