I live in a beautiful area of South-West London, a stone’s throw from Richmond Bridge. I’m borderline obsessed with my little section of the River Thames where I spend time pretty much every day. It is both my joy and my therapy. I feel incredibly lucky to live where I do. I’m also a homebody and a bit of an introvert; my friends and family may disagree with this, but it’s true! My main passion in life is, and always has been, music. I have a pretty eclectic taste and love anything and everything from Bruce Springsteen to Sam Fender, The Indigo Girls to Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor to Gang of Youths, The Eagles to Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin to Taylor Swift. During lockdown, while I didn’t particularly miss pubs or restaurants, I did miss gigs. I’ve had BIG changes in the past few years and I currently host and produce my own bi-weekly podcast, Spinsterhood Reimagined, as well as working two 'day jobs'. I’m also writing a yet-to-be-named book on the same subject of being single and childfree. I’m originally from Dorset where a big part of my heart remains, and where I grew up with my Mum, Dad, younger brother and older sister. I started out at university studying Psychology and French, spent a year living in Paris, then decided to quit the French part of the degree in order to do a Psychology Major. I’ve always had a fascination with the way people’s minds work, particularly the criminal mind, so…I have a BSc in Psychology. Originally I wanted to become a Criminal Psychologist but, for reasons that I won’t bore you with, I ultimately decided against following that particular path. Instead, I followed my love of music which led me to BBC Radio 2. I started off writing to various producers asking if they would meet me for a coffee and subsequently found myself spending my Saturday evenings and Bank Holidays answering the phones. After a lot of persistence and several years of refusing to take no for an answer, I landed a full-time job working in the specialist music department at my beloved Radio 2. Then, several years later, I did something that may be regarded as slightly crazy… I was in a (not good) relationship at the time, with a man I’d met indirectly through my job at Radio 2, so was not entirely of sound mind and was looking for an escape. I decided (as you do) to leave Radio 2 and become a detective in The Metropolitan Police who were trying out a new scheme whereby you could enter directly as a detective, bypassing the usual route via being a uniformed police officer (something I would never, ever have done in a million years). My interest in the workings of the criminal mind led me to (wrongly) believe that being a detective would be an interesting, rewarding and fulfilling job. It was not; at least, not for me. So just shy of 2 years after I joined, I handed my notice in and got the hell out as fast as my legs would carry me. So here I am. Alongside my podcast, I work part-time in a local coffee shop, and clean my sister’s house every week. And I’ve never, ever felt more aligned with who I really, truly am.