Journalism & books

I’ve been a freelance journalist specialising in funny columns, features and reviews since the dawn of time (the 90s).

I’m also the author of the bestselling Substack newsletter, The Lucyverse, and four books.

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    Column: How to Spot...

    I write a bi-weekly column for the Mail on Sunday YOU magazine about the people we love to hate.

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  • TV review: Big Issue

    My monthly Big Issue broadcast column has been running for 12 years now, and since then I have seen a lot. (Of quite terrible TV shows)

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    Features

    I specialise in funny first person features and lists for Good Housekeeping, Woman & Home and YOU magazine.

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    The Lucyverse

    The Lucyverse has over 5000 subscribers and reviews everything that comes out of the sewage pipe of late capitalism, from Jammie Dodgers to Temu AI slop.

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  • Books

    My first book was a comic about gin-toting big lassies, and I went on to write two romcoms and a book about weird knitting patterns. There’s another novel coming, so watch this space…

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