People say write about what you know. So I did. I founded Broke Girl in the City - a smart girl's guide to leading a fabulous lifestyle on a budget! A career spanning entertainment, bars & nightclubs (and frequenting them), film, music and TV, there isn't much I don't know about how to have fun in the city when completely broke.

Marie Ellis

Interview with Sandra Hakky, who returns with a new album, ‘Hakky the System’

Marie Ellis·15th March 2022

Meet Sandra Hakky Sandra Hakky is a singer-songwriter, producer, and IT nerd who made her debut at 19, releasing her self-titled album in 2009. Despite commercial success, Hakky took an extended break from the music industry to breathe, find herself,...

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Time is running out to claim your £150 council tax rebate

Marie Ellis·12th March 2022

Time is running out! Spend 5 minutes now to automatically receive a £150 council tax rebate in April The government has announced a package of support known as the Energy Bills Rebate to help households with rising energy bills, worth...

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Interview with London-based priestess who releases ‘like me and you’

Marie Ellis·10th March 2022

Meet priestess London-based alternative pop artist ‘priestess’ (emphatically with a lowercase, styled like most of her songs), a.k.a. 22-year-old Sasha (short for Alexandra) Nadein, grew up in a suburb outside of Philadelphia: the first person in her family to be born in the...

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Marie Ellis

Interview with Sandra Hakky, who returns with a new album, ‘Hakky the System’

Time is running out to claim your £150 council tax rebate

Interview with London-based priestess who releases ‘like me and you’