Long stories about work, cities and care.
I write features for magazines, weekly papers and websites, mostly at length. I take a small number of commissions each season, and I like a story that needs a few weeks of phone calls and a long walk.
Latest clips
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Why the depot never closes: a year on the night shift
Harbour Ledger -
The rent is in the bins: how two streets fought a letting firm
Quay Review -
Care work, costed by the minute
Tram & Tide
“Nobody had asked the depot drivers what they needed. Nell asked, then wrote down the answers in full.”
Ada Vance, deputy editor, Harbour Ledger
Topics I write about
Longform
Read the samples
The Quayside Mill, one winter
A paper mill closes in stages. The last of them is a story about the people who stayed to switch off the lights.
Speaking
All talks- Writing about people who do not write back45-minute keynote for newsroom and research groups
- Pitching editors who have no time90-minute workshop with pitch reviews