Georgina Lawton Georgina Lawton is a freelance journalist, editor, speaker, and former Guardian columnist. She writes features and columns on identity politics, women's lifestyles, and travel for a range of outlets. Her work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, Independent, Dazed, Bustle, Travel + Leisure, Marie Claire, Vice, The Times, and Croydon Guardian. Also a speaker at events, she has been featured on BBC 5Live, Newsnight, Sky News, the Victoria Derbyshire show, Radio 4, and others. She is the author of “Raceless & Black Girls Take World” and a presenter and producer of The Secrets in Us podcast on Audible.• 10+ years of experience as a journalist, writer, editor, and on-air presenter• Former weekly columnist for The Guardian’s Family section• Former lifestyle news writer at Bustle• Completed editorial internships at Marie Claire, The Times, and The Independent• Won the "YJA" Young Journalist Of The Year Award in 2011• Received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Warwick About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process