Sophie White

SELF

Inside the secret world of Ireland’s kink, BDSM and swinging scene

By Sophie White

oreo ice cream

LIVING

No-churn, 3-ingredient Oreo ice cream

Rumours of a heatwave have reached our ears and we are desperately hoping against hope that the promised…

By Sophie White

mom friend

SELF

Mom is the loneliest number: Why we need Tinder for mums

Never underestimate the value of a good mom friend – someone you can talk about detailed sleep schedules…

By Sophie White

SELF

Lessons in love I had to learn the hard (and often mortifying) way in my 20s

From the medicinal properties of quintessential break-up behaviours (do not bother resisting the ice cream bender) to cultivating…

By Sophie White

switching careers

AGENDA, LIVING

Switching Careers: What it’s really like to ditch the day job and make the dream job happen

When Andrea Mara was made redundant, she was devastated – she tells Sophie White how a huge blow…

By Sophie White

SELF

How to grieve in a society disconnected from death (according to an undertaker)

Lianna Champ has decades of experience as a funeral director which she has channelled into her first book.…

By Sophie White

stress

EDITORIAL

Are you up the walls? How the language of stress causes stress

Do you find yourself talking about how busy and stressed you are? With stress, the words we speak…

By Sophie White

premium

SELF

‘I was not prepared for how abandoned by friends I would feel after having a baby’

When you have children your friends matter more than ever – but some friendships just don’t survive the…

By Sophie White

rejection

SELF

Dealing with publisher rejection: author Sophie White on being the ‘Master of Rejection’

This article was originally written by Sophie White, author of Filter This, in 2019. Her new book, Corpsing:…

By Sophie White

Comedian Maeve Higgins

EDITORIAL

Comedian Maeve Higgins on climate change, Mary Robinson and life in America

Comedian Maeve Higgins has been steadily building a varied and global career for the last 15 years. As…

By Sophie White

EDITORIAL

Watch: Sophie White meets film stars Maeve Higgins and Will Forte

Comedian, writer, podcaster, activist – is there anything Maeve Higgins hasn’t put her talented hand to? Longtime Maeve Higgins…

By Sophie White

EDITORIAL

Irish business women creating communities and reshaping modern motherhood

When it comes to creating a support network for new mums, Irish women are doing it for themselves…

By Sophie White