Published in Well+Good, November 2023. Original article link / Archived article link. Struggling To Fall Asleep? Watching a Video About Space Could Help You Drift Right Off Into the Dreamy Ether As I’m getting ready for sleep, the distant murmur of London traffic is a permanent part of the soundscape in my bedroom. Equally omnipresentContinue reading “At bedtime, nothing soothes like a YouTube video about space “
Category Archives: Journalism
Åttebladsstjernens universelle tiltrekningskraft
Aftenposten Innsikt, november 2025. PDF her.
“When the tide’s at full force there’s no chance you can swim against it”
Men’s Health, November 2025. PDF here. Nigel Walley, 61, has been swimming in the Thames since he was a boy and now regularly tackles the iconic river’s tidal section. He explains what it’s like to be in the water as the tide surges. As told to Jessica Furseth . We went for an hour and aContinue reading ““When the tide’s at full force there’s no chance you can swim against it””
Brev fra Europa
Uncertain States Scandinavia #25 “Europa”, september 2025. Original her (side 2). Brev fra Europa Jeg vokste opp i en liten verden, i ei norsk bygd med flere kyr enn folk – naturskjønn, men utrolig kjedelig for meg som tenåring. Vi begynte å lære engelsk på skolen da jeg var ti år, og jeg husker ennå hvorContinue reading “Brev fra Europa”
The fourth meal
The Simple Things, September 2026.
Michael Jacksons tapte barndom
Førstesideoppslag i Dagbladet Magasinet, 19 november 2011.
Fish and chips: The immigrant roots of Britain’s national dish
Published in Eaten Magazine, The Sea issue (Summer 2025), pages 74-83
Why your brain needs silence
Published in New Humanist, Summer 2025 issue, p56-58. A moment of silence for my overstimulated brain My noise cancelling headphones are one of my favourite things that I own. I wear them constantly to listen to podcasts when I’m squeezed in next to strangers on the bus, they enable me to hear my YouTube videos whenContinue reading “Why your brain needs silence”
The joys of being a regular
Published in The Simple Things, May 2025.
Let them eat oranges – but only in winter
Published in The Simple Things, January 2025. Midwinter doesn’t really have many smells of its own. Beyond the invitingly acrid aroma of pine and the icy metallic scent of snow, this season’s smells are mostly memories of things that happened before nature went to sleep. Such as the baked goods spiced with ginger, cardamom andContinue reading “Let them eat oranges – but only in winter”
Jessica Furseth 