Thread by @Emmalouisehendy

🚨Work news!🚨

1) From this Friday, I’m really excited to be joining the freelance world after 7.5 years at The Independent. I'll be available for writing and editing work, and you can get me on: [e-mail]

I'm looking for commissions too, my areas include...👇

2) Food & drink, sustainability & greenwashing, plastic free & recycling, inequality, & consumer trends to name a few areas!
But I've written on everything from fashion, beauty & weddings to books, vacuum cleaners (!) and even... obits (ok, there was one obit)

3) Plus I've reviewed restaurants, hotels, plays, festivals, gigs and a whollleee load of products!

I'm going to take a trip down memory lane and share some of my favourite pieces I've written along the way 👇

4) This feature after speaking to the totally inspiring and fascinating @chef_chantelle on how the word "sustainability" no longer serves its purpose. Instead we need to regenerate

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

5) A few months ago I went the Isle of Gigha, on the west coast Scotland, and decided to write about how much I loved eating at The Boathouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

6) My obsession with #plasticfree started back in 2016, and I wrote this piece in early 2017 about the terrify 8 million tonnes of plastic in the ocean

independent.co.uk/climate-change…

7) It has also led to writing about #greenwashing, and criticising reports like this one, suggesting Amazon is among the most sustainable retailers. Purleazeeee

independent.co.uk/climate-change…

8) Continuing the eco theme, I've also tested lots of plastic-free tea bags to find the best. Niche, but important for all the tea drinkers ☕

independent.co.uk/extras/indybes…

9) Here I waxed lyrical about… loo roll! 🧻 A career highlight, but @WhoGivesACrapTP is a great brand tbf

independent.co.uk/extras/indybes…

10) I've loved writing area food guides, like this one on Cumbria

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

11) And writing about Cornwall at any opportunity I can. This piece was telling Ramsay to back off and not diss my beautiful Cornish people

independent.co.uk/voices/cornish…

12) On the topic of Cornwall - did you know it's home to the UK's ONLY tea plantation? Tregothnan is pretty cool

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

13) At the other end of the UK in Scotland, I met Ian, a fisherman allergic to seafood🐟(apparently it's quite common)

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

14) Back to restaurants, I recently wrote about how the government had completely disregarded businesses when it came to the energy crisis, and how many restaurants could fold because of it

independent.co.uk/independentpre…

15) Earlier this year, I wrote about calorie counts on menus, the danger of them, especially for vulnerable people, and how they ruin the pleasure of dining out

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

16) I interviewed a lot of chefs too after starting IndyEats back in 2017. Although It was years ago, chatting to @thomasinamiers was one of my favourite interviews

independent.co.uk/life-style/foo…

17) My food coverage also reached obits too, and I wrote this when Antonio Carluccio passed away

independent.co.uk/news/obituarie…

18) Lastly, I wrote this personal piece about my lockdown wedding plans - swapping a big wedding for a tiny one in Scotland. And yes, of course it rained!

independent.co.uk/life-style/wed…