Monica Shaw

My decades-long writing career is a case study in versatility! My heart lies in the food and nature writing I do for my outdoors business, Eat Sleep Wild, and my personal essays about writing for Writer's Residence. Along the way I've also written for a wide range of sectors and verticals, largely built on my backgound in computational and applied mathematics. My most notable professional writing roles have included: 

  • Data storytelling for major international brands built on my background in applied mathematics and statistics
  • e-Learning courses and online educational material, most recently as a statistics lecturer for Open University
  • Copywriting and content writing for numerous businesses and individuals, founded my expertise in SEO and web analytics
  • Food and travel writing both online and in print including The Telegraph and The Independent

You can find a few of my favourite writing samples below.

Tangy and sweet. So different. And yet, so good together. This is especially true of really bold blue cheeses like Gorgonzola, an Italian blue cheese noted f...

My Mum and I recently took a trip to Marrakech. It was our first time in Morocco and one of the things we looked forward to the most was the food. We both th...

“Halfway to everywhere in the middle of nowhere” is how The Montague Inn describes itself. Indeed, this 18th century local hiding down the lanes of Somerset ...

Pop-up restaurants are sweeping the country, and chef Tara Hofman is riding the wave. Her business, Tara’s Table, takes the restaurant experience into peop...

The Second Floor Restaurant at Harvey Nichols has maintained consistently high standards (and two AA rosettes) since it opened. Leading the kitchen is head c...

Bath Spa University’s Creative Writing MA unlocks the writers within, says Monica Shaw Tania Hershman used to tell people she was “trying to be a writer”. T...