Zoe Beaty

In a shocking trial, the world learned that Dominique Pelicot invited over 50 men to rape his unconscious wife, Gisèle. Now The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025, she is a global icon for survivors of sexual violence. Here, Zoë Beaty speaks with her daughter, Caroline Darian — founder of a survivors’ group supporting hundreds of women who have endured the same horrific crime – and one of many survivors fighting for justice

Netflix’s hit show ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ retells the story of Belle Gibson, who infamously lied about dying of cancer – but she is far from the only one. Zoë Beaty speaks to Bill Petrich, who has spent years in the bizarre world of the fakers, hunting them down and unearthing answers to the most important question of all: why?

Last year a BBC investigation found Bartlett was amplifying harmful health misinformation on his number-one ranked podcast Diary of a CEO and he has now stepped down as director of Huel. Zoë Beaty looks at the curious legacy of the Dragon’s Den star dividing opinion...

A new book explores the myth that getting eight hours of shut-eye is how we should be sleeping. Its author, Dr Merijn van de Laar, tells long-term insomniac Zoë Beaty why unlocking how our ancestors slept is key and why it’s natural for some people to wake up in the middle of the night

It went from being the heart of the British high street to being written off as a frumpy has-been. But as the retailer declares record profits with Gen-Zers raving about its clothes as much as its older customers, Zoë Beaty looks at the man behind the turnaround and how he has done it

Recent reports suggest that more than 4,800 women are choosing to forgo finding a partner as they begin their journey to motherhood. Zoë Beaty meets people who’ve found freedom in pursuing their own fertility treatment

As a new study finds that people who stopped taking semaglutide, the active ingredient in the new blockbuster weight loss drugs, regain about two-thirds of the weight lost, Zoë Beaty reports on the ravenous hunger than comes with withdrawal from these ‘miracle’ treatments

As the actor reveals the real reason she has been absent for many years, Zoë Beaty looks at the fatigue-based illness that Hart is suffering from and why it is controversial for so many

As Russell Brand is pictured conducting a baptism not long after he was seen praying against “dark and demonic” forces at an event hosted by US political commentator Tucker Carlson, Zoë Beaty looks at how this left-wing Corbynite reinvented himself as a born-again Christian and poster-boy for conspiratorial right.

Like James Corden, many are giving up taking Ozempic, but what happens when you stop? Piling on the pounds and an extreme appetite are just some of the symptoms that a growing number of people coming off the ‘miracle’ weight loss drug are reporting. Zoe Beaty takes a closer look at Ozempic, the next chapter...