Journal
ESSAYS | TRAVEL | HOME & INTERIORS | PEOPLE | CURIO | FOOD & DRINK | FAMILY, WOMEN & WELLNESS | EDUCATION
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.
Putting content at the heart of strategy
What does a communication strategy that puts content first look like? As Head of Content at Hunterlodge, I was able to completely revolutionise how they used and created content in their recruitment cycles for Queen Mary, Malta Campus with dramatic effect.
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.
Hallucinogenic healing: what really happens on a psychedelic retreat?
Psychedelic retreats are more in demand than ever, but what are they really like? Journalist Eleanor Fazan reports on her own mind-bending experience.
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
Writing for Goodwood
My background as a journalist means I can research any topic. For Goodwood I wrote some pieces of fashion history, delved into topics including why thrift and vintage is making a comeback and what it’s like to be an impersonator and interviewed impersonators, designers, traders and makers.
Brand story-telling for Ember & Eden
Getting to the heart of a brand, and helping them tell their story in a few short, simple sentences, is a superpower. And it’s one I’m happy to share.
Premium travel magazines
Kuoni got in touch as they needed help to relaunch their customer magazine. They wanted to showcase their brand as the foremost expert in luxury travel. Travel is my big passion and Kuoni is a brilliant brand so I was delighted to be asked. The catch? They had just six weeks to get the magazine to print
Brand videos don’t have to be boring
Cut through the noise with a powerful video that speaks volumes about your brand. Videos help you make maximum impact.
Tone of voice for Surrey University
Tone of voice is a powerful tool that should not be overlooked. Clarify your key messages and tone of voice, so everyone communicating for your brand speaks the same language.
Go your own way
WHEN MY 74-YEAR-OLD FATHER asked me to walk a stretch of the famous Camino de Santiago with him to celebrate his 75th birthday, I said yes.
Natural beauty
Artists have long been driven to bridge the gap between humans and the natural world around us.
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.
Raise a toast
Can a pale ale change the world? Activist and beer maker Louisa Ziane thinks it can
What does home mean?
At London’s newly reopened Museum of the Home, the trends of British domestic life over four centuries are chronicled in evocative detail. But, learns Ellie Fazan, finding the essence of home lies in understanding the feelings and needs that remain very similar down the generations
Quality and craftsmanship
Ellie Fazan visits former mill town Long Eaton to meet the suppliers of sofas to the Cotswold Company and finds out how they are keeping proud local traditions of upholstery alive by producing quality handcrafted furniture
Taste the landscape
Rolling fields, native wildlife and much-loved livestock are the key ingredients for superb English fare. Add passionate producers, and you’re in for something extra special
A fair deal
We meet some of our Fairtrade suppliers and learn how a few simple choices can help to change lives. From chocolate to coffee and quinoa, buying Fairtrade can improve living and working conditions for farmers, support the fight against child slavery and help cope with the challenges of climate change
Culture bounces back
“To be an artist is to believe in life,” said Henry Moore. And to see art is to feel alive. It liberates our souls, feeds our imaginations and breaks down barriers; it brings joy and can prompt sudden sadness, but most of all it makes us free… In a time when the future of cultural institutions is more uncertain than ever, some brave newcomers have popped their heads above the parapet, daring to open for the first time during the pandemic. We round up the best of them.