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I am a Travel, Fashion, and Lifestyle Writer with extensive experience for both consumer and trade publications.
Having worked as Content Editor for a fast-paced digital Travel platform and as Features Editor for one of the UK's leading digital fashion publications, I have built a solid network of contacts and gained invaluable insights into publishing for both print and online.
My creative work encompasses travel, fashion, beauty, design, lifestyle, business, and Travel Retail
Covid doesn't mean travel is cancelled. As we enter a new wave of lockdowns, one writer shares her experience of travel shaming and why now is the best time to plan your next trip. There There was a time - between back-to-back trips to and from Asia - where I would have relished a prolonged stint at home.
Is being locked down on the white-sand islands of the Philippines all it's cracked up to be? The creatives share their highs and lows of isolation in "paradise" and the local recommendations they've discovered. With With more than 7,100 islands (depending on the tide), the Philippines is the kind of place where it's easy for outsiders to assume that isolation comes naturally.
With long-haul travel essentially off-limits, everyone has turned to the great British staycation to satiate their long-standing (and well-deserved) desire for wanderlust. This summer, we're looking beyond the cosy thatched-roof aesthetic of your usual self-catering holiday accommodation and instead looking to the modern luxuries and unexpected geometries of beach houses like Carbis Bay Hotel, Eva's Lookout, Latitude 50 Cornwall and Secular Retreat which showcase the best of what...
While sustainability was once a fringe tropic in the luxury travel sphere, it has now become an increasingly important requirement for the modern-day luxury traveller. This summer, we're looking for an escape to nature that offers just as much calm and serenity as it does sustainability.
Asian food is a rainbow of spice, colour and flavour, but its dishes are often adapted to suit the western palate. Exploring the origins of fortune cookies and proper sushi etiquette, a Chinese-Filipino writer seeks out the stories behind our favourite cuisines and says: order something other than tikka masala.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who dread family gatherings, and those who eagerly look forward to them. Luckily, I'm part of the latter. That's probably because I come from a family just as bonkers as I am.
Nowadays, everybody wants to be described as a 'Girl Boss'. To be seen squirrelling away hours working on their second (and third, and fourth) careers, all the while holding down a successful 9-5 job, a full social life and a brilliant relationship.
Overqualified and underpaid, a Filipino travel journalist tries to get a break in the UK journalism industry. Is London's creative community as diverse as it makes out? As a lack of Britishness holds back her career, she works hard to convince colleagues that she's more than her passport.
NEW WORK
Even as the world cautiously reopens, flights resume and lockdown measures begin to ease, there is a long way to go before people feel safe enough to travel again. This is exactly why every major airline has not just ramped up cleaning protocols, but also adopted new measures onboard and across the airport, to adapt to the 'new normal' of air travel.
You're reading How To Get Off, our series celebrating bodies, pleasure and fantasy. In an effort to spice things up, my husband accidentally gave me the best and worst present ever: the Bed Geek Hand Held Wand Massager. This toy is so efficient, I have since gifted it to all of my best female friends, too.
In 2015, L'Oréal Travel Retail opened its annual TFWA Cannes Press Conference with a promise to 'Make beauty sustainable, and sustainability beautiful'. Following this, the French beauty group announced a hugely ambitious five-year sustainability roadmap.
The immersive pop-up incorporated several phygital elements. The journey began with a photo booth, followed by the 'Sounds of Freedom' experience, which told the story of three key women behind the new YSL fragrance: Libre perfumer Anne Flipo, bottle designer Suzanne Dalton and global ambassador Dua Lipa.
Earlier this year, Swiss luxury brand Bally launched its Peak Outlook Initiative - a long-term sustainability program that protects some of the world's most extreme mountain environments and surrounding local communities. To celebrate the launch, Bally also introduced an exclusive capsule collection with 100% of proceeds benefitting future expeditions.
TRAVEL
From lounging in our own private water villas, to sipping coconuts beachfront, we’re letting our inner island girl free and living our best life at Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort & Spa.
Any nine-to-fiver knows that there's no better feeling than booking your Christmas holiday. Particularly in winter time, when the inevitable barrage of christmas boozers tend to weigh heavily on our desire for escape.
Whether you fall in love with San Diego’s laid-back style, the wanderlust-inducing Coachella Valley, or the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, California is definitely a dream destination with a lot more to offer than the potential celebrity sighting.
Rediscovering the breathtaking natural beauty of the British Countryside with The White Swan Inn
In the vein of championing the independents, we've been in touch with the guys at Trouva to get the lowdown on some of Europe's coolest independent boutiques.
Located on the busy thoroughfare of the Promenade des Anglais and right in the heart of Nice’s pulsating city-centre is the sleek façade of the Radisson Blue Nice.
FASHION
While we won't go in-depth into the correlation of hemlines and collective societal prosperity, it is worth noting that there was a glaring lack of short skirts for fall.
For ten years, Christopher Raeburn has made it his mission to build a manifesto for change. Disrupting an industry that has traditionally been one of the green-movement's biggest foes; and proving that fashion and sustainability can go hand in hand.
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE L / LONDON CREATORS / ZANDRA RHODES . Portraits by Curtis Gibson . Interview by Hannah Tan
There is so much to be said about statement-making fashion, it's hard to know where to begin. But it seems that this spring, the beginning of any fashion statement - began with some bling.
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE K / KILLER HEELS / GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI . Interview by Hannah Tan
My brother and I went to the same university. He is three years younger than me, and whenever I wax poetic about my college years, the most vivid memory I have of my alma matter was going to his graduation.
Michiko Koshino has been a veteran of the menswear industry since moving to the UK in the 1980s. mental silhouettes and a unique streetwear authenticity.
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE L / LONDON CREATORS / GILES DEACON . Portraits by Chris Baker . Interview by Hannah Tan
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE K / LIFESTYLE / MAISON KITSUNÉ . Interview by Hannah Tan
BEAUTY
Coty has introduced new spring fragrances to its popular Marc Jacobs and Davidoff lines. Daisy Love Eau So Sweet offers a new twist to Marc Jacobs' Daisy Love scent.
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE N / An Interview with TATA HARPER / THE NATURE ISSUE . Interview by Hannah Tan-Gillies
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE N / An Interview with Kirsten Weis of KJAER WEIS / THE NATURE ISSUE . Interview by Hannah Tan-Gillies
FOOD & DRINK
Vegan fast food is a thing, and apparently so is Veganuary. A phenomenon that's currently making the rounds amongst tinsel-tired Londoners looking to make a fresh start this 2019.
Grandson of the legendary food writer Arabella Boxer and the Sunday Times' founder Mark Boxer, and son of Charlie Boxer owner of Kennington's most-loved Italian deli; Jackson Boxer has set out to create his own culinary legacy.
Zirbelzimmer at the Sacher Hotel Salzburg There is no hotel in Salzburg that better captures its spirit than the Sacher Hotel. Its beautiful oak panelled restaurant, Zirbelzimmer, is the best place in town for a traditional Austrian meal and stunning views of the River Salzach.
Interview with Ben Branson of Seedlip, London's leading non-alcoholic drinks brand - APLO.
Sustainability is a topic on everyone's minds, but when it comes to sustainable drinks, nobody does it better than Nine Lives .
Best Girl Located on the stunning art-deco building of the Ace Hotel DTLA, Best Girl is the perfect spot in the neighbourhood for a power lunch. Best Girl is named after the first film screened in their gothic Spanish theatre way back in 1927.
BUSINESS
Round up of the local businesses we love. From neighbourhood cafes, bakeries, to independent bars in London - APLO.
In 2008, Art & Fragrance acquired the famed Lalique, which has become synonymous with creative excellence and the French art of Living.
According to Jamie Milestone, 'Umbrellas are to Britain what hamburgers are to America'. It is partly this insight that led to the creation of what is probably London's coolest brolly brand, London Undercover.
An inhabitable cloud of gin and tonic, a multi-sensory fireworks display, and now the world's largest subterranean boating lake with Captain Morgan - are just a few of Bompas & Parr's genre-defining experiences.
We caught up with Marc Francis Baum, ex-band member/barman/retail space innovator, and chat about everything from his time behind the bar to some of his favourite foodie spots in town.
In the often intersecting worlds of High-Jewellery and architecture, craftsmen and engineers make Palaces of infinite complexities whether its on a delicate chandelier earring, or on the steel frames of a towering skyscraper.
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE N / Raquel Allegra / THE NATURE ISSUE . Portraits by Cara Robbins . Interview by Hannah Tan-Gillies
There's a special kind of earnestness to Paul Firmin that immediately captivates. I catch him mid-afternoon on a chilly London Friday, attempting to find a quiet spot for our chat in their beautiful Bonds Hackney store.
TWENTY6 MAGAZINE / ISSUE N / An Interview with Araks Yeramyan of ARAKS / THE NATURE ISSUE . Interview by Hannah Tan-Gillies
DOG-FRIENDLY
As a member of the esteemed Oetker Collection, The Lanesborough Hotel is the absolute embodiment of London luxury.
A Dog-friendly Seaside Escape to The Cary Aryms in Devon
As House of Coco's official doggie journalist, Team Coco pup Charlie has explored plenty of dog-friendly places in London, but nowhere reaches the same level of puppy-pampering as The Egerton House Hotel.
L'Oréal Group-owned Yves Saint Laurent has launched Libre - a new 'gender-bending' fragrance for women - with singer songwriter Dua Lipa as the face of the scent. It is now available in travel retail Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, and the Americas, and will be featured in major promotional events later in the year.