S6 Ep2: From Editorial Director of Sunday Times & Editor of Sunday Times Magazine to Founder of Noon: Eleanor Mills.

Eleanor Mills was the editorial director of The Sunday Times and editor of its magazine. She was the youngest features editor at The Telegraph at the age of 26. She was Chair of Women in Journalism, she’s interviewed pretty much everyone from Bob Hoskins to Mikhail Gorbachev and she had one of the biggest jobs in newspapers alongside life with her lovely husband and two daughters.But after more than 20 years at The Times, in March 2020, as the world changed for all of us Eleanor was made redundant. She found herself lost, sitting on a bench with her friend, not knowing what to do next.She went on to start Noon – which she describes as a platform helping women with the transition of midlife, whether it’s divorce, children leaving home, redundancy, marriage troubles, or yes, women just wanting a Next Chapter. Eleanor believes at 50 women are only half way through, we are going into our prime and this should be celebrated.Eleanor is open, honest about just about all areas of life. Finding the right partner, being the only female trainee at The Telegraph, daughters, loss, how change can be tough – this conversation has it all. And she told me who the most memorable person she interviewed is (and I wasn’t expecting that at all).https://www.noon.org.uk/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thenextchapterbyelliebarker.substack.com