Harping on

Tim Burrowes

June 12, 2009 4:11

“Does Harper’s want to be a girl’s friend (albeit the fashionable one who is slimmer, prettier and even more witty than you) or foe (who calls you fat, makes you feel about as cool and relevant as John Howard and leads you to committing all sorts of atrocities, like dieting and spending your savings on a $1500 face cream)?”

Girl With A Satchel Erica Bartle on Harpers Bazaar

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Erica Bartle Harper's Bazaar

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