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London Guardian:

  • How much would you pay for this?
    With 90% of fertility clinics reporting a shortage of eggs, the question is being asked: should women be paid for their eggs? And if so, how much? Helena Echlin reports on the situation here and in America, where donors can command five-figure sums
  • Five go mad in a tea shop
    They dress up in flamboyant headgear and - er - that's it really. Helena Echlin meets members of the Red Hat Society - women of a certain age who would have us believe they are growing old disgracefully
  • When Two Just Won't Do
    Many people find it hard to stick to the confines of a monogamous relationship. Which is why in America more and more are now choosing to live in "group marriages." Helena Echlin reports
  • Navel Operations
    Helena Echlin despairs of the new trend in the US: bellybutton reshaping
  • Let's Get Buff
    Helena Echlin tries out the latest fitness fad to excite America: cardio striptease
  • Dark Star
    Helena Echlin meets the man behind cult children's writer Lemony Snicket

  • (Also published in Buzzle.com)

  • How I Became a "Call" Girl
    Phone sex is not the most obvious graduate career choice. But with no money in the bank and a novel to write, it seemed like the only answer for Helena Echlin

  • (Also published in She magazine)

London Sunday Telegraph:

  • Pssst! Have you heard about this amazing sausage?
    What makes a person want to become a secret agent - for advertisers? Helena Echlin reveals the seductive power of the strange new consumer trend that drove her to sing the praises of `Al Fresco Chicken Sausages'

San Francisco Bay Guardian:

London Times:

  • Just Bash it Out
    Beget a book in four weeks? That's the challenge of National Novel-Writing Month. Helena Echlin discovers the angst of high-speed authorship

The New Statesman:

  • Open Nike
    Helena Echlin on how the ethos of performance poetry sold out to big business
  • Hard Sell
    The Choice is Almost Yours

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