“I loved that it consistently pushed me out of my comfort zone”
THE KATE AUTHERS YEARS 2012-2017 Kate worked on Bath Life, on and off, from 2006, and was editor from 2012-2017
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When I started on Bath Life as an assistant editor, there was a house on every cover. It was
2006, I’d just arrived in the city, and it was still predominantly a property magazine. With all those Georgian townhouses on the front, it wasn’t always obvious to readers when a new issue was out! I liked fashion back then – still do – and getting in touch to suggest that what was then called Surf Media might perhaps like to consider adding some fashion pages to the mix, which they did, turned out to be one of my best decisions. I worked on or around Bath Life for almost ten years,
with four-and-a-half of those as editor. And over that time, the magazine has become virtually unrecognisable from the old days. The property crash meant diversifying – we’d have more food, more lifestyle, more interiors, more business coverage and yes, more fashion – and I hope I left the magazine as a vibrant celebration of all that’s great about Bath. There are certainly now plenty more of my favourite things within its pages. Maybe it was just me, but the city, too, felt like an even more creative and interesting place to be by
Kate always rocked a good frock: at a Bath Life Awards bash, and (from top, on left) with Williams, Blahnik and Hom