How to Evolve

How to Evolve

The Night My £50,000 Celebration Became a Six-Year Argument

Or, How to Put Yourself First (if you're a woman) and Still Stay Married.

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Ros Barber
Dec 12, 2025
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“Hey, love, are we swimming or drowning?” Image by StockSnap from Pixabay

The night I won over £50,000 in PhD funding—one of only 7 creative writing PhDs funded across the entire UK that year—I booke…

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