Hi and welcome,

I’ve been a freelance journalist and copywriter (and a few other things) since 2010. For most of that time, home was in Cambodia—honestly, go now if you haven’t yet—where, I wrote for a wide range of national, regional, and international publications, covering everything from local news to travel and culture. Along the way, I discovered one of the things I love most: telling the stories of people who are deeply passionate about what they do. Whether it was art, demining, archaeology or cooking, it was always a privilege to tell their stories and to inhabit a space infused with their passion for a short while. My work has appeared in Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, South China Morning Post, Christian Science Monitor, and the Irish Examiner, among others.

My last motorcycle trip on a HOT day in Cambodia!

My primary focus now though is on using the skills I have learned over the years as a lawyer, journalist and development worker to find and write grant applications for non-profit organisations. It brings together all the things I excel at and, once more, brings me into regualar contact with people who are passionate about what they do, which always makes my day.

I’ve lived and worked in seven different countries, including Spain, Luxembourg and India. In India and Cambodia, I worked for development organisations for three years before going back to what I love most: writing. After a few years, in addition to freelancing for newspapers and magazines, I also wrote copy for one of the country’s largest and most respected hospitality groups and agencies of the Havas NV group. I edited two cookbooks for one of Siem Reap’s most popular non-profit hospitality training restaurants, and conducted and coordinated the primary research and collaboration between the artists and archaeologists for what has become the best-selling guidebook on the temples of the Angkor Archaeological Park. I also edit Engish-language presentations and journal articles written by French academics.

I was born in London and raised in Ireland, and now my two Cambodian cats and I live in the most beautiful part of the world that nobody seems to have heard of, The Béarn—see here and, again, go visit if you haven’t yet. I’ll gladly show you around.

And when I’m not doing that, I’m also a yoga teacher in English and French—though I’m fairly sure my French students just come to giggle at all the mistakes I make—and aspiring pet and garden photographer.

Please feel free to get in touch if you’d like to work together/find out more/invite me to dinner.