Who we are

We're professional writers. Our renowned, top quality journalists present a huge wealth of knowledge, experience and writing skills across the worlds of business, new technology, politics, home and lifestyle, health and fitness, the public sector, arts and literature, media and marketing.

Led up by Maggie Stanfield, the team also boasts Mark Tully in Delhi, Fiona McCade, Andrew Collier and Anne Hailes . All are writers with excellent skills portfolios and credentials in a range of subjects and formats - print, broadcast, online - and others are constantly coming on-stream.

Between us, we have written in many of the world's premier print titles and have presented too many television and radio programmes to number on the BBC and its World Service, on Channels 4 and 5 and on ITV.

We write across the full panoply of newspapers and magazines, from The Sun to the Financial Times, from the BBC to The Times of India as well as the full range of professional journals, so we know our way around the media.

 Welcome to the team.
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Maggie Stanfield, maggie@writtenwords.co.uk
Chief Executive

Maggie is a highly skilled writer and media strategist. She established Written Words two years after being head-hunted from Northern Ireland to Edinburgh by the late Business a.m. She came into journalism as the BBC's youngest producer on graduating in English from Queen's University. She freelanced across the Irish papers in politics, health and the environment before moving to the Northern Ireland Office. Producer of the acclaimed Omnibus magazine, Maggie was closely involved in the visit of President Bill Clinton and in The Good Friday Agreement.

Sir Mark Tully, mark@writtenwords.co.uk
Writer and broadcaster
Mark is that legendary Voice of India, almost worshipped on the sub-continent, and is equally familiar back in the UK. Mark Tully was knighted in 2001 for his services to broadcasting. He continues to broadcast Something Understood each week to highly appreciative audiences, and to make regular appearances on From our own Correspondent and Start the Week. His writing skills as a journalist and author of India in Slow Motion, The Heart of India, No Full Stops in India and Lives of Jesus are renowned. He divides his time between Delhi and London, travelling widely on a range of broadcast and writing projects.

Fiona McCade, fiona@writtenwords.co.uk
Humorist and travel writer
Fiona spent her childhood trying to run the National Theatre of Yorkshire from her parents' garage, but failed to attract Sir Laurence Olivier. She secured several professional acting roles on stage, in small film productions, some television parts and a great deal of temping. The highlight of her acting career to date has been starring as Emma Peel of The Avengers in a stage production pre-Uma Thurman but very post-Diana Rigg. She now lives in Edinburgh and has discovered another talent: she can write fabulous humour and is a regular columnist with The Scotsman. She's also a familiar voice on BBC Radio Scotland and well known for her off-the-wall travel writing.

Andrew Collier, andrew@writtenwords.co.uk
Writer and broadcaster
Andrew Collier is one of the country's most experienced and respected journalists. During nearly 30 years in the media, he has written for virtually every national newspaper. He regularly contributes to a wide range of magazines, is an accomplished broadcaster and a long-standing consultant in corporate communications. Andrew is based in Yorkshire and responsible for developing and growing Written Words' business in the north of England.

Anne Hailes, anne@writtenwords.co.uk
Broadcast/video producer
Anne was the highly applauded presenter of Ulster Television's primetime Casenotes series on health and lifestyle issues for several years after she founded the programme.. Based in Belfast, she is a regular contributor to a wide range of books and magazines on health and lifestyle issues as well as a highly popular choice of presenter on corporate productions. She writes regularly in The Irish News and contributes to several prestigious publications.