SAVLAFAIRE: PRESS & MEDIA
As well as sharing restaurant reviews and Spotlight on Chefs interviews on SavlaFaire, I have also written features and contributed to various articles, podcasts and campaigns for numerous publications, content creators and companies on food and IVF. You can find links to these projects below.
Freelance Writing
Huffington Post
When You’re a Woman of Colour, Infertility Comes with Extra Stigma (byline)
Six Women on The Small Acts of Kindness Which Helped Them Through IVF (feature)
What It’s Like to Navigate IVF at Work (feature)
The Moment I Realised I Wanted Kids (feature)
Infertility Doesn’t Discriminate, So Why Are Women of Colour Suffering in Silence? (feature)
Netmums
Netmums Voices: “Why It’s Time We Bust The Myth That IVF Is Just For Middle-class White People” (byline)
myLotus
Why Infertility Can Be a Cultural Stigma (byline)
IVF Babble
Banishing the Extra Stigma Faced By Women of Colour Struggling With Infertility (feature)
Fertility Help Hub
Destigmatising IVF among the Indian Community (byline)
Metro
Hopeful dads going through IVF need support, too (by Neil Savla)
Conversations on Love Newsletter
Small Moments of Joy (feature)
Campaign Magazine
Should social media also ‘distance’ in the age of Covid-19? (byline)
The Archer Newspaper
Angela Preserves that Handmade Taste (byline)
New Restaurant Brings French fare…and a Pinch of Moroccan (byline)
Exotic Hyderabadi Cooking Close to Home (byline)
TV Interviews
BBC London News
Coronavirus: The Impact of IVF delays on patients’ mental health
5News
Coronavirus: Indefinite delays on fertility treatment
Press Interviews
BBC News
Coronavirus: “I’m scared that my dreams of becoming a mother are gone”
BBC 100 Women
Coronavirus: ‘I’m scared my dreams of becoming a mother are gone’
iNews
Heartbreak for Thousands as Coronavirus Halts IVF
The Guardian
“Time is Precious in IVF”: The Women Who Fear They Have Lost Their Chance To Have Children
Femail
Couples whose IVF has been on hold reveal their heartache
Eastern Eye
How to Cope with Fertility Treatment
PODCASTS
HuffPost: Am I Making You Uncomfortable?
Episode 10 on IVF, NHS access and addressing cultural stigmas
Big Fat Negative
Episode 3.13 on IVF and destigmatising infertility amoung South Asians
To Baby or Not To Baby?
Cheftimony
Episode 10: Transatlantic (discussing food writing)
Cheftimony Snack: Put It In Writing (feature)
RADIO INTERVIEWS
BBC Woman’s Hour: Fertility Clinics and Covid-19 (12:23)
BBC Asian Network: Coronavirus & IVF (episode no longer available)
BBC Radio 5 Live: Up All Night (episode no longer available)
BBC Radio Leicester: Ben Jackson (episode no longer available)