Co-founder of 24hourlondon
and writer
For CV please see LinkedIn
24hourlondon
24hourlondon is for when you're out, it's late and you don't want to go home. It locates you and tells you what's open late nearby: bars, restaurants, pubs and clubs after 11pm. Now with offers all day and a ping when there's an offer nearby
24hournorwich
24hournorwich is a new media project, for Norwich. Contact me on emma@24hourlondon.co.uk to find out more.
Journalism
RECENT
BBC.co.uk, 19/8/2024
Scientists look into London's 2022 firewaves
A 2022 wave of fires may have been caused by high levels of vapour pressure deficit.
BBC.co.uk,
14/3/2024
Johnnie Burn: The uni drop-out who won an Oscar for his sound skills
Johnnie Burn left uni to be a runner. So is his win a big-up for technical prowess and soft skills?
BBC.co.uk,
24/2/2024
Hull: Amy Johnson Cup for Courage nominations sought
The award for local childen is inspired by the famous Hull aviator.
Tortoise,
30/9/2020
The Egg
Race
Money is flowing in the world of IVF and fertility clinics. But where are the investors going?
Prospect, 3/3/20
Why do so many teenage girls want to change gender?
In the last 10 years, there has been an extraordinary increase in teenagers seeking to transition from female to male. What's behind it � and has the NHS been too quick to find a solution?
Daily Mail, 10/02/20�
Internet
chemists cashing in on UK HRT crisis
Exclusive: desperate women charged up to four times NHS price for HRT, the daily Mail can reveal. Doctors accused some chemists of cashing in on the nationwide shortage of the menopause treatment.
Tortoise media, 28/11/19
Solving the Great HRT mystery
A shortage of menopause drugs has affected hundreds of thousands of UK women. But what caused the sudden drought global forces, disaster capitalism, or sheer British incompetence?
The Sunday Times, 04/08/19
The End of the Menopause
A pioneering clinic in Birmingham is offering women the possibility of postponing menopause and averting its associated health risks but it comes at a price, says Emma Hartley
Books
'Did David Hasselhoff End the Cold War? 50 Facts You Need to Know -
Europe'
This book includes attention grabbing facts and punchy popular analysis. It is a sequel to the bestselling '50 Facts that Should Change the World'. It includes facts such as: there are half a million machine guns in Swiss homes; without Islam Europe would not exist; Europeans are genetically modified to consume more alcohol than the rest of the world; Santa Claus lives in Greenland and he is broke; and Snails are fish according to the EU. This is a sometimes shocking, often surprising, and always enjoyable, guide to the Europe you thought you knew. Translated into six languages, including a Bulgarian bootleg.
'In 50 light essays, Hartley puts the anomalous and absurd facts about Europe into context' - The Times
'With 50 facts ranging from the absurd to the essential, Emma Hartley sets out to prove that Europe is a fascinating place.' - Metro
'Hartley reignites the debate about the countries in Europe, focusing on the quirks that genuinely interest us, and the commonalities that unite us. She pulls it off with aplomb.' - Independent on Sunday
'Journalist Emma Hartley has put together a wonderful portrait of contemporary Europe. For
Europhiles and Europhobes alike, this is a fascinating collection of extraordinary interest.' -
Good Book Guide
See also facebook.com/emmahartleybooks
The Glamour Cave blog
A 2010-16 blog about folk music. To be returned to at some point, time allowing.
Praise for The Glamour Cave
"I liked talking to Emma Hartley. More journos should engage in conversation like her" Adrian Edmondson
"This is brilliant... Bloody well done" Fleet Street Fox
"This lady's music blog is very good indeed. Recommended" Mike Scott, The Waterboys
"Emma Hartley's blog posting, A necessary outbreak of journalistic self-loathing, is one of the very best" Roy Greenslade, The Guardian
"I will henceforth get all my folk intelligence from your blog" Robert Peston
"A blog unlike all others on folkie stuff - well worth a gander" Mike Harding
Representation
Paul Moreton at the Bell Lomax Moreton agency
Paul@bell-lomax.co.uk