About

Poppy Bilderbeck is a London-based freelance writer, formerly a senior journalist at LADbible Group. She is the founder of PRESS(ED) – a mental health charity for journalists.

She specialises in writing about topics many find taboo from death to sex parties. Alongside championing mental health awareness, she loves to natter about all things TV and film too. Since taking the plunge into freelancing in January she’s been lucky enough to write for The Times, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan UK, Daily Express, FOODbible and Tyla.

When she’s not bashing her keyboard with a ferocity branded as ‘slightly alarming’ by a former co-worker or chatting with Viggo Mortensen or Sherwood Brown – a man who survived death row for 23 years – you can find her performing spoken word poetry, acting herself, or working with some amazing charities such as Words Matter and the Raphael Rowe Foundation. 

She was previously Editor-in-Chief for The Tab Manchester while studying for her Drama and English Literature degree at the University of Manchester, first getting into journalism to speak out against the abysmal treatment of and lack of mental health support for students amid the pandemic.

Alongside her experience in online journalism, Poppy also has experience in broadcasting, creating and co-hosting the radio show/ podcast, ‘The Substitute Therapists’. As a result of work she produced for The Tab, Poppy spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and provided content for articles for Closer magazine and the Danish National Radio.