Have you ever used a typewriter?
I cherished my first typewriter which saw me through university and beyond. I only lost it when it got damaged by a flood
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Email and a short paragraph on what you really want
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Word, pen and paper and grey cells
Who do you wish followed you?
Anyone who can help me write better
Why did you become a journalist?
I’m too amateur to ever see myself as a proper journalist. But havinglearned so much from real journalists I hope how I write honours them
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Find your voice, you will if you keep trying.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime
What's the best pitch you ever got?
Can you spend a day listening to the lived experience of people with HIV and write it up for us?
What's your favorite drink?
Espresso, Earl Grey, a dark German or Czech beer or a Negroni
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
Out on a cycle trip , on a train or reading
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
It’s impossible to narrow it to one. Prospect, The Tablet, Commonweal, Science and HBR are all on my never miss list
