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I’m Jess, a journalist in London. I write about culture, places, food and quirks. To follow my work, subscribe to The New Leaf, my infrequent newsletter. To hire me, or just say hi, my email is jessica.furseth@gmail.com

Most recently: What Seasonal Affective Disorder can tell us about ourselves (Vox) /// When Korea fell in love with Norway’s strangest cheese (Atlas Obscura) /// At bedtime, nothing soothes like a YouTube video about space (Well + Good) /// How Brexit created a new European diaspora (Al Jazeera) 

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Selected features:
* Into the dark heart of licorice – Eater
* If you could prevent your kids from getting the family illness, would you? – Future Human by Medium
* The last days of East London’s favourite gasholders – Time Out
* What we lost in the wilderness years of photo storage –  “Finding CTRL” by Nesta and the EU’s Next Generation Internet initiative
* Sound and the city – Curbed at Vox
* Pints at dawn: The last days of London’s earlyhouses – The Guardian
* The Norwegian call to friluftsliv, into nature where the air is fresh – Well + Good
* Everywhere has a vegan option – so why am I still hungry? – The Independent
* When women are denied pain relief for invasive procedures – Broadly at Vice
* The colour of the city – Curbed at Vox
* Raves and resistance: The hidden history of King’s Cross – Huck Magazine
* Take care of your potatoes, and you’ll eat for a year  – Taste
* The wild, necessary world of online UTI cures – The Cut at New York Magazine
* A trip down Greek Street, old Soho’s final frontier – Huck Magazine
* How hot dogs became Norway’s national snack – Atlas Obscura
* Terrazzo’s staggering comeback – Curbed at Vox
* Drummod Street, London’s South Asian food haven, is fighting for survival – Time Out
* Our fridges, ourselves: On home tech and expat life – Curbed at Vox