I’m a freelance writer and journalist – which means you can hire me to write for you.

My specialist subject is wildlife & nature – especially bird watching, which has been my hobby for nearly 30 years. I also have expertise in pubs & beer.

Cuttings portfolio

As mentioned on my home page, I have 25+ years experience which has included a wide range of writing gigs and bylines in various newspapers and magazines. Below are some links to/PDFs of a selection of my published work.

• A piece I wrote about living near nesting fulmars for Bird Watching magazine.
• Two interview/profile pieces, one on the legendary Eddie Gadd of Ramsgate Brewery and the other about hop expert Dr Peter Darby – both for CAMRA’s BEER magazine.
• A column I wrote about pairing cheese and beer for Great British Food magazine.
• I used to write a monthly column for pub trade mag The Morning Advertiser (until the coronavirus pandemic and its associated lockdowns). Here’s a few highlights:

In this one I ‘rage against the puritans’!
Here I sing the praises of organic food and drink.
And this one is on pubs using walking as a promotional tool.

• Some pieces I’ve done for The Daily Telegraph:

The launch of the UK’s first Trappist brewery
How the Sizewell C nuclear power station could destroy the RSPB’s flagship nature reserve.
Wild bison return to the UK for the first time in thousands of years.

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I’ve also written countless others items and pieces on which my name doesn’t appear.

Examples of the sort of writing jobs I’ve done over the years:

• • Reporting
  • Radio news, package and short programme scripts
  • Features
  • Interviews (and questions for same)
  • Press releases
  • Blogs/web/online articles
  • Podcast scripts
  • Presentations
  • Columns and opinion pieces
  • Books (editing and co-writing)
  • Beer tasting notes and style guides
  • Copy for leaflets and websites
  • Newsletters

To find out about hiring or commissioning me to write for you, please drop me a line at: sophieatherton@gmx.com