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Essays, features and dispatches from the last twenty years – some written for The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian and Condé Nast Traveller, some about the work I do for brands, and some just because. Start with the most-read: the one about having a baby with my gay best friend.
A mountain blessing for Sid
A hundred Igorot women, twenty sacrificed chickens and a witch doctor in yellow flip-flops. I took my baby son to the Philippines' Cordillera mountains to be blessed by his father's clan – my family piece for Condé Nast Traveller.
Surviving the summer holidays
Six weeks, endless snacks, a paddling pool filled on repeat. I wrote OcadoLife's summer holidays feature and asked four parents – including Louise Boyce and Stu Oakley – how they actually survive the school holidays.
What it’s like to raise a baby with one mum and TWO dads
When Ellie Fazan was 38, single and desperate for a child, she asked her gay best friend Eddie to be a sperm donor. But she didn’t expect his response: not only was he happy to help, he and his partner Jack wanted to be co-parents, too.
I had a baby with my gay best friend —and his partner
Ellie Fazan reached 40 single and feared she would never have a child — until she asked her friend Eddie if he would be a co-parent via IVF . The only problem? He lives in the Philippines and is in a relationship with Jack
Why I’m having a baby with my gay best friend…
With her biological clock ticking, Eleanor Fazan decided on a different journey to motherhood
Adenomyosis: Why Painful Periods Aren’t Normal
Living with adenomyosis pain feels like there is something trapped inside your uterus wanting to fall out.
Single, pregnant and traveling: My journey to solo parenthood via Sri Lanka
With estimates suggesting that 45 percent of UK women aged 25–44 will be single by 2030, Ellie Fazan embraces her demographic duty with a journey that takes in singledom, IVF, pregnancy, impending parenthood and plenty of adventure.
The anti-pregnancy pandemic: How Covid has stopped women like me from having babies
Far from being at home with nothing to do but procreate, for the rising numbers choosing late motherhood 2020 is presenting challenges
Capture the moment
Professional photography shouldn’t be reserved for special occasions, it’s the simple interactions and the day-to-day that makes up most of our time and it deserves to be captured more often.
Family magazines
Billed as “the world’s best family club,” Purple Dragon is a private members’ club for the ultra wealthy. I redesigned and reinvigorated their magazine with fresh ideas and bags of energy. Each is issue is pinned around a theme – from education to food and art – but also ties into the club’s key pillars.