Don't have time to browse? Here are six features to give you a taste of my work.
Travel/first person features:
Meet the Ancestors Psychologies, April 2007. This travel feature was the most fulfilling piece I've ever worked on because the subject matter was so personal to my family. 'Genealogy holidays' - trips that help you trace your family and follow in their cultural footsteps - have never been more popular. I travelled to Lithuania and went back in time...
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The Insider Seven Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph 22 July 2007. The moor the merrier: Olivia Gordon travels to Haworth for a Bronte fest...
Trends:
Addicted to Trash TV Sunday Times Style, 28 December 2008. Can't get enough of those glossy American shows that combine beauty and bitchiness? You're not alone...
Are You Too Close To Your Best Friend? Sunday Times Style, 10 February 2008. Some women have an intensity to their friendship that borders on the bizarre. Olivia Gordon talks to the women who write each other poems, describe each other as twins, talk in code - and even 'marry'.
Reporting:
Salons Boom as Girls Grow Up Fast The Observer (news pages), 15 June 2008. Girls as young as six are wanting facials and manicures, and one child-only salon is now open - with dolls and DVDs as well copies of Vogue. But some parents worry where the trend may be heading...
Where There's A Will, There's A War The Telegraph, 19 August 2008. High property prices and fragmented families have led to a boom in inheritance disputes - but the strife is often less about money than wounded feelings, says Olivia Gordon.
Social issues:
Rape: What You Need to Know NW, March 2007. Campaigning five-page feature on the appallingly low rate of convictions for rapists.
Not Wasted, Not High and Not Crazy The Guardian G2, 27 April 2006. Sarah Jenner has a condition that affects her speech. When she was viciously attacked in her own home, police dismissed her as drunk. She tells Olivia Gordon about life with ataxia.
People:
Dinner with the Pope and Lunch with Margaret Thatcher Observer Food Monthly, 15 May 2005. Later syndicated to The Australian. Celebrated political commentator Timothy Garton Ash on his most memorable meals.