Top of the Pops – ‘Brainwashed by pro-anorexic websites’
Erin Wade got in touch with us as she wanted to share her story of how pro-anorexic sites nearly killed her. Erin was just 13 when she went online for advice on losing weight, and she quickly found herself sucked into the world of pro-ana sites, where young girls share weight loss tips and post photos […]
Woman – ‘I granted my best friend’s dying wish’
In this incredibly moving interview in Woman magazine, Pippa Deacon, 42, tells of how she decided to adopt 15-year-old Paulo last year after her best friend Toni died of cancer.
Daily Mail – ‘From producing Big Brother to running my own charity’
Talk to the Press client Lucy Buck’s story appeared on the front cover of the Daily Mail’s Femail magazine. Lucy, a former television executive who worked on programmes such as Big Brother, has given up her career to start her own charity and is about to open the doors of her orphanage in Kampala. Hers […]
That’s Life – ‘I lost half my body weight in six months’
Charlotte Sutton, 22, emailed us wanting to know if any magazines would buy her story about weight loss. As soon as we saw her pictures, which depicted her weight loss journey beautifully, we knew a women’s magazine would be interested in interviewing Charlotte.
The Daily Mail – ‘Twins, twice, in just one year’
When we discovered TTTP client Hazel Bowden is the only known women in the UK to have had twins – twice – in under a year, we knew newspapers would be fighting over her story. The Daily Mail offered her the best deal for her story.
News of the World – ‘I lost 8 stone on my Wii fit’
Lara Roberts shed an impressive 8st in a year after she started exercising using Wii Fit, the Nintendo gaming console. Now she weighs in at nine-and-a-half stone and feels more confident than ever.
Sunday People – ‘Mum was murdered by a cannibal’
When Sarah Cairns saw the news about Bradford’s ‘Crossbow Cannibal’ she contacted us immediately. Sarah’s mum was murdered by a cannibal 12 years ago and the Bradford murders brought all those painful memories flooding back.
News of World and Mail on Sunday – ‘My lack of justice over my father’s ‘happy slapping’ murder’
Talk to the Press was specifically founded with the aim of helping ordinary people caught up in the media spotlight and we did just that when Arfan Haque got in touch with us asking for help managing press attention in his life. We secured him a double deal with two newspapers: the News of the […]
The Mirror – ‘Pregnant at 54 – with twins’
As soon as Karen Johnston filled out our sell story submission form with her incredible story of expecting twins at 54 via egg donation from the Czech republic, we knew we could help her. We went on to set Karen up with a string of deals with newspapers, magazines and television.
Daily Mail – ‘I’ll have Bin Laden’s grandchild.’
When Louise Pollard heard that a family member had unexpectedly unveiled her to a tabloid newspaper as going through IVF treatment and surrogacy with the Bin Laden family, she wanted to act fast to set records straight and give her version of events.
