Hello! Thank you for visiting my website and for not laughing at my surname.

I’m a freelance feature writer, and I particularly love a good celebrity interview - which is why that’s almost all I post on here (I write a lot of stories about food too, but you probably wouldn’t click on those).

I work from my house in Cambridge, usually with my flatulent lurcher by my feet. Let’s just say it’s not massively fragrant around my desk.

I’m not on LinkedIn, so here’s some stuff about me (copied and pasted from an official bio, hence the formal tone).

I was born and bred in Cambridge and read Ancient & Modern History at Oxford University before embarking on a London-based career in television production. Focusing mainly on comedy and music programmes, from Reeves and Mortimer to The Frank Skinner Show, I worked my way up from production secretary to producer/director, with credits including ITV’s Comedy Café, starring Mackenzie Crook, and BBC’s The Dave Saint Show, starring John Thomson. Returning to Cambridge with my 4-year-old son as a single parent in 2005, I took a job at what was then the Cambridge Evening News. I began by writing property editorials, then started reviewing restaurants and writing food features. After a couple of years I became a full-time feature writer, winning Feature Writer of the Year at the East of England Media Awards, and twice shortlisted for Feature Writer of the Year at the Regional Press Awards. I was also shortlisted as Columnist of the Year at the Regional Press Awards for ‘Growing Pains’, my monthly column about parenting my son and young daughter. After 11 years at the News, eventually as deputy features editor, I took voluntary redundancy in 2016, and now work mainly for Waitrose Weekend. And for some other people, if they pay me enough (that sentence wasn’t in the official bio).

Have a read. See what you think. Let me know. But only if it’s complimentary.