Portfolio
Writing
I’ve written extensively for the BBC throughout my career but am very proud to also have bylines with The Guardian, National Geographic, Stylist, Refinery29 and the i, to name but a few. As a confident generalist, few topics are out of bounds and the same goes for format - features, explainers and long reads across lifstyle, health, science and food, I’ve written and edited them all. Below is selection of work from throughout my career.
“I started kickboxing in a bid to be like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Twenty years on, it turns out my ageing body could handle much more than I thought”
Smelling O2 by Impulse again almost made me cry | Stylist
I had a 10cm ovarian cyst but doctors didn't believe me | Refinery29
I fell in love with my childhood home and uncovered its secrets | Who Do You Think You Are?
The scruffy hosting trend is transforming dinner parties - and I'm leaning into it | BBC Food
“It was the perfect trip, not least because it was a rare opportunity to look back on our life together and pat ourselves on the back for a friendship well done”
How my ex's recipe far outlasted our relationship | City AM
I've lived in Birmingham eight years and these are the best bits | Time Out
The Halloween sweets that poisoned a city | BBC News
Can you learn to be a better loser? | Stylist
“I felt guilty for not being able to remember the things we’d done together and grief for having lost the ability to ask. That’s perhaps the magic of the grief rave – it provides the space to process something private, and maybe even reframe it”
I walked the Oldham Way and found there was something for everyone | Trail
How genome sequencing got ahead of an unrelenting pandemic | Quadram Institute
The man who lives in a blue tin box miles from anywhere | Reach
Is gluten-free healthier? Here's what I wish people knew before cutting it out | BBC Food
“‘Fast fashion’ often come with guilt - not just for the money spent but because it encourages the unethical treatment of workers and adds to the impact unwanted clothes have on our planet”
The bridge that crossed an ocean - and the man who moved it | BBC News
I gave up UPFs for a week - here's what happened | BBC Food
The truth about sex at Christmas | Who Do You Think You Are?
The mystery of the Milk Carton Kids | BBC News
“I began to question the narrative I’d been pedalling for three decades: could I really not float and learn to swim? Or had I simply never faced my fear?”
Editing
I edited hundreds of features in my staff roles at the BBC website but these are just a few of my favourites. I specialised in long reads and was particularly interested in highlighting injustice, particularly against women, but also those stories that celebrated their achievements.
The Sri Lankan babies who were given away - BBC World Service
The boarding school monster who always walked free - BBC News
Who was the 'Thai bride' dumped in the hills? - BBC News
What happened to Claudia Lawrence? - BBC News
Swimmers 'ruined' by culture of fat-shaming - BBC News
The woman who fought South Africa's marriage laws... and won - BBC World Service
Why this harbour master has spent her life at sea - BBC News
I've spent my life in fear of being called fat - BBC News
The homeless teen who studied by candlelight - BBC News
Murder and fraud: What happened to Carole Packman? - BBC News
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