Dr. Sarah Lonsdale is an accomplished journalist, author, and lecturer at City University of London. With a career spanning over three decades, Sarah has written for major newspapers, including The Observer, and has dedicated her work to uncovering untold stories—particularly those of trailblazing women in history. Her latest book, Wildly Different: How Five Women Reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World, explores the lives of remarkable women who defied societal expectations to forge their own paths in the great outdoors.
Books in order of publication:
The Journalist in British Fiction and Film: Guarding the Guardians from 1900 to the Present – 2016
Rebel women between the wars: Breaking boundaries, 1918–39 – 2020
Wildly different: Five women who reclaimed nature in a man’s world – 2025
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