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I cut my teeth on a local London newspaper before several years of work on trade press news desks. I now work between London and Brighton, writing profiles, first-person essays, features and arts reviews for newspapers and magazines. I’m also Senior Editor of The Violet Book. My work has been published in The New York Times, The Times, The Financial Times, Stylist, The Big Issue, Psychologies, Raconteur, Refinery29, Grazia, Time Out London, Wonderland, SUITCASE, Flow, Courier and numerous B2B titles. In 2018 I was shortlisted for The Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism. In 2022 I was longlisted for The Dawn Foster Memorial Essay Prize. I write Emotional Labour, a monthly interview series talking to people about their emotions and how they impact their work. 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