Nell Frizzell, 36, is a journalist, author and, in case you somehow missed it, a parent.

She has written for, among others, The Guardian, VICE, The Telegraph, Elle, Grazia, The Pool, The Observer, Buzzfeed, Refinery29, Red and Time Out. She is also a Vogue columnist, writing about motherhood under the title Bringing Up Baby.

She is best known for features and columns on gender, culture, art and politics, as well as many - possibly too many - pieces on wild swimming. She lives in Oxford, with her partner, her son and a collection of Thomas the Tank Engine toys that, frankly, she never signed up for.

Nell has also featured several times on BBC Radio4’s Woman’s Hour, Shortcuts and as a guest on Radio 5 Live, BBC London and (surprisingly often) on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio Ulster.

As well as journalism, Nell has written and performed comedy (at Green Man and Machynlleth Comedy Festival as well as various comedy nights in London), worked as a lifeguard at the Kenwood Ladies Pond on Hampstead Heath, is a seamstress and occasionally recreates famous portraits in her front room for her blog http://goppeldangers.tumblr.com/.  

Forthcoming publication:

THE PANIC YEARS, to be published in February 2021 by Transworld in the UK and Flatiron in the US

You can preorder it now through Waterstones, Blackwells, Bookshop, Foyles, Hive and Amazon.

Current publication:

AT THE POND: Swimming at the Hampstead Ladies' Pond (Daunt Books)