Below are examples of just some of the many people who have sold their story via www.talktothepress.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sun

 

'My asylum seeker husband conned me into marriage - and left me with £30k of debt'.

Pat Bailey-Bosson contacted us saying 'I want to warn other women about what I've been through'. Pat says she was conned into marriage by an asylum seeker who used her for a visa. She ended up with £30,000 debt, and is now divorced. To read Pat's story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

'The Lighter Life diet caused my anorexia'

'How do I sell my story?', asked Christina Massingham when she contacted Talk to the Press. Christina lost almost half her body weight on the well known Lighter Life diet, but, she says, the regime lead to her becoming so obsessed with calorie counting that she ended up anorexic. Christina appeared in the Daily Mail and will soon be in Real People magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

News of the World

 

'The hell of living with Britain's biggest boobs'

Donna Jones contacted us wanting to sell her story about the reality of life with big boobs, and talk about her frustration at not qualifying for a breast reduction on the NHS.

Through us, Donna discovered in fact she has the biggest natural breasts in the UK. She appeared in the News of the World and Love it! magazine and has been flooded with offers of free breast reductions which she is now considering. Donna and her husband also bravely filmed a video for the News of the World. To read the article and see Donna's video, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More

 

'I'm marrying my best friend's dad'

Having spent months being vilified because of their age-gap relationship, Mick and Jess contacted Talk to the Press wanting to declare their love for each other and their plans to marry. They appeared in More magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

Fabulous

 

'My stalker tried to put me in jail.'

After five years of hell, Candice Baker wanted to speak out about her experiences at the hands of her stalker. She'd been through a terrifying ordeal in which he ultimately tried to have her convicted of drug dealing, which would have seen her sent to jail. To read the story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

Now

 

'My cocaine diet made me a junkie.'

Cheryl Wilde took cocaine to stay slim, but ended up with an addiction. Now recovered, she wanted to inspire other people with her story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

'Where did my lovely wife go?'

Jim Wild, 75, contacted Talk to the Press seeking advice on an article he'd written about coping with his wife's struggle with Alzheimer's. With our help, Jim's piece appeared in the Daily Mail's health pages as a moving tribute to his wife Hilary, who died earlier this year. Jim recieved dozens of comments from readers on the Daily Mail's website, telling him how brave he was and how proud he should be of himself. To read the article in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

Woman

 

'Find true love helped me jail my dad.'

Charley Dale emailed us through the site asking 'How do I sell my story?' Since meeting her husband, she'd found the courage to stand up in court and give evidence against her step dad who had abused her. Charley and her family appeared in Woman magazine and the Daily Mirror.

 

 

 

 

Sunday Mirror

 

'I'm the first British man to have buttock implants!'

When Henry White realised he was the first man in the UK to have J-Lo style buttock implants, he knew he had a story to sell. We placed Henry in the Sunday Mirror. To read the story in full, click here.

 

New

 

Henry also appeared in New magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More

 

'How I beat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.'

Jenny O'Gorman contacted Talk to the Press asking 'How do I sell my story?' Jenny, 20, appeared in More magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabulous

 

'I thought I had no family, then my mum, dad and four sisters found me!'

Anwen Lewis had always known she was adopted. But she contacted Talk to the Press after her biological parents - who had married and had four children after giving her up - found her. She wanted to share her happy ending. To read the story in full, click here. Anwen also appeared in Red and Good Housekeeping magazines.

 

 

 

 

The Sun

 

'Our mum vanished and we presumed her dead: then we found she was leading a double life.'

 

Alex Firestone contacted Talk to the Press from America, wanting to know how to sell her story. Alex's mum Sandee had walked out on her, and her four siblings, seven years ago, and never been heard of again. The family had presumed Sandee dead, until they'd stumbled across a website online which showed she'd started a new life for herself in Coventry. To read the story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar

 

'I was a copy cat cutter'

Laura Dunster contacted Talk to the Press wanting to sell her story about self harming. Laura, 18, appeared in Sugar magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News of the World

 

'My relationship with Gary Glitter.'

Rachel Harrison had never spoken about the relationship she had with Gary Glitter two decades ago, but contacted Talk to the Press to ask 'How do I sell my story' just as he was due to return to the UK from Vietnam. She revealed how Gary Glitter asked her to 'Call me Daddy' and insisted she wear school uniform when she went around to his house.

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

I'm Britain's youngest female-to-male sex change patient.

Alex Thornton emailed us asking 'How do I sell my story'. Alex is set to be the youngest girl in Britain to have a sex change to be a man. She appeared in the Daily Mail, Woman magazine, and now has documentary companies and television shows fighting over her story. Alex is currently considering which offers to take up next. To read Alex's story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

The Sun

 

'I won £52,000 on the lottery and am having a full body makeover.'

Elaine wanted to talk about how, having battled with her weight for years, she's now won the lottery and spending her winnings having a full body makeover. To read the story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

TV's Ten Years Younger left me in agonising pain

Julie Davis emailed Talk to the Press asking 'How do I sell my story'? She had been a participant on TV's Ten Years Younger and had not had a good experience with the veneers she'd been fitted with. To read the story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Sun

 

'I blew £10k in six months as a result of my internet shopping addiction'

Jenny Wesley contacted us asking 'How do I sell my story?'. As well as wanting to talk about the problems she'd had as a result of becomng addicted to shopping online, she wanted to use the article to say thanks to the hypnotherapist Monica Black of Hampsted Hypnotherapy, who had cured her. To read the article in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

Fabulous (News of the World)

 

'I sold my body to be an A grade student'

Nicky got in touch with us wanting to talk about her addiction to prescription drugs which lead her to prostitution. To read Nicky's story in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Express

 

'I'm the caravan king!'

Proving that you don't have to have a particularly salacious tale to see yourself in print, Doug King simply wanted to talk about the five decades he's spend caravanning! At the time of the credit crunch when people are looking for cheaper holidays, we placed him in the Daily Express.

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

'I looked in the mirror and saw a woman of 80 staring back'

For the past decade, Danielle Nulty has faced a battle with Body Dysmorphic Disorder. She wanted to inspire other people in the same situation with her story of how she has now recovered. To read the full version of the article, click here. Danielle appeared on numerous TV shows, as well as in That's Life magazine and Marie Claire.

 

 

 

 

Fabulous (News of the World)

 

'An affair saved our marriage'

Paula and her husband got in touch with Talk to the Press after hearing about research which stated than an affair can helped a marriage in trouble. They wanted to talk about the fact that their marriage was saved by Paula's affair. To read the full version of the article click here.

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

'I nearly died from anorexia, then I got a first from Cambridge.'

Mandy Kaye contacted Talk to the Press asking 'How do I sell my story'. She ended up with a deal that involved the Daily Mail (to read the article click here), the Daily Telegraph, The Evening Standard and The London Lite, as well as Closer magazine. Mandy also appeared in LK Today, and Five News with Natasha Kaplinksy.

 

The Daily Telegraph

Here is Mandy Kaye (as above) in the Daily Telegraph. To read the article in full, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Closer

 

Mandy also appeared in Closer magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Mirror

 

'I gave birth to one twin, my mum had the other.'

Jessica contacted us from Indiana, in America, wanting to know how to sell her amazing surrogacy story. Jessica had eight miscarriages, then her mother offered to be a surrogate for her. But just as her mum concieved, so did Jessica, and Jessica ended up with twins. Jessica appeared in the centre pages of the Sunday Mirror and Pick Me Up magazine.

 

 

 

Now magazine

 

'How I overcame my addiction to diet pills'

Carissa Hopkins called Talk to the Press wanting to warn other young girls about the dangers of diet pills. Her story appeared in Now magazine.

 

 

 

 

Love it!

 

My miracle cure for psoriasis

Heather MacKenzie got in touch wanting to talk about a wonder cream she'd found which had finally cured her psoriasis after 15 years. Heather appeared in Love it magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabulous (News of the World magazine)

 

I have a phobia of sex

Since appearing in Fabulous talking about her phobia of sex, Carol Radley has been offered a range of television projects that she is now considering.

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

My wife and my mistress are best friends

Radio 2 newsreader Charles Nove, his wife and his ex wife all talked to the Daily Mail about the happy situation they've created from their divorce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mirror

 

We fell in our love when our partners had an affair

David Flannigan got in touch with us saying 'How do my wife and I sell our story'. David and his wife Tracey met when their previous partners had an affair with each other, and are now married with a family of their own. To read this article in full, click here. Tracey and David also appeared in Woman magazine and went onto This Morning.

 

 

Good Housekeeping

 

My illness turned my life around

Sharon Goodyear wanted to talk about founding her bakery and developing her business after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

'My ordeal of being sued after refusing to hire a Muslim woman in a heascarf'

Sarah Desrosiers phoned Talk to the Press after being hounded by the national press. Last year, Sarah made the headlines when she was sued by a Muslim woman who she'd turned down for a job because she wore a headscarf. Click here to read the full article.

 

 

 

 

Take a Break

 

I was paralysed after a row with my partner

Sharon Wesley emailed us to ask 'How do I sell my story?'. Sharon had been left paralysed and unable to speak after an accident, and wanted to speak out about how her life had changed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

I've had the G-shot

Caroline Cushworth was so pleased with the results of her G-shot injection into her G-spot, she wanted to tell everyone about it. Caroline appeared in the Mail, the Mirror and Now magazine, and also went into This Morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now

 

I had a post-pregnancy tummy tuck

Kelly Barratt was so pleased with the results of her 'Mummy job' that she appeared in Now and Red magazines.

 

 

 

Daily Mirror

 

Post natal depression left me fearing I'd kill my own baby

Vicky Woodings contacted us saying 'How do I sell my story?'. Vicky had experienced a severe form of post natal depression and wanted to warn other women about her experiences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now magazine

 

I wanted to kill my baby

Vicky also appeared in Now magazine.

Five News with Natasha Kaplinksy

And Vicky went on Five News and This Morning. Watch Vicky talking about her experiences on Five News by clicking here.

 

 

 

 

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The Daily Mail

 

My chateau of broken dreams

Gillian Coleman contacted us saying 'How do I sell my story and warn other people about my experiences?'. Gillian had moved to France in search of a more relaxing lifestyle, and as a result of the pressures of moving abroad, she became an alcoholic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love it!

 

I had an affair with my partner's boss

When Jo Harrison called, she wanted to know how to sell her story about having an affair with her husband's boss, and the baby she had as a result. Jo, her partner and his boss appeared in Love it! magazine.

 

 

 

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The Sun

 

'We survived the earthquake in China'

China earthquake survivors Maureen and Anthony Baker got in touch with Talk to their Press via their son, who asked 'How do my parents sell their story to raise money for the earthquake survivors?'. Through us, they appeared on the front page of the Sun, and on a range of television shows.

 

 

 

Best magazine

 

My husband saved my life

Maureen and Anthony, who survived the China earthquake, topped up their fee by appearing in Best magazine too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News of the World

 

My secret life as a honeytrap

Sandra Davies contacted Talk to the Press asking 'How do I sell my story about my job as a honeytrap?' Sandra had booked a honeytrap to test her boyfriend, and when he failed the test, she decided to become a honeytrap herself. To read the full version of this article, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

Fabulous magazine

 

I stole a married man, then he cheated on me too

Emma Isaacs contacted Talk to the Press wanting to talk about the fact that a leopard truly doesn't change his spots. The story she sold was about the fact the married man she had an affair with, and married, cheated on her with another woman. To read the full version of this article, click here.

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

Working for Gok Wan was one of the worst experiences of my life

Model Daisy Idwal Jones wanted to talk about the verbal abuse she'd recieved at the hands of Gok Wan while working on one of his shows. To see the full version of the article, click here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

More magazine

 

'I stole from my friends and family to buy heroin'

Georgia sent us a message asking 'How do I sell my story' using our story submission form. Georgia wanted to warn other teenagers of the dangers of drugs through sharing her own experiences of becoming addicted to heroin at age 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabulous magazine

 

Post natal depression left me addicted to laxatives

'How do I sell my story?' That was the question asked by Ellie Lloyd when she got in touch. She was keen to talk about the eating disorder she is experiencing as a result of post natal depression. To read full version of the article, click here. Ellie also talked to Woman magazine, and appeared on the Trisha show with her husband.

 

 

 

 

The Sunday Mirror

 

I had a stroke at 23

When Samantha Morton admitted to having suffered a stroke at just 30, Barbara Nomille decided to talk about the similar experience she had. Barbara has made a full recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Daily Express

 

I'm a man with an eating disorder

Author Stephen Westwood contacted us wanting to raise publicity for the book he has written about his eating disorder. He talked to the Daily Express about being one of the few men in the country who suffers from Body Dysmophic Disorder. Stephen also appeared in Cosmopolitan with his wife.

 

 

 

 

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News of the World

 

My life as a sex addict

'How do I sell my story?' asked estate agent Amy Michaels when she got in touch. Amy has slept with at least 1000 men over the past decade and decided to talk to the News of the World about her sex addiction in the hope that other people would understand her better. Amy is now in talks for a book deal. To see the full version of this article here

 

 

 

The Sun

 

Saturday night game show 'The One and Only' is a 'fix'

Whistleblower Jay Kamiraz contacted Talk To the Press, wanting to talk about the fact that he suspected David Grant, judge on the One and Only, of fasting tracking finalist Moni Tivoni. How did he know this? Whilst David Grant and Moni Tivoni appeared to have met on the show, Jay knew that in fact they had worked together in the music industry some years previously. Jay sold his story to the Sun.

 

 

 

The Mail on Sunday

 

I'm rock star Steve Winwood's secret love child

'I've got a story to sell' wrote Francesca Nash, when she emailed us. For many years, Francesca had known she was the secret love child of 60s rock star Steve Winwood. Now, with her 40th birthday approaching, Francesca wanted to finally get to know her real dad. To see the full version of this article click here.

 

 

 

The Daily Express

 

My sister's murder inspired me to start my own business

Tina Jesson's sister Joyce was brutally murdered seven years ago. But in a story of real triumph over tragedy, Tina re-evaluated her whole life in the aftermath of her sister's death. She went on to start her own business and spend more time with her family.

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

Gambling nearly killed me: now I'm a gambling therapist to the rich and famous

Len Kleanthous lost his property business, his marriage and his sanity to gambling. But the story Len sold has a happy ending: after spending time in rehab, he has rebuilt his life and is now a gambling therapist to the rich and famous. To see the full version of this article here.

 

 

 

 

The Daily Mail

 

I had one of the first legal abortions in Britain: 40 years on, I still regret my decision

It's been almost 40 years since Jo Woodgate had a termination. Yet shocked at the way she believes young women today see abortion as little more than a form of contraception, she decided to speak out about her past and the guilt she still feels today. To see the full version of this article, click here.

 

 

 

 

Take a Break

 

My husband forced me to have two boob jobs, one went wrong, and now I've been left maimed for life

Kelly Thompson contacted Talk to the Press wanting to sell her cautionary story. She had breast implants - twice - to please her husband. The second operation went wrong, and he left her for someone else. Kelly wanted to talk about how she regretted ever changing her body to please a man. 

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