Former journalist for almost 20 years, mum to a mischievous seven-year-old boy, Head of Content for a social media engagement company, living in the glorious surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales where I was born and bred.

Love history, film, theatre, the wider arts, music, poetry, watching rugby league, walking, reading and generally chilling and having a good time and am passionate about politics and standing up for the vulnerable, the disadvantaged and the disabled.