Stu Oakley Author

Lotte Jeffs(she/they) is an award-winning magazine writer and editor and the author of How To Be A Gentlewoman: The Art of Soft Power in Hard Times. Lotte writes for The Times and the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Telegraph and numerous other publications and has worked in advertising as well as editorial. They were previously Acting Editor in Chief of ELLE. Lotte has also authored a picture book, My Magic Family, about diverse families. Lotte is a Contributing Editor for Grazia and hosts the Grazia Life Advice Podcast.

Stu Oakley (he/him) is a film publicist and co-host of the award-winning podcast Some Families. Stu has written a number of opinion pieces for the Guardian, Grazia, ELLE and NetMums about his own parenting journey and the experiences of being part of a queer family and has also been featured in The Times Magazine. In his day job as a film publicist, Stu has worked on some of the biggest film franchises of all time including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Frozen and Jurassic World. He thought he was well-versed in dealing with divas . . . until he had toddlers!