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Hi, I’m Nikki Garnett, for 9 years I was the editor of Selfridges’ magazine. Now I’m married with 3 sons, 2 cats and a dog called Ted. I live near the Lake District in the North West of England and run a small creative agency with my husband.
I created Midlifechic because a little while ago, amidst all the chaos of family and working life, I was beginning to feel like I’d lost my groove. So this is for anyone else out there who is emerging from the child centred years and looking forward to beginning a whole new chapter.
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![I just want to say an enormous thank you to everyone who sent words and thoughts after I posted about my drink being spiked in a bar last Friday - at a time when I was feeling very vulnerable it was you who reminded me that there are far more good people in the world than bad.
This week has been about dusting myself off and facing forward. However given the many, many stories that I was sent from people who’ve had something similar happen to them, I feel determined to help combat the growing epidemic of spiking in our towns and cities.
Lots of people wanted to hear the story of just how on earth it happened to someone like me so I’ve written about it in more detail in my blogpost today [link above]. I also have more information there about what we can do to fight it - and I’m collecting stories in the comments section to send to the Home Affairs Committee Inquiry into Spiking that’s going on right now. You see the problem is that it so often goes unreported that they don’t have enough information.
So if you or anyone you know has had an experience of spiking (regardless of age or gender) please can you add it there, even if you’ve already told me via Instagram. That way I can extract the details and send them in as a pdf. You can say as much or as little as you want to - and it can be completely anonymous, the software won’t tell me who you are.
Thank you for your kindness last week - and for helping now if you can. Don’t let this put you off going out and having fun… but just be careful when you do.
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