Have we always had more sex at Christmas? How is my Boxing Day birthday rarer than a leap year baby? Is your birthday more common than a cold? Cambridge Uni answers all my questions about festive fornication for @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social. #genealogy #familyhistory apple.news/AjV3Z16gRQY6...

I love first-person features because they often help me understand my reaction to something. This week's #Substack is in that vein and is for all the millennial women ruined by #TheSummerITurnedPretty.

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#TSITP #freelancewriter #freelancejournalism

RIP #JillyCooper, undisputed queen of the bonkbuster. In this week's The Pitch Bin on #Substack, I write about the fun I've had discovering her messy heroines and plentiful tales of improbable al fresco frolicking.

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Looking to speak to an expert on the history of toilets for a magazine feature. Ideally an academic/author who's researched the topic. Can anyone help? #journorequest

I used to write travel pieces when I was a local newspaper reporter. They were some of the most fun articles to write (ahem, freebies). So I thought I’d flex those muscles once more and write an appreciation post for a recent week spent scampering round the beaches of north Wales🌊

I launched a Substack to publish pitches I didn't place and this is one of them. I sent it to editors but knew it was possibly too weird and niche. That's the joy of your own platform - you can be as weird and niche as you like 🤡https://thepitchbin.substack.com/p/when-we-scattered-my-grandmas-ashes

I write regularly for Time Out about the best things to do and the top places to eat in #Birmingham - but in this week's The Pitch Bin on #Substack, I recommend my fave #beauty spots around the city. Read and subscribe: thepitchbin.substack.com/p/the-best-b...

This week, a northerner with her noise out of joint writes about #MixTape thepitchbin.substack.com/p/bbc-tv-ser...

For my second (technically third if we're counting the intro post) #Substack article, please enjoy my lukewarm take on a show I'm not even sure I like anymore 😅 Is it just me...?🐻
#freelancewriter #freelancejournalism #tvjournalism #TheBear #TheBearFX
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I've launched a Stubstack today. As fans bid farewell to #OzzyOsbourne, I reflect on the "rowdy" metal gigs I went to as a kid and how I felt safer among the headbangers than I do at far less "controversial" shows now. If you like what you read, do subscribe. thepitchbin.substack.com/p/i-felt-saf...