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DWC Magazine — Hero Block Issue 92
DWC Weekly · Issue 92
From the Cover

He Created an Army. And We’re Not Standing Down.

Zoe Watts waived her anonymity after her husband drugged and raped her throughout their eighteen-year marriage.

Her story, and the #EndEyeCheck campaign she co-founded, has now reached women in twenty-two countries. This is what courage looks like.

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Issue 92 — Scars That Shine

The Woman Who Loved Too Much — and Nearly Disappeared

The extraordinary life of Alma Mahler, and the compositions the world never heard.

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne
Book Review — Pat Allchorne

The Undoing of Violet Claybourne — A Book That Is Difficult to Put Down

Emily Critchley's atmospheric novel of family secrets, class, and betrayal. Pat was hooked within pages.

Michelle Wollaston
Cornerstone Partner

Seven Seconds That Changed My Life

Michelle Wollaston’s heart stopped for seven seconds on her late mother’s birthday. What a pacemaker taught her about listening to your body.

Mike Devlin
Owner & Co-Founder

You Are Being Lied to at the Supermarket

Mike Devlin on the legal tricks food companies use to make you spend more and get less — from fake “New and Improved” claims to the indentation on the bottom of your peanut butter jar.

Annette Densham
Contributor

The Life Nobody Scripted

Fifty-six years of twists, turns, and showing up anyway. Annette Densham on journalism, Bali, a campervan called Disco, and the life she built from whatever was left.

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Column

Stop Trying to Fix the People You Love

Megan Long on attachment theory, the urge to restore broken things, and why the tarnish is the point.

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TV Review

Murder Mindfully — Netflix’s Sharpest Dark Comedy in Years

A mild-mannered lawyer discovers mindfulness. The bodies follow. Tom Schilling carries this series entirely — and brilliantly.

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Wellbeing

Why the Busiest People Need to Meditate Most

Ankeeta Mehta on why being too busy is not a reason to delay meditation. It may be the very reason to begin.

DWC Content Creator Awards 2026

Recognising the Women
Behind the Work

Every day, women build audiences, share knowledge, and create content that genuinely changes lives — often without the recognition they deserve. The DWC Content Creator Awards exist to change that.

Eight Categories
  • 01 Podcast of the Year
  • 02 Newsletter of the Year
  • 03 YouTube Channel of the Year
  • 04 Blog / Online Publication
  • 05 Social Media Creator
  • 06 Book / Self-Published Author
  • 07 Emerging Creator
  • 08 Community Builder
We judge on impact, authenticity, and commitment — not follower count
What You Win
Times Square Billboard Your face, your name, your work — on one of the most iconic screens in the world. Every finalist and every winner appears in the group photograph. Finalists & Winners
The Trophy An official engraved DWC Content Creator Award trophy, delivered to your door within 3–5 weeks.
Technology Prize A prize from a leading global brand, selected to support your work as a creator.
Cover Feature A Cover Feature in DWC Magazine — print and digital — in front of a global readership.
8 Categories Podcast to community builder — all formats welcome
£35 Early Bird Entry Until 15 May — £50 thereafter
Times
Square
Billboard Prize Every finalist and winner on one of the world's biggest screens
Now Open Entries Open Early bird £35 until 15 May
15 May 2026 Panel Announced Standard entry £50 begins
27 July 2026 Entries Close Midnight deadline — no extensions
Late August 2026 Winners Announced Shortlist confirmed mid-August
Your work matters.
Let the world know it.
Mike Devlin's World Cup Goals — DWC Magazine
DWC Conversations · Mike Devlin
Mike Devlin's World Cup Goals — DWC Conversations

The twelve moments that stopped the world

Mike Devlin's Most Important Goals in Football History

From Lucien Laurent's first-ever World Cup goal in 1930 to the Maracanazo, the Hand of God, and a 17-year-old Pelé announcing himself to the world — twelve goals chosen not just for brilliance, but for what they meant.


01
Lucien Laurent
France vs. Mexico · 1930
02
Alcides Ghiggia
Uruguay vs. Brazil · 1950
03
Helmut Rahn
West Germany vs. Hungary · 1954
04
Pelé
Brazil vs. Wales · 1958
05
Pelé
Brazil vs. Sweden (Final) · 1958
06
Geoff Hurst
England vs. West Germany · 1966
07
Diego Maradona
Argentina vs. England · 1986
08
Saeed Al-Owairan
Saudi Arabia vs. Belgium · 1994
09
Michael Owen
England vs. Argentina · 1998
10
Siphiwe Tshabalala
South Africa vs. Mexico · 2010
11
Landon Donovan
USA vs. Algeria · 2010
12
James Rodríguez
Colombia vs. Uruguay · 2014

"Only three people have ever silenced the Maracanã — the Pope, Frank Sinatra, and me."

— Alcides Ghiggia, on his 1950 World Cup winner
Mike Devlin
Your guide
Mike Devlin
Chef, author, and DWC co-founder. Thirty years in professional kitchens. A lifelong student of the game.
Read the full piece Each goal includes Mike's essay, tournament facts, and your verdict on its place in history.
MONTHLY BOOK PICKS

Pat Allchorne's
Best Reads

Five books. Every month. Chosen by a woman who has spent her life surrounded by them. Pat Allchorne ran a 40,000-book shop for nearly twenty years — now she reads for the joy of it, and shares what she finds with DWC readers around the world.

A Morbid Taste for Bones The Miniaturist Stonehenge
This month's picks  ·  May 2026  ·  Theme: Historical
Pat Allchorne
Pat Allchorne DWC Book Reviewer

"A book left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing — but also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life."

For nearly 20 years Pat ran a second-hand bookshop in Warrington — over 40,000 books on every subject imaginable. Now retired, she reads with the same joy she always has, especially when she discovers new authors.
5 Books Every Month Curated by Pat, for readers who love reading
5 Months in the Archive January through May — all still available to browse
40K+ Books Pat Has Known She knows a good one when she sees it
Ready to find your next
favourite book?
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe — Redefining Love — DWC Magazine
DWC Conversations · Jamie Tedrick-Monroe
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe — Redefining Love

Twelve chapters. One honest reckoning.

Jamie Tedrick-Monroe on Redefining Love

What we were taught to call love — and what it actually requires. Twelve chapters on consent, dignity, safety, silence, and the slow work of building a definition that protects your humanity.


01
When a Name Meant to Signal Love Becomes a Tool of Harm
02
The Lie We Were Told About Love
On inherited scripts, romanticised chaos, and why ease feels suspicious
03
Consent
The foundation that changes everything
04
Dignity
The missing requirement in how we talk about love
05
Safety Is More Important Than Chemistry
On trauma bonds, nervous system addiction, and what intimacy actually needs
06
How Silence Became a Requirement
On the difference between privacy and secrecy
07
The Gendered Conditioning Around Love
On who is expected to endure, and what that costs both
08
Love Is Not Possession
On control, individuality, and the difference between loving and securing
09
Accountability Versus Forgiveness Culture
On why apologies without change are not transformation
10
The Difference Between Love and Dependency
On fear of abandonment, chosen connection, and freedom
11
Grieving the Relationships We Thought Were Love
On mourning what was never what we believed it to be
12
Rebuilding a Definition of Love That Protects Humanity
What authentic love actually requires — and looks like in practice

"Silence protects systems. It does not protect people."

— Jamie Tedrick-Monroe, Chapter 6
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe
Your guide
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe
Trauma-aware coach, author, and founder of Safe2Talk2 Consulting. Author of Mindset Mastery and DWC Cornerstone Partner.
12 chapters to read Reflection questions Private journal prompts Free to access
Read the full conversation Each chapter includes reflection questions and a private journal prompt.
Short Fiction

The Home of
Sir Archibald Fluffington

He is imperious, opinionated, and thoroughly convinced of his own magnificence. Sir Archibald Fluffington III — Fluff of House Biscuit, Emperor of the Side Table Realm — chronicles the indignities of domestic life entirely on his own terms.

I Double Whisker Life
II The Fourth Home Conspiracy
III Guide to Avoiding the Vet
Three tales  ·  All in the series  ·  Free to read
Sir Archibald Fluffington III
Sir Archibald Fluffington III DWC Resident Feline & Reluctant Memoirist

"One meow, a tail wrap around her ankle, and a dramatic flop onto my side — voilà. I had secured a human."

Fluff of House Biscuit. Emperor of the Side Table Realm. Undisputed Duke of Disdain. Sir Archibald has endured much — toddlers, vets, expired yogurt — and he intends to tell you all about it.
9 Lives Lived He is making the most of every single one
0 Apologies Issued Sir Archibald does not do remorse
More Stories to Come He has opinions. They are not going away.
Ready to meet the most
imperious cat in fiction?
DWC Magazine — Sections Block

Mike Devlin — Women in Sport

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Women in Sport
This Week

The Women's Football Revolution That Everyone Saw Coming — Except the Men Who Run It

Attendances are up. Broadcasting deals are growing. Sponsorship interest is genuine. Mike Devlin looks at how women's football became the sport's fastest-growing story — and why the institutions are still, bafflingly, catching up.

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Movie Review

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Still Here
This Week's Review
★★★★★

Still Here

Drama · 2025 · Directed by Clare Denis

A film about a woman who survives something unspecified, and what survives inside her. Denis works slowly and never explains herself — a form of respect, in cinema, that is rarer than it should be. One of the year's most quietly essential films.

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Maeve Donnelly
This Week

The Friendships That Survive Everything — and the Ones That Can't

There is a kind of friendship that exists in the context of your life as it once was. When the context changes, so does the friendship — sometimes gently and sometimes all at once. The ones that didn't survive, and what I now understand about why that was right for both of us.

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Mental Health

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Mental Health
This Week

What Happens in Your Brain During a Grief Wave — and Why That Matters

Grief is not linear, and it is not a character flaw. It is a neurological event that changes shape over time. Understanding what is happening physiologically can be one of the most compassionate things you do for yourself — or for someone you love who is carrying it.

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Weekly Tarot Reading

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The High Priestess
Card of the Week
This Week's Reading

What You Know Without Being Told

The High Priestess is the card of intuition, patience, and the quiet intelligence that lives beneath the surface. This week, she asks you to trust what you feel before you feel the need to explain it — to yourself or anyone else.

There is something you already know. The reading this week is a gentle insistence that you stop looking for permission to act on it.

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The DWC weekly reading is offered as reflection and inspiration only.

In the News

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In the News
This Week

EU Passes Landmark Menopause Workplace Protection Legislation

Employers across the bloc will be required to make reasonable adjustments for employees experiencing severe menopausal symptoms. Advocates call it a meaningful first step; implementation guidance is still being developed.

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View from Around the World

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View from Around the World
This Week's Perspective

What Turning 50 in Sydney Taught Me About Belonging

A midlife reckoning with community, identity, and the unexpected joy of beginning again in a city that never stops moving. Susan Park arrived in Sydney at 48, knowing no one. By 50, she had built something she hadn't expected to find again.

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Cornerstone Partners

Voices that
don't look away.

Writers who go where it's uncomfortable — and come back with something worth knowing.

Michelle Wollaston
Michelle Wollaston
Michelle Wollaston Contributor & Cornerstone Partner
Why Your Body Still Remembers Trauma Long After It's Over Most conversations about abuse focus on the moment it occurs. But for many women, the greater impact lies in what follows. The mind may decide to move on. The body does not.
Read the Article →
Julie Hayes
Julie Hayes Contributor & Cornerstone Partner
The Avalanche of Inadequacy: Boobs, Bum Cheeks, and Beauty Blunders There she stood, ankle-deep in products bought in moments of weakness — each one promising to reverse, plump, tighten, and whisper kind things to her pores. All promises. Then she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. Always a gamble.
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Julie Hayes
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe
Jamie Tedrick-Monroe Contributor & Cornerstone Partner
Lessons from the Shadows: Mental Health, Healing, and Year-End Renewal Shadows are often misunderstood — seen as dark corners to avoid, or as evidence of failure. Yet they can be our greatest teachers. Addiction teaches honesty. Mental health struggles teach compassion. Each shadow carries pain, and each carries a message.
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Sofia Pedroso
Sofia Pedroso Contributor & Cornerstone Partner
The Breakdown That Built Me: Sofia Pedroso on How a Crisis Sparked Her Business, Shiffully The breaking point came during yet another failed business attempt. On the phone with a friend, crying so hard she could barely speak. A pause. "But how many attempts were there really?" Something about that question stayed with her.
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Sofia Pedroso
Hard Truths Written with clarity and without flinching
Real Conversations About the things women rarely say out loud
One Clear Voice Exclusive to DWC Magazine
Strong Voices.
One commitment to truth.

Mind, Body & Soul

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Jamie Tedrick-Monroe on Healing With Humour

Jamie Tedrick-Monroe on Healing With Humour: The Ultimate Guide to a Terrible Mindset

Awareness is the first step to change. Healing isn't about never slipping into negativity — it's about noticing when we do and finding the courage to step back into the light.

Debi Barr on Why Women Need to Be Kinder to Themselves

Debi Barr On Why Women Need to Be Kinder to Themselves — and How to Start

We second-guess how we look, how we parent, how we work, how we show up for others. We push ourselves to be everything to everyone. It's exhausting — and far more common than you might think.

Michelle Wollaston on trauma and the body

Michelle Wollaston On Why Your Body Still Remembers Trauma Long After It's Over

Most conversations about abuse focus on the moment it occurs. But for many women, the greater impact lies in what follows — long after the danger has passed.

Julie Hayes cruise diary

Chook Sh*t Happens: Julie Hayes' Cruise Diary of Glamour, Grime, and White Shoes

My mum had a saying she'd pull out whenever I got a little too big for my boots. Years later, on my first cruise — she got me again.

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