Julia Hardy, also known as Jules Hardy, is a British

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known for their interests in gaming, music,

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, and new technology. They are the creator and presenter of the online fitness programme Game to Train. In addition to their professional work, they are a

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and a

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Career

Born in

Harrow, London Harrow () is a large town in Greater London, England, and serves as the principal settlement of the London Borough of Harrow. Lying about north-west of Charing Cross and south of Watford, the entire town including its localities had a populat ...

, Hardy began their career in 2005 when they were chosen to be a founding presenter of the British television channel

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. On Rockworld TV, they co-presented ''Rockjaw'' and went on to become a field reporter, covering music events such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. In 2008, they became a presenter on ''

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'' show ''The Countdown'', and in 2009 joined ''

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'' as presenter of ''GameFace'' and ''Ginx Files'' which were shown on

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and later Challenge. Also in 2009, they launched an online television show called ''AE:On''. They presented GameFace's successor ''The Blurb'' for

on Challenge in 2011. In 2015, Hardy started hosting a show on the internet radio station,

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. They were also a presenter for

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2015. As well as presenting, they also contribute articles to magazines and newspapers such as ''

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'', ''Tuned'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. In 2016, they became

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's gaming presenter where they make a monthly gaming show for

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and features on other radio shows talking about video games. That same year, Hardy gave a

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talk about sexism, misogyny, and online trolls. This related to their blog Misogyny Monday. In 2017, Hardy hosted an AOL original series called ''Tech Hunters'', looking at retro and nostalgic technology. In November 2017, they hosted

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Earth's Post and Pre-show which was an online stream broadcast around the world based on the game,

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. In October 2019, they hosted Runefest, a convention for fans of the game

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. In 2020, they joint hosted the This Game Changed My Life podcast series on the

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with Aoife Wilson. This series has been nominated for an award in the Best New Show category of the 2021

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. On 25 April 2022, they hosted the

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2022 at Troxy in London.

Game to Train

In 2020, Hardy created the free online exercise programme Game to Train. The exercise programme is based around routines inspired by characters from well known computer games.

Personal life

Hardy, who calls themself Jules, is

non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

and uses they/them pronouns.

References

External links

Official Julia Hardy Facebook

Official Julia Hardy Instagram

Official Game To Train Instagram

Official Julia Hardy Twitter
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