Deputy Editor, @NationalTrust Magazine. Freelance writer/editor/digi wizard. Mainly found up hills or in sea. Based in Bristol/Outer Hebrides. Views own.
Joined September 2011
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17 Sep 2025
Stumbled – in a very moist fashion – upon this lovely bird hide in Chapel Amble near Wadebridge this morning.
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22 Aug 2025
For seasonal tidbits, musings on music, books, places and the sea, I can now be found over at Substack. Subscribe to Tideworn now for witterings about such things.
freyaparr.substack.com/
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29 Apr 2025
Awful news and likely a sign of what’s to come for many more. With the relentless influx of new housing, venues like @MotionBristol and Marble Factory will be forced out. @beardedjourno @bristol247 bristol247.com/culture/clubs…
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3 Apr 2025
The @nationaltrust Magazine team has been shortlisted for two @PPA_Live Awards! Cover of the Year, for our original illustration by the Japanese artist Takumasa Ono, which we animated in digital, and Digital Product for the launch of our pioneering interactive digital magazine.
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17 Mar 2025
Most excellent to hear about dance music coming to the towns of the Highlands of Islands, rather than everyone having to migrate down to major cities for a sprinkling of club culture. Thanks to @AliceAustin3 for highlighting it!
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19 Feb 2025
We can’t wait to reveal the full lineup of speakers for #SPANC25!
In the meantime, we’re excited to announce three more fantastic speakers: @FreyaParr (National Trust Magazine), @joshsandiford_ (Freelance), and @morganjeffery (Radio Times).
buytickets.at/spajournalism/…
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19 Feb 2025
As a journalist who continually dips toe into hospo (as a barista at a specialty coffee bar – I don't have patience for drunkards), the 'all-consuming physicality of it' endures. It's not easy, but the satisfaction of making a perfect coffee is unrivalled. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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16 Dec 2024
We may not yet have reached Christmas, but I've compiled a natty little dopamine menu for the lovely fellas at Nearfield Magazine to help soothe your January blues when they arrive. Available at a southwest coffee shop near you.
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5 Dec 2024
'We want detailed descriptions of outfits and interiors, hundreds of pages of crackling sexual tension, and the notion that in the right circumstances we too would be good at archery.' Iconic piece by @emilycmulligan, dutifully sent to every woman I know. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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15 Nov 2024
The feature we all deserve. In the words of HRH MM, 'best believe' I will take it to my next feature-writing workshop as an example of stunning journalism. And force-feed everyone skimmed iced lattes with sugar-free vanilla syrup. Thank you @sirin_kale.
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20 Sep 2024
Obviously, I co-sign this pitch.
19 Sep 2024
Not many people know that our magazine has the biggest colour print run in Europe. When are we going to be on the BBC’s paper review? If the nation must start every day with print media shenanigans, let’s at least throw in some scones. ppa.co.uk/the-national-trust…
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12 Sep 2024
My first issue as Dep Ed of the @nationaltrust magazine is now winging its way to some five million members! This issue, I looked at the legacy of the Sycamore Gap, a dementia group with a difference and home of pioneering garden designer Gertrude Jekyll.
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11 Sep 2024
Managed to get my mitts on a copy of the lovely Nearfield from the equally lovely Colonna & Smalls in Bath. Here's a little glimpse of my feature on @HiddenNotes_, the Stroud festival celebrating the brilliantly weird world of contemporary classical and avant-garde music.
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11 Aug 2024
Thank you to @MrGuyKelly for this deep dive on @ArchDigest Open House series that frankly we all deserve. I turn to AD’s YouTube channel whenever I want to feel something, and that feeling is almost always a delicious loathing.
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10 Aug 2024
Just stumbled across these spreads i made for a book idea, which never went anywhere.
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22 Jul 2024
Really interesting take on the ongoing craze of celebrity book clubs (and the new ones cropping up now) and the real power they yield in the publishing industry.
By @svershbow for @esquire
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11 Jul 2024
Last night's book talk at @StorysmithBooks with @rebeccawhatsun and @AnnieBrooker_ was as excellent and inspiring as you'd expect, but now all I am thinking about is this mad story of poor Rebecca falling into the gap between Tube and platform. Wild.
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9 May 2024
Lush.
The British painter #JohnBrett based this artwork on detailed notes he made while sailing round the south-west coast of England in the summer of 1870.
For Brett, the patterns formed by the sunlight on the sea became the main focus of the painting.
🌊 bit.ly/4dzchFx
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8 May 2024
Not really sure why I'm adding this to the void that is the Artist Formerly Known as Twitter, but I've taken over as Deputy Editor of @NationalTrust Magazine for the next year. So that's where you'll find me. Isn't that nice.
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