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Our writers start the conversations you want to share on your WhatsApp group. Clare Foges worked out why the other school mums don’t like her; mother and daughter Leslie and Lindsey Glass told how they healed their estrangement; and in a story that achieved extraordinary levels of engagement, Antonia Hoyle revealed why she started drinking after two years sober.
Suffering with terminal cancer, Esther Rantzen asked readers’ advice to plan her funeral. Beloved columnist Jenni Murray admitted: ‘My Ukrainian refugee is like a daughter to me… but I'm glad she's leaving’. Vanessa Feltz told us how she always knows when a famous friend starts taking Ozempic.
We ask stars the questions no one else dares to – and get powerful exclusives. Joan Collins recalled getting drunk to endure sex scenes, Jeff Brazier opened up about his late wife Jade Goody and his son Bobbi’s time on Strictly, and ‘Yorkshire Shepherdess’ Amanda Owen and her husband shared how TV destroyed their marriage.
Never complacent or patronising, we tackle the big issues as they impact real women’s lives. Our investigations covered sexual assault and domestic violence (‘I took my ex-husband to court for rape, but he walked free. 18 years on, I've helped his other victims get him convicted’), online safety (‘Ben was 14 when he was blackmailed online into sending explicit pictures…’), fertility (‘I was born via a surrogate, but now I’m convinced it should be banned’; ‘I have two children by a man who’s fathered more than 800 babies’) and much more.
We can’t be beaten on jaw-dropping stories. Bridget and Aldo Zyka shared ‘The truth about being married to a man who’s much too well-endowed’, while Rebecca Tidy admitted: ‘The shame of not being potty-trained when I was sent to school has blighted my life’. We offer bold, informed fashion and beauty content, with authoritative voices including Trinny Woodall, Nadine Baggott, Sam McKnight, Jo Fairley and fashion editor Dinah van Tulleken. We are fearless, caring, funny and agile, combining gorgeous original photography and elevated design with a hungry news mindset that means we can turn a breaking story into a cover in under 24 hours.
Since the launch of the Mail+ subscription service in January, we have transformed our digital offering with remarkable results. The Daily Mail website is ranked by Ofcom as the most-read tabloid news source and Mail+ now has 112k active subscribers, generating nearly 1m page views a day. Femail Magazine’s stories are consistently among the strongest subscription drivers, a testament both to our content and our loyal reader community.
At a time of intense pressures across the Press, we continue to build our powerful brand, maintaining a distinct voice within the Daily Mail. This year, we relaunched Femail’s Inspirational Women Awards, a key pillar of our identity that honours women who achieve incredible things for others.