CURRENT MISSION

Investigative journalism. For now though, just journalism...

ABOUT ME

I come from Shetland, live in Glasgow for now. Interested in local democracy, land reform, Scottish politics, human rights, feminist & queer politics, and psychology.

PHILOSOPHY

question. don't be a dick.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Can show people around Glasgow; I've lived in Edinburgh too so can point you in the direction of the last few good pubs left there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with Monika, and Aneta, in Warsaw and Ieva in Vilnius, it was all fab and definitely best way to get around

Interests

languages, Russia, photography, social history, trains, Chekhov (not Dostoyevsky), cooking, aubergines, the sea, flying kites, Auden, utopian fiction, spies, rowing in wooden boats, Ukraine, really good non-fiction writing.

• culture
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• dancing
• human rights
• cooking
• pub crawls
• flying
• politics
• cycling
• sports
• history
• journalism
• languages
• psychology
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

I am reading Bernadette Devlin McAliskey's biography. I love novels that bring history to life, big sweeping epic stories that explain the social and political realities of a certain time (especially 19-20th century, especially Russia or Scotland).
Spy novels are my favourite too. John le Carre. He is a genius.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

saw my little sister grow up. yeah, CHEESE eh. but she's pretty cool. she used to be a very loud, podgy laughy baby with a big head. now she is like a whole Person! She paints absolutely beautiful pictures.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a bit of russian.
I find almost everything interesting, apart from sports, and am fortunate to know a lot of inspiring and fascinating people in Scotland, so life is never boring, thankfully.
I want to learn bike mechanics, more about photography, dancing, philosophy, other cultures and literatures.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, discussion, about anything and everything. Singing, poetry, cooking, going exploring.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United Kingdom