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Emma Henderson

Freelance journalist@Emmalouisehendy

Emma Henderson is a freelance writer, she specialises in writing about food and drink, sustainability, and reducing single-use plastics. Before going freelance, Emma was IndyBest Editor from 2018 until 2022, she joined The Independent in 2015, where she started on The Independent on Sunday and the i newspapers news reporting. From 2017, Emma was the editor of IndyEats, The Independent’s monthly digital food magazine, which was twice shortlisted for "best food magazine" at the Guild of Food Writers Awards. She also worked on The Daily Edition, The Independent's digital newspaper after the print edition closed in 2016. Emma worked on commissioning and editing long form features, as well as general features covering everything from tech, food, design, science and travel. Emma has written for the lifestyle, opinion, culture, news and features desks. You can follow Emma on Twitter @Emmalouisehendy and on Instagram @Emmahendy_

<p>We tested a wide range of products, spanning various geographies, production methods and price points </p>
Food & Drink

Best olive oils 2024, tried and taste tested

<p>We started the Christmas countdown early this year and opened the doors of each and every coffee advent calendar to find you the best</p>
Advent calendars

Best coffee advent calendars for a caffeinated Christmas countdown

<p>From hot chocolate and biscuits to sweet treat and wine bundles, these are sure to impress </p>
Chocolate

11 best chocolate gifts, tried and taste-tested

<p>Once you start making your bed with a bedspread on top, you won’t go back </p>
Bedroom

Best bedspreads 2024: Luxury additions to your bedroom

<p>Livia Firth, founder of EcoAge, the Green Carpet Challenge, and campaigner against fast fashion</p>
Climate 100

Climate 100 List: Livia Firth’s long fight against fast fashion

<p>Somerset is a new in-vogue area on the UK food scene </p>
UK

Why Somerset is the UK food hotspot you’ve been missing out on

<p>Nenquimo is a Waorani leader, which she considers a huge honour but one that weighs heavily on her shoulders </p>
Climate 100

Nemonte Nenquimo, the warrior saving the Amazon from oil drilling

<p>Businesswoman Charlot Magayi. The life-changing stoves she’s designed are not only safer to use, but have dramatically reduced <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/pollution">pollution from</a> the simple act of cooking at home.</p>
Climate 100

Climate 100 List: How Charlot Magayi’s daughter helped her save others

<p>Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, speaks at COP28 on December 2, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates</p>
Climate 100

Trailblazing Barbados PM Mia Mottley fires up the climate debate

<p>19-year-old Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata was cut from her country’s Olympic team </p>
Voices

Cutting an athlete from the Olympics for smoking is a ban too far

<p>Crystal said that their libel win over Laurence Fox was a victory for all who had been ‘bullied’ </p>
Home News

‘My libel case against Laurence Fox was victory for queer community’

<p>Victoria McCloud fears a landmark case could reverse years of progress for trans people </p>
LGBT+

Britain going backwards on trans rights, warns first trans judge

<p>The Georgian splendour of Bath is backdrop to real-life filming locations </p>
Bath

A Bridgerton-inspired Bath guide: How to enjoy a slice of Regency life

Bath

A Bridgerton-inspired Bath guide: How to enjoy a slice of Regency life

<p>The Georgian splendour of Bath is backdrop to real-life filming locations </p>
<p>Orange wine is nothing new – it’s been around for 8,000 years and hails from Georgia </p>
Features

No orange wine isn’t made from oranges – and nine other myths busted

<p>Food for thought: The Long Table in Stroud, which opened in 2018, has a unique way of doing things </p>
Features

Can the trend for pay-what-you-can restaurants save hospitality?

<p>Around half of local authorities collect food waste, so unless home composting is accessible, it goes to landfill</p>
Kitchen Appliances

Lomi home composter review: Did I dig the nearly £400 gadget?

<p>This pan has been put through its paces by cooking various things, including a large batch of dal</p>
Kitchen Accessories

Stanley Tucci’s cookware launches in the UK – I put it to the test

<p>This pan has been put through its paces by cooking various things, including a large batch of dal</p>
Kitchen Accessories

Stanley Tucci’s cookware launches in the UK – I put it to the test

<p>The bird is the word: find out how professional chefs tackle turkey, and what they do with the leftovers </p>
Features

The 12 cooking conundrums of Christmas lunch answered by chefs

<p>Even the country’s best chefs are chastised by their families for their Christmas cooking methods</p>
IndyEats

Too many cooks: how top chefs handle festive food feuds at Christmas

<p>No more smoking outside pubs? What’s next – banning pubs altogether?</p>
Voices

Give smokers a break – let us light up outside!

<p>But why did sauvignon blanc become so popular 15 years ago? </p>
Wine

The curious history of savvy B – and what to drink if you hate it

<p>One group marching again this year is Quailors, a group of tailors and crafts people </p>
News

‘An act of protest’: Pride marchers on why support is needed once more

<p>Since retiring last year, Gunning now works to inspire people to swim and pushes for LGBT+ rights around the world </p>
News

Michael Gunning on what it was like being gay and swimming for Jamaica

News

Joy, acceptance and big dresses: the hunt for Pride’s top talent

<p>In the UK alone, we throw away an estimated 9.5 millions tons of food every year </p>
IndyEats

Zero Waste Week: Chef tips to help you prevent food waste at home

<p>Since retiring last year, Gunning now works to inspire people to swim and pushes for LGBT+ rights around the world </p>
News

Michael Gunning on what it was like being gay and swimming for Jamaica

News

Joy, acceptance and big dresses: the hunt for Pride’s top talent

<p>In the UK alone, we throw away an estimated 9.5 millions tons of food every year </p>
IndyEats

Zero Waste Week: Chef tips to help you prevent food waste at home

<p>Nicholson’s new restaurant, Apricity, opened in April and champions low waste </p>
IndyEats

‘Sustainability’ has lost its meaning – it’s time to regenerate

IndyEats

‘Sustainability’ has lost its meaning – it’s time to regenerate

<p>Nicholson’s new restaurant, Apricity, opened in April and champions low waste </p>
<p>The Boathouse makes a trip to Gigha worth it </p>
IndyEats

The Boathouse, Gigha, review: Food that’s worth the 10-hour trek

<p>This year’s event, held in London, celebrated its 20th anniversary </p>
IndyEats

The food world’s equivalent of the Oscars desperately needs a shakeup

<p>Signature dish: Westcombe cheddar fries tick all the boxes </p>
Food and Drink

Holm, Somerset, restaurant review: A worthy competitor to buzzy Bruton

<p>Do you know where Britain’s favourite sparkling wine really comes from? </p>
Food and Drink

How Prosecco popped its bubble

<p>Do you know where Britain’s favourite sparkling wine really comes from? </p>
Food and Drink

How Prosecco popped its bubble

<p>The box features a striking black and gold fireworks design </p>
Advent calendars

Bobbi Brown’s beauty advent calendar is the festive sparkle you need

<p>Heated airers are far more cost-effective compared with tumble driers </p>
Household Appliances

This heated airer dries my clothes quickly in my old Victorian flat

<p>As soon as these arrived, they went straight on! </p>
Women's Clothing

This luxury knitwear brand is our new go-to for winter layering

<p>Otherwise known as French ovens, Le Creuset has been going for almost 100 years</p>
Kitchen Accessories

Is Aldi’s cast iron cookware as good as Le Creuset?

Bedroom

Panda’s hybrid pillow gave me the support I needed in every position

<p>We’ve included everything from cult perfume to stationary we’ve loved for weeks, if not months </p>
Gifts for her

13 best sister gifts that she will love (and you’ll want to borrow)

<p>Millie Macintosh doesn’t have to fork out for baby wipes any more</p>
Editor’s letters

Influencers need to read the room when it comes to #gifted content

<p>Who is going to sit in a freezing cold restaurant if it can’t afford to put the heating on as well as the ovens it needs to cook the food?</p>
Voices

The hospitality sector will be ruined without energy price caps

Western demand is forcing countries to consider importing their native fruit and vegetables to keep up with local consumption
Food and Drink

How sustainable is a vegan diet?

<p>The cost is being passed on to the consumer, when really the company could take a moral stance </p>
Voices

In a cost of living crisis Jeff Bezos should cover Amazon’s price hike

<p>From Prada to Ray-Ban, here you’ll find the timeless and stylish sunnies you need </p>
Women's Accessories

13 best women’s sunglasses for every type of face shape

Women's Accessories

13 best women’s sunglasses for every type of face shape

<p>From Prada to Ray-Ban, here you’ll find the timeless and stylish sunnies you need </p>
<p>The pill is even harder to swallow when host Stanley Tucci says at the start of the evening that this is the most inclusive the list has ever been</p>
Editor’s letters

The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards is seriously lacking diversity

<p>Lahpet’s new location brings Burmese food into the heart of the capital</p>
Food and Drink

Laphet, West End, restaurant review: A wild ride

Food and Drink

How technology and ancient crafts are making fishing more sustainable

<p>Within the book, Jose wants to welcome you into his old family home; Talavn village in Cacere, Extremadura in southwest Spain</p>
Cookbooks

What’s On The Menu? Jose Pizarro sharies his heirloom family recipes

<p>Within the book, Jose wants to welcome you into his old family home; Talavn village in Cacere, Extremadura in southwest Spain</p>
Cookbooks

What’s On The Menu? Jose Pizarro sharies his heirloom family recipes

<p>Boxes can be sent back to be reused, or recycled in your kerb side collection </p>
Food & Drink

Rockfish seafood at home, review: Super fresh and sustainable

<p>In the UK alone we use an estimated 1.3 million tons of tissue per year</p>
Bathroom

Why we should all swap to this eco-friendly loo roll that saves trees

<p>Designed to celebrate the LGBT+ community, it’s now being used to commodify the movement</p>
Editor’s letters

Brands using Pride rainbow logos is little more than pinkwashing

<p>A smoke-free society errs on the side of 1920’s prohibition America</p>
Voices

‘Smoke-free’ society? How about letting adults make their own choices?

<p>The newly formulated set features a shampoo and two mask repair treatments </p>
Hair

This hair treatment set saves breakable hair on summer holiday

<p>The service prescribes books based on what you already like </p>
Books

Guilty of buying books and not reading them? This service could help

<p>We looked for durability, size, and how easy it was to use and pack away</p>
Home & Garden

7 best bags for life and reusable carriers for your weekly shop

<p>From plastic-free toilet paper to reusable period pants, these are the brands to know about</p>
Sustainable living

Sian Conway-Wood’s Gamechangers: The eco brands she recommends

<p>1.25 million people are reported to already have an eating disorder, which could rise after this initiative </p>
Food and Drink

Calorie counts: What’s the real impact on diners and restaurants?

<p>To really know if a brand is truly sustainable and ethical, look for the B Corp certification</p>
Opinion

High street brands are pulling the wool over our eyes by greenwashing

<p>Gordon Ramsay has not one, not two, but three holiday homes in Cornwall</p>
Voices

If you don’t like Cornish people, don’t have three holiday homes there

Voices

If you don’t like Cornish people, don’t have three holiday homes there

<p>Gordon Ramsay has not one, not two, but three holiday homes in Cornwall</p>
<p>We sipped it neat and in a delicious G&T to put it to the test </p>
Spirits

Can a ‘light gin’ with 12% ABV really taste as good as the real deal?

<p>Some of these gift ideas scream ‘get back into the kitchen’</p>
Editor’s letters

My inbox is overflowing with sexist Mother’s Day gift ideas

<p>Named after their black hoofs, the pigs like to roam in herds </p>
Food and Drink

The traditional Spanish meat that’s all about sustainability

<p>Celebrating friendships should be just as important as Valentine’s</p>
IndyBest

Galentine’s Day: Gifts for your bestie by the IndyBest team

<p>Celebrating friendships should be just as important as Valentine’s</p>
IndyBest

Galentine’s Day: Gifts for your bestie by the IndyBest team

<p>During January, Native is serving a Regenuary a la carte menu </p>
Food and Drink

The menu at this restaurant challenges everything Veganuary stands for

<p>Online shopping means we no longer have to brave the high street for the best deals </p>
Editor’s letters

The Boxing Day sales are a thing of the past

Christmas

28 best gifts for foodies they’ll absolutely love to receive (and eat)

<p>We looked for good suction, maneuverability and a decent run time</p>
Vacuum Cleaners

Shark anti hair wrap cordless stick vacuum review: Powerful, but heavy

<p>With 24 goodies hiding inside little houses and trees, it costs £89.90 and has a total worth of £150</p>
Advent calendars

Rituals beauty advent calendar review: An affordable scented treat

<p>Convenience needn’t be the most important element of our consumer experience</p>
Editor’s letters

Speedy grocery deliveries come at an environmental cost

<p>The gurnard was so fresh, it didn’t even make it to market</p>
Food and Drink

The Shore, Penzance: The barefoot chef making small plates less boring

<p>We’re sure that once you try the accurate laser technology, you’ll never go back </p>
Vacuum Cleaners

Dyson V15 detect vs Shark anti hair wrap cordless vacuum

<p>From summer dresses to trench coats, now’s your chance to bag a bargain</p>
Fashion & Beauty

The M&S sale has landed with savings of up to 50 per cent off

<p>The Independent’s virtual wedding event</p>
Lifestyle

Wedding experts discuss the future of the industry post pandemic

<p>Some chemicals in non-reef safe SPFs can bleach coral and harm marine life</p>
Sun Care & Tanning

Coola is the SPF all sunscreen haters will actually love to use

<p>Maybe you started buying vegetables from a local stall in your village, or the high street greengrocers</p>
Editor’s letters

Our improved shopping and cooking habits should continue post-lockdown

<p>The vino you receive will last two weeks in the packages, and your first box is free</p>
Wine

You won’t waste a drop with this affordable wine subscription

Lifestyle

The future of weddings to be discussed in live virtual expert panel

<p>When you’re planning your wedding, you can get so lost in the big things, that you can forget the other things that you need</p>
IndyBest

I’m getting married this week – these are my 10 best bride essentials

Lifestyle

Big weddings are back next month but I’m not taking any chances

Lifestyle

The future of weddings to be discussed in live virtual expert panel

<p>When you’re planning your wedding, you can get so lost in the big things, that you can forget the other things that you need</p>
IndyBest

I’m getting married this week – these are my 10 best bride essentials

Lifestyle

Big weddings are back next month but I’m not taking any chances

<p>This high-tech vacuum can detect tiny dust particles </p>
Vacuum Cleaners

Dyson V15 detect review: Everything is better with lasers

<p>Have you ever thought about the carbon used in making and transporting wine bottles? Laylo has</p>
Wine

Meet the brand making boxed wine cool and sustainable

<p>From furniture to accessories, there’s more than 2,400 products to explore</p>
Home & Garden

John Lewis Anyday: A first look at the affordable new homeware range

<p>De-clutter your bathroom with less packaging</p>
Beauty

12 best plastic-free beauty products that aren’t adding to landfill

<p>Just the mere spritz of perfume can conjure up much-loved memories</p>
Fragrances

The eco and independent fragrance subscription you need to know about

<p>Subscriptions start from £39 for two bottles, £99 for a case and £195 for 12</p>
Wine

This wine subscription taught me how to taste vino properly

<p>We need reminding of what’s at stake for future generations</p>
Editor’s letters

Initiatives like Global Recycling Day can improve our shopping habits

<p>The feeder has a timer so you can schedule when the next meal will be dispensed</p>
Pets

This automatic pet feeder stopped my cat waking me up at 3am

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