Olivia Emily is a London-based journalist, writer and editor whose work spans everything from interiors and travel to literature, art, television, film, nature and sustainability, and food and drink.

She writes news, features and interviews for publications including Livingetc, Country & Town House, The Independent and Square Mile, as well as authoring the fortnightly Substack Liv in Cultureland.

Trained in SEO, GEO, eCommerce writing and media law, Olivia is available for freelance shifts, assignments, editorial projects and commercial work. If you would like to work together, please get in touch below.

Equally comfortable behind a desk as on a media line, Olivia has interviewed high-profile talent including Matthew Macfadyen, Elizabeth Banks, Keeley Hawes, Haley Bennett, Caroline Lucas, Emily Atack and Joanna Scanlan and plenty more over the years.

Olivia completed an MA in Magazine Journalism at City, University of London in 2022, graduating with Distinction and supported by The Stationers’ Company’s postgraduate bursary.

She previously studied English Literature at Jesus College, Cambridge, where she graduated in 2021 and edited the arts magazine Eliot’s Face and acted as the Opinion, Deputy and then Associate Editor of the university’s newspaper, Varsity.

When she’s not writing, you’ll find her reading a book (or writing her own), hiking in the countryside, unwinding in a sauna or hyping herself up for the cold plunge.