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Zoe Smith

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Zoe Smith is a former journalist and the founder of The Exodus Collective

January 2024

  • Boats in the harbour at St George's, capital city of Grenada.

    Why I quit
    double quotation markI took my children to the Caribbean to live free from British racism, and have never looked back

    Zoe Smith
    Life in Grenada, the island my grandparents once left to work in the UK, is safe and caring, says Zoe Smith

April 2015

  • Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard

    Charging ahead on girls' education without grassroots support?

    High-level global education project Charge aims to tackle the second generation of girls’ education issues - the support of local groups and leaders will be critical

December 2013

  • Mexican farmer

    Open government London 2013
    double quotation markOpen data and transparency: a look back at 2013

    Zoe Smith
  • IPPF

    Adolescent girls: a look back at 2013

July 2013

  • String puppet theatre

    Venture philanthropy and the quest for aid effectiveness

    Zoe Smith: Philanthropists are increasingly shaping the development landscape but what drives them and how healthy is the focus on getting 'bang for their bucks'?

May 2013

  • Adolescent girls Africa

    Adolescent girls' issues: moving up the development agenda

  • Forward African young women

    How adolescent girls in Africa are shaping their own future

August 2005

  • double quotation mark'Race has been a glaring non-issue'

    Zoe Smith

    Zoe Smith: Anthony Walker's murder in Huyton was a harsh slap in the face for people who date interracially.

October 2004

  • Music to watch girls go by

    A fashion show without music would be no show at all. Which explains why so much thought goes into the soundtrack. Zoe Smith sneaks backstage at London Fashion Week to meet the hottest designers of the moment and the people who dictate the sound of their catwalk shows.

September 2004

  • How officials failed to see menace of the Slasher

  • double quotation markMy smart school still failed me

    Zoe Smith

July 2004

  • Deepest Blue

    Zoe Smith meets a duo who like both Joni Mitchell and trip hop - but won't wear swimming trunks.

  • Flash forward
    Flash-forward: Deepest Blue

    Zoe Smith meets a duo who like both Joni Mitchell and trip hop - but won't wear swimming trunks

  • Annihilation beckons the dark star of rock

    The Libertines' Pete Doherty is spiralling towards the classic rock'n'roll ending, ravaged by heroin and dropped by the band.

June 2004

  • My favourite table
    My favourite table

    'This restaurant was my first port of call when I moved to Milan three years ago. It's a very popular place and where all the fashion people go. It's unusual for Milan in that it stays open really late, which is more of a southern Italian habit. My favourite dish here is a very Milanese dish - breaded breast of chicken with rocket and fresh tomatoes; they also do great pizza and pasta. Now I'm such a regular that I know all the staff and I always get a table. After I've done a catwalk show I book a huge table for everyone involved - models, designers, the press, my parents - and we have a wonderful evening.

  • Home buyers go further afield to beat city prices

    Up-and-coming rural areas and small towns are being targeted by a new breed of young investor eager to get a foot on the property ladder.

  • Priced out of the cities? Meet the 'mouseholders'

    Up-and-coming rural areas and small towns are being targeted by a new breed of young investor eager to get a foot on the property ladder.

January 2004

  • Terror cells regroup - and now their target is Europe

    Secret intelligence papers from across the continent reveal a growing danger from a widening network of fanatics - and this is a struggle the West cannot lose.

December 2003

  • Shoppers save now ... but we'll all pay later

  • My suicide thoughts over porn - Townshend