I'm a writer with a passion for human rights and the environment.
Stories are important. They connect us and make us think differently. I use stories within journalism, copywriting and creative writing, to bring a fresh perspective to the world.
You'll usually find me writing about human rights, the environment and culture. I've written for the BBC, i News, Mother Jones, New Internationalist, Byline Times, Delayed Gratification and The Big Issue, alongside plenty of others (there's a list below!). Some of my favourite stories have included a long-form piece for The Conversationalist about nanas fighting fracking, a long-read about the use of pants in protest for New Internationalist and an investigation for Smithsonian into the women who faced England's ducking stools. And for the last two Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitions, the Natural History Museum has asked me to write for their features section.
For half the week, I'm also assistant editor at Index on Censorship magazine, where I work with dissidents across the world and spend my time commissioning, editing and writing. If you're signed up to the Index newsletter, you'll see I often write it.
Alongside heavy human rights stories, I like to make room for a little fun. I had a great time as the lead writer for TOPIA, where I somehow convinced the editor to let me write as a talking beaver (among other more serious things), and by some miracle I've landed a spot as a content editor for the EBU, which means I get to go to the actual Eurovision Song Contest for a sparkle-fuelled, sleep-deprived fortnight each year, and smash out lots of features and copy.
Before stepping into the world of freelance, I was a founding member of The Lush Times (an online platform for reporting the unreported) and co-editor of the revived Lush Times magazine. In my role as senior writer at Lush, I travelled all over the world, producing multimedia content with a focus on ethical storytelling. I investigated vegan activism in Toronto, spent time with regenerative farmers in India and met Syrian refugees working as rose pickers in Turkey. I also led awareness-raising campaigns, working with grassroots charities and organisations.
Refugee rights are my biggest passion. So often the stories of individuals are swept aside and people are spoken about as a collective. Investigating refugee issues has taken me to places like Calais, Uganda, and Turkey, where I always focus on telling human stories, while my documentary Behind the Headlines takes a closer look at what it's like to be an asylum seeker in the UK. I'm writing a nonfiction book on a related topic, and am currently on the hunt for a brilliant agent. I've also had the pleasure of working on 62 Gladstone Street's play Refugee, as a journalist-researcher.
As well as specialising in refugee issues, I've explored the role of Indigenous knowledge in preventing environmental destruction. I've met the Tiny House Warriors and Indigenous Climate Action in Canada, and produced an audio documentary and written series with an Indigenous community facing destruction of their sacred natural site in Kenya. I was generously hosted by Laikipia Permaculture Centre in Kenya, while I spoke to Maasai women about how growing aloe helped them stop FGM in their community.
With my feet firmly on UK soil, I've investigated issues like the UK's complicity in data-driven drone strikes, and the controversial undercover policing scandal, meeting women impacted directly. I've been on a 24 hour hunger strike in solidarity with Guantánamo Bay prisoners, supported the campaign to get a British citizen released from death row in Ethiopia, and followed a giant puppet representing a refugee girl as she arrived in the UK.
I've also got a passion for creative nonfiction, and have been a runner up for the Fresher Writing Prize (2017 and 2019) and New Media Writing Prize (2019 and 2021), and longlisted for the Freelance Writing Awards.
In 2018, after part-time study alongside a full-time job (not advisable), I received a distinction in MA Journalism Practice from Bournemouth University, after focussing my research on ethical storytelling of refugee issues - a topic which I continue to speak about and explore. I waddled across the graduation stage in November 2019 whilst nine months pregnant, and have jumped into freelancing following my maternity leave.
I'm a copywriter and creative writer, as well as a journalist. Ultimately, I tell stories. As the senior writer at Lush, I wrote every type of copy under the sun, usually sprinkled with a hefty helping of sass. I spent several years at Bournemouth University, writing newsletters and editing the student blog, alongside dreaming up innovative marketing projects. As a freelancer, I've written for brands including Ordnance Survey, Jungle Culture, and Loóna, as well as top secret agency work. I've even created an art heist mystery game for Magic: The Gathering. Effervescent invited me to work with their young creatives on Lonely Not Alone, a digital universe erasing the stigma of youth loneliness. It is a stratospherically beautiful site and I'm so proud to have been involved.
Beyond telling stories, I am happiest by the sea or in the forest. I love the natural world, and in particular the ocean. I'm a mama, a book lover and a theatre-goer, who spent years as a bookseller and several more as an actor.
I'd like to say a little about ethical journalism too. I hold myself to the highest standards of ethics, and am constantly learning. This means consulting and involving the people I'm writing about, and making sure they're happy with how their story is being told. It's taking care in interviews, and telling stories that are fair, well-researched and meaningful.
You'll usually find me writing about human rights, the environment and culture. I've written for the BBC, i News, Mother Jones, New Internationalist, Byline Times, Delayed Gratification and The Big Issue, alongside plenty of others (there's a list below!). Some of my favourite stories have included a long-form piece for The Conversationalist about nanas fighting fracking, a long-read about the use of pants in protest for New Internationalist and an investigation for Smithsonian into the women who faced England's ducking stools. And for the last two Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitions, the Natural History Museum has asked me to write for their features section.
For half the week, I'm also assistant editor at Index on Censorship magazine, where I work with dissidents across the world and spend my time commissioning, editing and writing. If you're signed up to the Index newsletter, you'll see I often write it.
Alongside heavy human rights stories, I like to make room for a little fun. I had a great time as the lead writer for TOPIA, where I somehow convinced the editor to let me write as a talking beaver (among other more serious things), and by some miracle I've landed a spot as a content editor for the EBU, which means I get to go to the actual Eurovision Song Contest for a sparkle-fuelled, sleep-deprived fortnight each year, and smash out lots of features and copy.
Before stepping into the world of freelance, I was a founding member of The Lush Times (an online platform for reporting the unreported) and co-editor of the revived Lush Times magazine. In my role as senior writer at Lush, I travelled all over the world, producing multimedia content with a focus on ethical storytelling. I investigated vegan activism in Toronto, spent time with regenerative farmers in India and met Syrian refugees working as rose pickers in Turkey. I also led awareness-raising campaigns, working with grassroots charities and organisations.
Refugee rights are my biggest passion. So often the stories of individuals are swept aside and people are spoken about as a collective. Investigating refugee issues has taken me to places like Calais, Uganda, and Turkey, where I always focus on telling human stories, while my documentary Behind the Headlines takes a closer look at what it's like to be an asylum seeker in the UK. I'm writing a nonfiction book on a related topic, and am currently on the hunt for a brilliant agent. I've also had the pleasure of working on 62 Gladstone Street's play Refugee, as a journalist-researcher.
As well as specialising in refugee issues, I've explored the role of Indigenous knowledge in preventing environmental destruction. I've met the Tiny House Warriors and Indigenous Climate Action in Canada, and produced an audio documentary and written series with an Indigenous community facing destruction of their sacred natural site in Kenya. I was generously hosted by Laikipia Permaculture Centre in Kenya, while I spoke to Maasai women about how growing aloe helped them stop FGM in their community.
With my feet firmly on UK soil, I've investigated issues like the UK's complicity in data-driven drone strikes, and the controversial undercover policing scandal, meeting women impacted directly. I've been on a 24 hour hunger strike in solidarity with Guantánamo Bay prisoners, supported the campaign to get a British citizen released from death row in Ethiopia, and followed a giant puppet representing a refugee girl as she arrived in the UK.
I've also got a passion for creative nonfiction, and have been a runner up for the Fresher Writing Prize (2017 and 2019) and New Media Writing Prize (2019 and 2021), and longlisted for the Freelance Writing Awards.
In 2018, after part-time study alongside a full-time job (not advisable), I received a distinction in MA Journalism Practice from Bournemouth University, after focussing my research on ethical storytelling of refugee issues - a topic which I continue to speak about and explore. I waddled across the graduation stage in November 2019 whilst nine months pregnant, and have jumped into freelancing following my maternity leave.
I'm a copywriter and creative writer, as well as a journalist. Ultimately, I tell stories. As the senior writer at Lush, I wrote every type of copy under the sun, usually sprinkled with a hefty helping of sass. I spent several years at Bournemouth University, writing newsletters and editing the student blog, alongside dreaming up innovative marketing projects. As a freelancer, I've written for brands including Ordnance Survey, Jungle Culture, and Loóna, as well as top secret agency work. I've even created an art heist mystery game for Magic: The Gathering. Effervescent invited me to work with their young creatives on Lonely Not Alone, a digital universe erasing the stigma of youth loneliness. It is a stratospherically beautiful site and I'm so proud to have been involved.
Beyond telling stories, I am happiest by the sea or in the forest. I love the natural world, and in particular the ocean. I'm a mama, a book lover and a theatre-goer, who spent years as a bookseller and several more as an actor.
I'd like to say a little about ethical journalism too. I hold myself to the highest standards of ethics, and am constantly learning. This means consulting and involving the people I'm writing about, and making sure they're happy with how their story is being told. It's taking care in interviews, and telling stories that are fair, well-researched and meaningful.
Publications
Journalism
Index on Censorship (assistant editor May 2022 - present)
BBC
Mother Jones
Reader's Digest
Smithsonian
Byline Times
The Bookseller
New Internationalist
Big Issue
HuffPost
i News
Delayed Gratification
TOPIA
T3
Where the Leaves Fall
Lush Times magazine (co-editor and lead writer)
Lush Times online (co-founder)
The Ecologist
Resurgence & Ecologist magazine
Women In Journalism
The Conversationalist
Paranting
WhyNow
Lacuna Voices
Shadowproof
Hampshire Life
Dorset Life
Enemy Magazine
Dorset Food & Drink Guide
Hampshire Food & Drink Guide
The Daily Optimist
BBC
Mother Jones
Reader's Digest
Smithsonian
Byline Times
The Bookseller
New Internationalist
Big Issue
HuffPost
i News
Delayed Gratification
TOPIA
T3
Where the Leaves Fall
Lush Times magazine (co-editor and lead writer)
Lush Times online (co-founder)
The Ecologist
Resurgence & Ecologist magazine
Women In Journalism
The Conversationalist
Paranting
WhyNow
Lacuna Voices
Shadowproof
Hampshire Life
Dorset Life
Enemy Magazine
Dorset Food & Drink Guide
Hampshire Food & Drink Guide
The Daily Optimist
Copywriting and creative writing
The Eurovision Song Contest (EBU)
Magic: The Gathering
Natural History Museum
Lush
Ordnance Survey
Loóna
Bournemouth University
Waterstones
Lonely Not Alone (Effervescent and Co-op Foundation)
Jungle Culture
Boxtails
Festive Doorstep Stories (A Word in Your Ear and Kilter Theatre)
Salisbury Fringe Festival
Magic: The Gathering
Natural History Museum
Lush
Ordnance Survey
Loóna
Bournemouth University
Waterstones
Lonely Not Alone (Effervescent and Co-op Foundation)
Jungle Culture
Boxtails
Festive Doorstep Stories (A Word in Your Ear and Kilter Theatre)
Salisbury Fringe Festival
