I am a journalist: four words that sum up a working life of immense pleasure and variety
on newspapers and magazines in places as far-flung as the Westcountry, East Anglia, the South of England and the Far East. I currently work as a freelance writer and designer and as editor of a monthly lifestyle magazine.

Since 2000 I have written a weekly column under the name of Sally Hill, which takes a wry look at the complexities of life and my little universe. It has appeared in various publications and nowadays has a loyal following in the Blackmore Vale Magazine series (including the Fosse Way Magazine and Community Magazine) which is distributed throughout Dorset, Somerset and parts of Wiltshire and Hampshire.

You can catch up on Sally’s thoughts and activities each week here.

With my husband, David, a former regional newspaper editor now enjoying life as a freelance writer and editorial consultant, I divide my time between our home in a Dorset market town, a little farmhouse beside a vineyard and an olive grove in rural Le Marche in central Italy, and an apartment by the sea in Puglia, southern Italy.


(For more about the Italy connection, go to www.fireflyitaly.co.uk )





When I’m not writing or editing or eating pasta and drinking wine, I enjoy spending time with my eccentric octogenarian mother, who generously provided some of her less off-the-wall lateral thoughts for inclusion in the Mother book.

I also walk a lot, run a bit, read far too much, cook and garden just about enough and very much enjoy a broad range of music and friends.

I have a daughter, Claudia, and son, Tom, who both live and work in London.