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Oct 2024
49m 11s

Bella Mackie (Part Two)

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About this episode

Emily and Raymond are on Hampstead Heath with Bella Mackie and her labrador, Barney (who we can all agree is a bit of a national treasure) 


Bella tells us about her love story with Greg James and how a childhood obsession with Victorian true crime started her on the journey to writing her million-selling first novel How To Kill Your Family. We also chat about being direct - and whether that can be considered as a compliment and unfortunately, one of Barney’s toys meets a watery grave…


Listen to Emily and Ray’s first walk with Barney (and Greg James) from September 2022 here


Follow Bella on Instagram @mackie_bella


Bella’s new novel What A Way To Go is a gloriously funny and dark story about dysfunctional families in the shiny but cruel world of the extremely wealthy - you can get your copy here!


Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em


Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 



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