Life Stories

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Stories and conversations about life, family, belonging, and all it means to be home. By Jenni Baden Howard, a UK lifestyle journalist, English-Italian mother of two, and wife to Will.

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About Jenni Baden Howard

UK lifestyle journalist (Telegraph,Times, Vogue) with two Substacks. LIFE STORIES is a newsletter about home, family, England, Italy and all it means to belong. THE MIDLIFE BEAUTY EDIT is a glossy dose of 40s+ beauty, health and wellbeing.

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