My work at a glance

Elvis: The King of Fashion – new book out August 2024

January 23, 2024February 23, 2024

Did Elvis have Jewish heritage?

January 22, 2024April 11, 2024

A girl took a stroll … Julia Donaldson talks to Lorraine Gibson about her childhood memories of Bournemouth

October 9, 2023October 9, 2023

Book out now – Scouts, soldiers, secrets …

June 21, 2023February 23, 2024

Scouts, secrets and soldiers. Robert Baden-Powell: A Biography by Lorraine Gibson – foreword by Bear Grylls OBE

April 28, 2023February 23, 2024

Robert Baden-Powell: Scouts, soldiers, strong women, sexual repression and skirt dancing

February 5, 2023June 19, 2023

A very fishy history

October 9, 2022

Robert Baden-Powell: A Biography – one man, two lives, both extraordinary

September 30, 2022September 30, 2022

Robert Baden-Powell – One man, two lives, both extraordinary

September 12, 2022September 30, 2022

Robert Baden-Powell: A Biography is out 30 August 2022

May 13, 2022November 20, 2022

Scouting for Christmas books? Robert Baden-Powell: A biography with foreword by Bear Grylls

May 13, 2022November 22, 2022

Farrow & Ball – painting the world

December 10, 2021October 10, 2023

A special Chanukah story

November 29, 2021March 31, 2022

Easy recipe for fun rum and passion-flower liqueur jellies

October 19, 2021November 29, 2021

Easy recipe for chocolate & Reese’s peanut butter cake, an awesome, no-bake celebration

June 26, 2021April 10, 2024

Walks for kids – with awesome tales and mysteries

May 16, 2021April 10, 2024

Walks for kids – with awesome tales and partying pirates

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

How make your work stand out by using great images

May 7, 2021September 1, 2021

How having a garden can boost wellbeing

April 21, 2021

Walks for kids – easy trails with awesome tales and spies!

April 17, 2021April 26, 2021

Walks for kids – easy trails with awesome tales and pirates!

April 17, 2021April 26, 2021

How to Juggle Journalism Work With Other Jobs

March 2, 2021March 26, 2021

Bowie, Baden-Powell and cheese … Lorraine Gibson takes the hotseat for DorsetBizNews 20 Questions

January 17, 2021February 1, 2021

Recipe: gammon cooked in Coke with a divine maple-syrup glaze

December 24, 2020January 25, 2021

Sunday, October 25 – walking back to happiness through nature’s fireworks

October 26, 2020

Back to school – the new abnormal

September 18, 2020December 5, 2020

Easy recipe for plum gin

August 22, 2020July 25, 2021

Chrissie and the chocolate factory

July 27, 2020September 25, 2020

On the Yellow Buses

July 27, 2020September 26, 2020

On a wing and a prayer

July 27, 2020October 1, 2020

A selection of my stories for Dorset Life

May 9, 2020November 11, 2020

Coping with the post-post baby blues

April 25, 2020December 24, 2020

Is Corona our wake up call?

March 14, 2020October 1, 2020

Beales: Bournemouth’s beating heart

January 29, 2020February 13, 2020

Post-post baby blues

August 19, 2019November 8, 2020

Still not booked Camp Bestival? Here are 13 reasons why you should.

July 22, 2019December 24, 2020

Portland’s Rock Star

June 27, 2019December 13, 2020

Gruff and ready

May 31, 2019September 25, 2020

Recyling – it’s the new black, darling

March 16, 2019September 25, 2020

Death’s-head hawkmoths, Victorian taxidermy and a cupboard of curiosities

March 11, 2019May 4, 2022

Give yourself a break, make this chocolate Kit-Kat cake

November 1, 2018January 9, 2019

I want my mummy! Cute, easy and scarily-quick Hallowe’en lollies

October 30, 2018September 9, 2021

The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness in glorious pictures

September 22, 2018October 1, 2020

Ken Dodd and the Exploding toilet

March 12, 2018September 26, 2020

Sorrento: a taste of la dolce vita … and lemons!

February 10, 2018October 28, 2022

Some of my travel stories from Dorset Society and Dorset Living magazine

February 10, 2018January 9, 2019

Parc Life

February 2, 2018

Work it

January 23, 2018January 18, 2020

Diamond teasers. Two of Dorset’s leading young jewellers are giving the high streets a run for their money

December 29, 2017June 7, 2018

Easy retro gingernut, brandy and cream no-bake log recipe. Decadent and delicious

December 8, 2017November 1, 2020

In cod’s name

November 23, 2017January 28, 2021

On the trail of The Gruffalo

November 23, 2017

When Farrow met Ball

October 12, 2017November 7, 2017

Ivory Coast to South Coast – a chocolate journey

October 12, 2017

Weymouth’s Hidden Art Deco Dream Dorset Life – The Dorset Magazine

September 1, 2017January 9, 2019

Be more Sherlock 

May 7, 2017February 29, 2024

A taste of the future

April 24, 2017April 29, 2017

Who’s got talent?

April 16, 2017April 29, 2017

A unique peek inside Kingston Lacy’s precious books

April 11, 2017

Airs and aces

February 15, 2017September 4, 2017

When Farrow met Ball

February 15, 2017

Some of my TV reviews and other gems from the Bournemouth Echo.

February 7, 2017January 15, 2021

Hello dolly!

February 6, 2017November 7, 2017

Rich tea heritage

February 6, 2017November 23, 2017