ella glover

Ella Glover is a freelance reporter + features journalist.

my favourite features

• Come on, feel the noise: how I unplugged my headphones and reconnected with the world — Observer Magazine

• The people dangerously addicted to ‘maladaptive’ daydreaming — The Telegraph Magazine

• Heroin’s fatal mixer — Prospect Magazine

• The Scroll Toll: ‘How scrolling endless videos scrambled my brain’ — Women’s Health Magazine

I write features for online and print magazines such as The Telegraph Magazine, Prospect Magazine, Dazed, Observer Magazine, Women’s Health and Refinery29. I report on everything from drug policy and industrial action to health and fitness. What unites all of my work is a commitment to compassionate, nuanced and accurate reporting.

I am the co-founder and editor of Ordinary, an independent counterculture magazine exploring connection, gratitude, self-knowing and the beauty of everyday life.

My spare time is spent shooting film, dancing and practising Brazilian jiu jitsu.

selected works

drugs, harm reduction + club culture

• Heroin’s fatal mixer — Prospect Magazine

• The dark reality of ketamine addiction — Dazed Magazine

• Why are so many young people quitting weed? — Dazed Magazine

• Why are the Tories cracking down on drug testing at festivals? — Dazed Magazine

• What is the actual point of the nos ban? — Dazed Magazine

• Students have been cranking up drug highs to deal with Covid lows — Vice World News

• Why club harassment will no longer be tolerated — The Face

• How ‘Smack City’ Liverpool halted a HIV epidemic — Huck Magazine

Harm reduction column — Dazed Magazine

• Psychedelic integration: how to make the most of your trip

• A guide to SARMS, the sinister fitspo drug taking over gym culture

• So you’re thinking of trying chemsex?

• How to take a heroic dose of mushrooms

• So you want to go foraging for magic mushrooms?

• So you want to start microdosing mushrooms?

work + industrial action

• How Hollywood ground to a halt — The Lead

• Young people discover the power of unions — The Lead

• Liverpool’s Dockers Are Fighting For the Working Class — Tribune Magazine

• The Chep Strike Shows How Workers Can Win — Tribune Magazine

• How the cost of living crisis is endangering sex workers — Huck Magazine

• The forgotten charity workers on strike to survive — Huck Magazine

• Is It Curtains For Panto? How Struggling UK Theatres Have Been Forced To Adapt As Covid Wreaks Havoc On Their Busiest Period — HuffPost

housing

• ‘No fault’ evictions are spiking. Who’s to blame?

• The service charges trap — The Lead

• Landlords discriminating against single mums mean *so* many women are struggling to find housing — Glamour UK

• Trapped in a Nightmare Houseshare Because You Can't Afford to Move — Vice

• I Moved In With My Ex After We Broke Up — Refinery29

activism + politics

• How much does the Red Wall really care about immigration? — The Lead

• How the Tories almost do make Blackpool envy Manston — The Lead

• Here's where young people in liverpool stand on uk politics — Woo, ITV

• York Students on Rent Strike Celebrate After Debt Collectors Called Off — Novara Media

• The history of the Poll Tax and the power of direct action — Huck Magazine

• The protestors battling to save Ryebank Fields — Huck Magazine

• Is pro-Palestine content being censored on social media? — Dazed Magazine

reproductive health

• Why is it so hard get an abortion in the UK right now? — Dazed Magazine

• My Cervix Went Into Shock: How Painful Coil Fittings Are Causing Vaginismus — Refinery29

• Young Voters Skipped a Chance to Ease Some of Europe’s Harshest Abortion Laws — Vice

• ‘A huge sense of relief’: Gibraltar votes yes to ease draconian abortion laws — Independent

• The cost of living crisis is pushing people towards abortion — Glamour UK

essays

• Learning the art of letting go — Women’s Health

• Come on, feel the noise: how I unplugged my headphones and reconnected with the world — Observer Magazine

• The Scroll Toll: ‘How scrolling endless videos scrambled my brain’ — Women’s Health Magazine

• How I Discovered The Beauty Of Being A Beginner — Refinery29

• I'm Scared My Friends Will Have Moved on By the Time Clubs Reopen — Vice

• Joyfulness — Substack

profiles

• Joe Hollier: Can the Light Phone help us switch off? — Prospect Magazine

• The maker of mushroom magic, Tonya Papanikolov — Semaine

• Meet the climate campaigners, Jack Harries + Alice Aedy — Semaine

• Meet your skateboarding instructor, Lucy Osinski — Semaine

• Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technology Winner Profiles — Prospect x RSC

• A Fighting Chance (plus cover wrap) — Red Magazine x Natwest

lifestyle + travel

• Asking For A Friend (series) — Metro.co.uk

• Grieving Before Death: How to manage anticipatory grief — Refinery29

• How genuine are influencers about their fitness regimes? — Stylist

• How the cost of living crisis is impacting the way we date — Mashable

• Want a Caribbean beach holiday with a side of wellness? Try Sandals Royal Barbados — Metro.co.uk

• Relaxing woodland retreat is a slice of peace at the centre of a very busy European city — Metro.co.uk

• How to spend 48 hours in Milan — Metro.co.uk

seo and branded content

• Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technology Winner Profiles — Prospect x RSC

• Inside the world of a female drug dealer — Digital Spy x NowTV

• Three exercise enthusiasts talk the messy reality of fitness — Women's Health x ASICS

• Four life stages where hormones can seriously affect your sleep — Women's Health x Silent Night)

• A Fighting Chance (plus cover wrap) — Red Magazine x Natwest