Journalism

About me

I am a half-British, half-Maltese freelance journalist, based in Valencia, Spain. I write about film, art, lifestyle, careers, business trends, start-ups, travel, food & drink and people. My work has been published in The Guardian, Little White Lies, Inside Hook, Modern Farmer, Time Out, Times of Malta, Sunday Circle (the monthly magazine that comes out with The Sunday Times of Malta), TOPIA Magazine, The Malta Independent, Business Spotlight (ZEIT SPRACHEN), Spotlight (ZEIT SPRACHEN), New 7 Wonders, Modern Times Review, ArtsTalk Magazine, ArtDependence, Bournefree, DUTCH, the magazine and Meer.

Qualifications

Freelance Journalism, British College of Journalism
BA French & German (first class), St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford
MA Film Studies (distinction), UCL
DipTrans German to English Translation, CIOL
CELTA qualification, LSI Brighton
Grade 8 Speech & Drama (merit), Trinity & Guildhall

Article portfolio

Pink: Times of Malta: Sport
‘Gozo is the perfect freediving spot’
Business Spotlight: Career Changer
Plain sailing?
Business Spotlight: Looking at Lives
“Six thinking hats”
Spotlight: Energy
A future of more sustainable energy
Business Spotlight: Lifestyle
My favourite after-work drink in Valencia
Little White Lies: Interviews/Hard Craft
Inside the wild world of film-to-book novelizations
DUTCH, the magazine: Water management
Stemming the flow (only available in print)
Spotlight: A Day in My Life
Surfboard shaper (only available in print or behind ZEIT SPRACHEN paywall)
Business Spotlight: Monopoly
The country with just one cinema (only available in print or behind ZEIT SPRACHEN paywall)
Business Spotlight: Finance
Mobile money (only available in print or behind ZEIT SPRACHEN paywall)
Spotlight: A Day in My Life
Seaweed entrepreneur — harvesting at sea (only available in print or behind ZEIT SPRACHEN paywall)
Little White Lies: Interviews/In Conversation
How do you create a real fake language?
Sunday Circle: Sport
Strength of body and mind
Business Spotlight: Head-to-Head
Should brands take a stance on social issues? (only available in print or behind a paywall)
Spotlight: Day in My Life
The wigmaker — an alchemy of transformation (only available in print)
Spotlight: Literature and Technology
Beyond books (only available in print)
Spotlight: Young Talent
6 new voices
Business Spotlight: My Biggest Failure
How to get the job interview you want
Spotlight: Science & Nature
Could you live on Mars? (only available in print)
Spotlight: People
Fashion designer — sewing for sustainability (only available in print)
Sunday Circle: Food
From meat to marrow
Business Spotlight: Wine, technology
A tale of vibes and vines (only available in print)
Sunday Circle: Art
Painting with light
Sunday Circle: Art
Filigree rewired
Meer: Architecture, art
Curb appeal
Sunday Circle: Art & Culture
Machination: The mind can be a curse (only available in print)
Meer: Architecture
Ellie Archer: The leaf gurl
Business Spotlight: Women, careers, empowerment, holistic therapy, menopause, life cycles
Empowerment through reconnection (only available in print)
Business Spotlight: Nature
Speaking nature’s language: permaculture in action (available behind the ZEIT SPRACHEN paywall)
Business Spotlight: Careers, dictionaries, lexicography
The dictionary: on its own terms
Sunday Circle: Voice activation, lifestyle, careers
Finding your voice (only available in print)
Business Spotlight: Salt industry, Malta
The salt of the sea (only available in print)
Business Spotlight: Start-Up
Giving chopsticks a second chance (available in print or behind a paywall)
Business Spotlight: Intercultural Business
Forced to flee: Living and working in exile
Business Spotlight: Profile
Holger Seim: Breaking down big ideas (extract from magazine)
Business Spotlight: Freestyle
Time management made easy
Business Spotlight: Finance
In the red (only available in print)
Business Spotlight: Global Business
The cost of conferences
Business Spotlight: Head-to-Head
Is unlimited vacation a good idea? (only available in print)
Modern Times Review: Culture
Musical resilience
Modern Times Review: Russia
Unearthing hidden truths in the Moscow Metro
Modern Times Review: Ukraine
Unpacking trauma
The Malta Independent: Lifestyle and Culture
Biophilia and beyond: An exhibition by Sabrina Debono
Modern Times Review: The European Documentary Magazine: Nature
The children of the Amazon
Business Spotlight: Women at Work
“If we millennials don’t feel valued, we will look elsewhere” (only available in print)
Business Spotlight: Head-to-Head
Should couples merge their finances?
Business Spotlight: Career Changer
“Be open to the road twisting and winding” (only available in print of behind a paywall)
Business Spotlight: Head-to-Head
Are anti-greenwashing laws necessary and effective? (only available in print and behind a paywall)