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Nione Meakin

Nione Meakin is a Brighton-based freelance journalist who writes about any topic she finds interesting but especially arts, culture and lifestyle. See www.nionemeakin.co.uk

November 2016

  • Tim Francis and his wife, Laura Hubbard-Miles, and their children – baby Edith, Tom, three, and James, five – outside their tiny home, the Fruit Store, in Gloucestershire.

    We moved to a tiny house to get more room – and it worked

    One city couple desperate to give their family proper outdoor space decided on a radical, rural downsize. But for how long can they rub along in such proximity?

January 2016

  • Pensive young businesswoman sitting on a stone bench at sunset

    Do you need financial therapy?

    Stuck in debt, constantly overspending or not saving? Perhaps professional help could change your attitude to money. Our writer tries it out

November 2014

  • Ocean Drive, Miami Beach

    Why I love …
    DJ Arthur Baker on Miami

    The London- and Miami-based DJ gives a tour of the restaurants, clubs, beaches, and art galleries that make the US city such a vibrant destination

July 2013

  • Victor Derham

    'We lived on the beach'

    Victor Derham's family ran a beach cafe in Dorset for 84 years – and lived above it. He says life will never be the same now they have moved on. By Nione Meakin

May 2013

  • Baby sharenting

    The pros and cons of 'sharenting'

    Are sharents – parents who blog, tweet and post pictures about all aspects of their children's lives – doing their children harm by crossing the boundaries between public and private life? By Nione Meakin

April 2013

  • British food

    Word of Mouth blog
    The expats yearning for food from home

    Nione Meakin: Marmite, biscuits and even ordinary crisps – just a few of the things Britons living abroad yearn for. What would you miss?

March 2013

  • Catchbox fishermen are guaranteed a fair price.

    A new, ethical way to buy fish – from the fisherman

  • Child using phone

    Shortcuts
    Sharents to Bio-facture: buzzwords for the future

August 2012

  • Cole family

    We live on an old minesweeper

    Fred and Polly Cole brought up three boys on the water, and still prefer a houseboat to bricks and mortar. By Nione Meakin

June 2012

  • Kiruna Stamell

    'I told off the first boy who kissed me'

    Born with a rare form of dwarfism, Kiruna Stamell spent her childhood believing there were rules forbidding boys to even kiss her. So when she met Gareth Berliner, she didn't imagine that he'd turn out to be the love of her life. By Nione Meakin

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