Lauren Potts
@laurenpottswrites.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist specialising in features & digital content. Ex BBC News. Bylines ✍ Nat Geo | Stylist | Refinery29 | City AM | Time Out | Who Do You Think You Are? | The i | BBC Food. https://www.laurenpotts.co.uk/ https://thepitchbin.substack.com/
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RIP #JillyCooper, undisputed queen of the bonkbuster. In this week's The Pitch Bin on #Substack, I write about the fun I've had discovering her messy heroines and plentiful tales of improbable al fresco frolicking.

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I'm no longer a secret Jilly Cooper fan
I'm 5,302 pages in to the Rutshire Chronicles and there's no turning back
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Looking to speak to an expert on the history of toilets for a magazine feature. Ideally an academic/author who's researched the topic. Can anyone help? #journorequest
I used to write travel pieces when I was a local newspaper reporter. They were some of the most fun articles to write (ahem, freebies). So I thought I’d flex those muscles once more and write an appreciation post for a recent week spent scampering round the beaches of north Wales🌊
Five beautiful beaches in north Wales
Pembrokeshire, who?
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I launched a Substack to publish pitches I didn't place and this is one of them. I sent it to editors but knew it was possibly too weird and niche. That's the joy of your own platform - you can be as weird and niche as you like 🤡https://thepitchbin.substack.com/p/when-we-scattered-my-grandmas-ashes
When we scattered my grandma's ashes, she had the last laugh
A slightly weird discovery on an already slightly weird day.
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I write regularly for Time Out about the best things to do and the top places to eat in #Birmingham - but in this week's The Pitch Bin on #Substack, I recommend my fave #beauty spots around the city. Read and subscribe: thepitchbin.substack.com/p/the-best-b...
The best beauty spots in Birmingham
... you can trust me on this.
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I've launched a Stubstack today. As fans bid farewell to #OzzyOsbourne, I reflect on the "rowdy" metal gigs I went to as a kid and how I felt safer among the headbangers than I do at far less "controversial" shows now. If you like what you read, do subscribe. thepitchbin.substack.com/p/i-felt-saf...
I felt safer as a teen girl at heavy metal gigs than I do at less 'rowdy' shows now
As fans bid goodbye to heavy metal hellraiser Ozzy Osbourne, I'm reminded of the community spirit I felt among the "wild" crowds of metal bands like his.
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