Rose George

Rose George is a British-based journalist and writer who has contributed to The Guardian, the Financial Times, Details, and Condé Nast Traveler, among other publications. She is also the author of A Life Removed (2004), The Big Necessity: the Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters (2008), and Ninety Percent of Everything (2013), and, most recently, Nine Pints (2018). (April 2020)

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Running Alone Together

Wild landscape was the only thing I finally came to miss after weeks at sea. It is the only thing I miss now. I am being a good citizen, and so I must run nearby, and make do with what my city can offer me.

April 10, 2020

Menopause, Depression, & Me

Then I became what I am. A menopausal woman. In the eyes of evolution, that makes me a pointless person. Why are we the only creatures to get menopause apart from two types of whales? We don’t know.

August 8, 2018

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