Olivia Emily

Hello, my name is Liv, and welcome to my journalism portfolio! Here I have collected a few clippings to showcase my recent 'best bits'. Currently, I am an Online Writer at Country & Town House, mainly writing in the Culture and Travel spheres. 

Previously, I have written for The Independent, Plant Based NewsSquare Mile and Livingetc.

I completed the MA Magazine Journalism student at City, University of London from 2021-22. My MA was supported by The Stationers' Company's Postgraduate Bursary. Before that, I graduated with a BA in English from Jesus College, University of Cambridge in 2021.

If you’d like to get in touch - whether to connect or to work with me - please email hello@olivia-emily.com.

Alternatively, find me on Twitter @olivia_emily_, Instagram @sevenmomentsoflove, or on LinkedIn here.

See a selection of my writing below.

Restaurant Of The Week: Saltie Girl, Mayfair

On 8 November 2022, Saltie Girl flung open its periwinkle blue doors in Mayfair, just off bustling Oxford Street – the Boston brand’s first overseas adventure. Meanwhile, a third branch opened in Los Angeles, bringing fish galore (and I am using galore in the strongest of terms) to millions of seafood lovers in two giant cities. With a unique tinned fish angle, visit our restaurant of the week Saltie Girl for somehow chic nautical interiors, delicious fish and the freshest seafood, with tasty co

A Love Letter To Street Art: Beyond The Streets, Saatchi Gallery – Exhibition Review

Beyond The Streets is a love letter to graffiti and street art in all of its forms: the culture, the shoes, the flyers, the fashion. Occupying the entirety of the King’s Road’s Saatchi Gallery with the work of over 100 artists, Olivia Emily visits this large-scale, encapsulating exhibition.

How to display street art indoors? Perhaps even to do so subverts the original intention. Then again, subversion is exactly where street art originates: that desire to express yourself publicly, often in the