The Yorkshire Post features highlights: From Yorkshire authors through to the future captains of industry

In case you missed them, here’s a look at some of the long-reads in The Yorkshire Post features section this week.

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00:00 Hi, it's Richard from the Yorkshire Post Features team. In case you missed them, here's a look

00:04 at some of the long reads in the Features section this week.

00:07 Providing the opportunity for people to be given the choice to die with dignity has inspired

00:12 Scarborough woman Julie Casson to write a book about her and her husband Nigel's battle

00:15 with motor neurone disease, so in Travel to Switzerland's assisted suicide clinic Dignitas,

00:21 she told me her story.

00:23 AJ Close has put feminists at the centre of her new novel, inspired by her time growing

00:28 up in Yorkshire during the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe. She talked to our feature writer

00:31 John Blow.

00:32 Having fun at work and making money are at the top of most people's wish lists for a

00:37 job but they're also the hopes of the next generation of workers. However, young people

00:41 are also thinking about work-life balance and whether they may need a side hustle to

00:45 make ends meet. We found out more.

00:48 Our Business and Features editor Chris Burns spoke with glassmaker Joanne Kenny, whose

00:52 beach-inspired work is currently on display in York and is considering a very personal

00:56 project for her next range.

00:58 And finally, an architect is ready to start a series of 40 fundraising challenges in the

01:03 coming years in memory of his Bradford-born mum, with a 24-hour walk starting on Good

01:08 Friday.

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