I started my career as Junior Writer on the sadly now-defunct (I blame you, Facebook) market-leading teen magazine Sugar, working my way up to Senior Writer and running the celebrity section, where highlights included doing a one-on-one interview with Beyoncé who was convinced we’d met before. We hadn’t.
After that I went to work at young women’s magazine More! (you’ll notice that’s no longer around either – seriously, Facebook…) where I mostly wrote about white wine and being a 20-something and then in my role as Commissioning Editor, got other people to write about white wine and being a 20-something, before going to be Features Editor at Fabulous.
Along the way I’ve also spent a year at Heat magazine as a Freelance Senior Editor, worked on the new launch X magazine (the official magazine of X Factor) as Associate Editor and at The Mirror, edited 3am Online.
As a freelancer, I have done regular senior editorial cover, editing copy, signing off pages and brainstorming ideas at Stylist magazine and others. I also write for a wide range of publications like The Telegraph, Stylist, Refinery 29, The Guardian, Marie Claire, Grazia, The i, Metro and Fabulous. The best place to see all of the online content I’ve done is here, on my Contently.
Here’s a little selection of some of my print work…
A piece about the virtues of the after-work wine for Stylist…
A piece about the pressures of the 30-something life stage for Grazia…
A piece about the new sexual anxieties for Marie Claire…
A piece about why we get so nostalgic at
Christmas, for Stylist…
Taking part in a debate about whether we should lie in a relationship for Look... a section I contribute to regularly.
Discussing the move away from Kindles and back to books, for The Independent…
A piece on the rise in popularity of foreign language TV for The Independent…
A confessional piece about leaving my dream job for Grazia…
A piece about Harper Beckham and how non-normal her teenage years are going to be for Cosmopolitan…
A piece about the myth of being ‘busy’ for Stylist…
A piece about a new, 100% positive social network for Fabulous…
A feature about the current love of inspirational quotes, for Stylist…
A feature on the many wise things that Friends taught us, for Fabulous…
A travel piece for Stylist, on my trip to San Sebastian in Spain…
A piece on the anniversary of cult teen show Byker Grove, for The Independent, featuring interviews with various producers.
A piece on just how cool teenagers are for Fabulous. Yes that is Teenage Me down the bottom in a Tammy Girl hat…
A travel piece for Fabulous on a trip I did to Miami…
A piece on the changing habits of lady grooming for Stylist…
An imagining of Bridget Jones’ life now, just before her new book came out, for Stylist…
Another debate piece for Look on Lena Dunham, after the controversy surrounding her book…
A piece for the Metro on my great love, yoga, and why it has so many physical benefits as well as mental (if it looks odd, that’s because it’s the iPad edition… that’s due to the fact I work from home so by the time I get to the tube to get a Metro, they, er, tend to have gone. Because it’s midday.)