{"id":77,"date":"2022-04-18T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nickstanbridge.com\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2024-11-24T16:16:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T16:16:12","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/?page_id=77","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-e42c711\" data-block-id=\"e42c711\"><style>.stk-e42c711{height:100px !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-e42c711{height:122px !important}}<\/style><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-f3a4611\" data-block-id=\"f3a4611\"><style>.stk-f3a4611{margin-bottom:0px !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-f3a4611-column{--stk-column-gap:0px !important;row-gap:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks has-text-align-left-mobile stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-f3a4611-column alignfull\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-177d5f3\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"177d5f3\"><style>.stk-177d5f3-container{margin-right:40px !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-177d5f3-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-177d5f3-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-177d5f3-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image has-text-align-center-mobile stk-block stk-ab33de8\" data-block-id=\"ab33de8\"><style>.stk-ab33de8{padding-top:108px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-left:45px !important;top:-10px !important}.stk-ab33de8 .stk-img-wrapper{width:98% !important;height:750px !important}.stk-ab33de8 .stk-img-wrapper img{filter:grayscale(0.58) !important;border-radius:0px !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-ab33de8{padding-top:0px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-left:0px !important}.stk-ab33de8 .stk-img-wrapper{width:100% !important;height:400px !important}.stk-ab33de8 .stk-img-wrapper img{object-position:54% 45% !important}}<\/style><figure><div class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-1557\" src=\"https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-7783-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-7783-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-7783-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-7783-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-7783-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/leigh-robertson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-7783-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-f8ec6fd\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"f8ec6fd\"><style>.stk-f8ec6fd-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:21px !important;margin-left:0px !important;min-height:0px !important;max-width:619px !important;padding-top:31px !important;padding-right:30px !important;padding-left:30px !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-f8ec6fd-container{margin-top:0px !important;margin-right:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;margin-left:0px !important;max-width:726px !important;padding-top:38px !important;padding-right:14px !important;padding-bottom:14px !important;padding-left:14px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-f8ec6fd-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-f8ec6fd-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-5cb1b31\" id=\"about-me\" data-block-id=\"5cb1b31\"><style>.stk-5cb1b31{left:0px !important}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text has-text-align-left stk-block-heading--use-theme-margins\">About me<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Writer, editor, reader, dreamer, design lover, cat person, tree hugger, sea swimmer, sun worshipper; fuelled by music, film, travel, Arabica coffee, pinot noir, and a guiding philosophy of doing no harm. Former Capetonian, now residing in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, with a husband and two Siamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently working as an independent journalist and copywriter while considering next career steps. As a writer I am versatile, adaptable and curious, comfortable on different platforms, deft at juggling multiple deadlines. Love deep research, interviewing, finding the glimmers in a story, whether it\u2019s about a person, a place or a brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous full-time roles include Editor-in-Chief at ELLE Decoration South Africa and Cond\u00e9 Nast International\u2019s House &amp; Garden. Also Deputy Editor and Acting Editor at House &amp; Leisure magazine, serving as lead features writer and commissioning editor. As such, I\u2019ve written widely about architecture, interiors and design, from a sub-Saharan African and a global perspective, and covered events like Design Indaba, 100% Design, Maison&amp;Objet and Salon del Mobile. Also immersing myself into the worlds of art and culture, food, wine, and travel, covering destinations from city to safari to private island retreat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an independent writer I\u2019ve contributed to leading African media titles such as Business Day WANTED (for which I won a Sanlam fashion journalism award), reviewed luxe off-the-beaten-track escapes for Perfect Hideaways, and served as a food critic for the EAT OUT restaurant awards. I\u2019ve written for and edited several other leisure and wine-focused magazines across print and digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I later used my skills for good at Lalela, a charity offering hope through art and creativity to children in under-resourced communities in South Africa. 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