Victoria Richards is a Voices columnist at The Independent, the editor of the Independent Women newsletter and the title's agony aunt, 'Dear Vix'. She has 20 years of experience on national newspapers and magazines including the BBC, FT, Independent, Independent on Sunday, The Times, Sunday Times and HuffPost UK. She has also appeared on Newsnight, BBC World, ITV News, 5Live and Woman's Hour on Radio 4. She has held reporting, editing and columnist positions and is a published poet. Her first book, You'll Need An Umbrella For This, is available from V. Press Poetry. Her short story collection, Sylvia Plath Watches Us Sleep (but we don't mind), is available from Fly on the Wall Press.