Alene and Simon’s baby news: “We’re having twins!”

With more than 20 years’ experience in journalism across news and entertainment, Laura started her career as a travel journalist in London working for Food and Travel magazine and the Telegraph travel supplements. After eating her way around the world, from destinations as near and far Marseille and Mozambique, in 2010 she was lured to Canada to write about the 2010 Winter Olympics. Back in the Big Smoke, she helped launch a series of branded magazines including titles for Heineken UK, Discovery Channel, British Airways, as well as high street fashion brands New Look and TopShop.

Freelance work for Elle and Marie Claire kept her busy before a new adventure called and a yearlong trip to Oz turned into 13 years in Sydney where she found her forever home at Woman’s Day. From heading to the South African jungle to interview I’m A Celeb contestants to watching the Survivor action unfold in Samoa, to meeting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and even heading to court to witness Erin Patterson’s sentencing– there’s no real-life story that’s too crazy, no celebrity feud too petty or Royals story too bizarre!

Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Newcastle University, as well as an NCJT qualification in magazine journalism. She has her own, currently languishing Substack, No More Boring Days, where she downloads on what it means to be a modern working mum.