Release Date 12th Feb 2026

Dolly Jones on Combining Career With Motherhood

Explore ways to balance work and family, from those who’ve done it.

In this interview, Dolly talks to us about her book, Leaving the Ladder Down, which is all about ‘how to combine a career with motherhood, from the women who’ve done it’. Drawing on her own experience of having children during her career at Vogue and her interviews with over 200 women from a wide range of backgrounds and professions, she explores the many different ways in which people combine work and family life. She describes how parenting often goes unspoken in professional environments, even though it shapes daily life for so many people and how open conversation eases feelings of guilt and isolation, and improves happiness, motivation and empathy at work.

You can order 'Leaving the Ladder Down' by Dolly Jones at your favourite independent bookstore or here.

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