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Hannah Vickers

(She/Her)
Bristol
As seen in: The Guardian, The Independent (UK), City AM, Woodland Trust, CapX, GoNOMAD, New Civil Engineer, Peru this Week, Bristol 24/7, The Bristol Cable and
Covers:  youth work, social justice, housing, homelessness, education, asylum seekers, disability rights, solutions
Freelance Journalist, Editor and Copywriter looking for freelance assignments or full or part time work.

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Hannah Vickers’s Biography

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I'm a freelance journalist and fiction writer. I was a reporter, media coordinator, commissioning editor and online production editor for the Bristol Cable 2018-2022 and still proofread their quarterly print edition.

I'm currently mostly focused on fiction writing and only do reporting on stories that really get my interest or that I feel need to be reported on and aren't being. If you've got a commission or story you think I'll be interested in, please get in touch: hannahrosemaryvickers@gmai…

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'I don't want to use the trans loos'

'I don't want to use the trans loos'

In the first in a series, trans Bristolians tell their stories about how the Supreme Court's recent decision …

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Can south Bristol's new Youth Zone deliver for kids from Hartcliffe?

Can south Bristol's new Youth Zone deliver for kids from Hartcliffe?

A new Youth Zone, part of a national network, opens in 2026 by Imperial Retail Park. Will young people feel w…

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The budget hotels where asylum seekers live in limbo - The Bristol Cable

The budget hotels where asylum seekers live in limbo - The Bristol Cable

Bahara is one of hundreds of asylum seekers who live in small rooms in budget hotels on the edge of Bristol. …

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'Why we must challenge media narratives of Travellers' - The Bristol Cable

'Why we must challenge media narratives of Travellers' - The Bristol Cable

A Cable member recently cancelled their membership because we write about inequalities faced by Gypsies, Roma…

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'Most families find it shameful' - Finding pride in a community where being gay is taboo - The Br...

'Most families find it shameful' - Finding pride in a community where being gay is taboo - The Br...

It took over a decade for James to tell his family he was gay. Some Irish Travellers never get the chance to.

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Road to nowhere: Bristol's hidden housing crisis - The Bristol Cable

Road to nowhere: Bristol's hidden housing crisis - The Bristol Cable

Faced with a unique housing crisis and deep-seated prejudice, where are Bristol's Gypsy and Traveller populat…

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A new trans tipping point

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By Hannah Vickers
| The Bristol Cable Verified
Let me take you to the fictional trauma ward of a fictional New York hospital in the fictional mid-2010s. It’s got flip phones, bad haircuts and patient dilemmas taking second place to the personal lives of the doctors. Yes, it’s a hospital TV drama: Nurse Jackie. In today’s episode, Jackie is dealing with a patient, Lonna, who’s been admitted with fainting spells and cramping.
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‘Hundreds of paper cuts’: The mounting struggles of being trans in Bristol

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By Hannah Vickers
| The Bristol Cable Verified
“This stuff around bathrooms is awful but it’s just another thing to add to the pile, hundreds of papercuts that paralyse you and stop you living your life”. Emma is a young trans woman who moved to Bristol four years ago. “I’m quite lucky in that I pass relatively well,” she says. “Right at the start [of transitioning]… I didn’t feel safe in bathrooms, but it’s been a couple years, and now I do feel pretty safe.” Reporting on the stories that matter to you. Only with your support.
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‘Children are totally different here’

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By Hannah Vickers
| The Bristol Cable Verified
It’s a bright, warm October morning when I visit St Werburgh’s City Farm, the kind that makes you think Autumn’s not so bad after all. Next to the classroom is a shelf of wellies and a full-size plastic cow with rubber udders you can ‘milk’. ​​ My tour guide is 13-year-old Jayden, who leads me down a path past pigs, chickens and guinea pigs. His favourite animals are definitely the goats: “Crumble is more confident, she’s very greedy.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I love typewriters! The keys give a really satisfying clunk.