Victoria C. Heath

Digital Editor at Geographical Magazine. 

First Class Warwick Graduate in BA Hons English Literature and Creative Writing with Intercalated Year. 

I am the published author of two books, Eat Like A Local: Birmingham, UK, and 50 Things You Need To Know About Self-Love. My work features in publications including Empoword Journalism and Half-Baked London, as well as my own blog, The Essentialist.

My creative writing interests lie in narrative memoir, screenwriting and fiction. I am currently working on my first novel, Dirt. 




Geographical •

Interviewing Oscar-award winning director Chai Vasarhelyi on 'Endurance'

It’s a rainy day in London. Film director Chai Vasarhelyi explains that her children are jet-lagged and don’t want to visit the museum they’d planned to explore. She laughs a little at the irony of their complaints.


Chai’s documentaries – from the nail-bitingly tense Free Solo, documenting Alex Honnold’s successful ropeless climb of El Capitan’s 900-metre rock face, to Nyad, a film about the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida – are all characterised by large-scale human endurance. But...
Business Insider •

When I graduated from college this summer, I feared I would always long for my college days. But postgrad life is just as fulfilling.

I wore my University of Warwick hoodie around my house in the days following my college graduation. Though I had a graduate job lined up to start a few weeks later — a job I was thrilled to begin — I was upset. My college experience was truly over.My degree in English literature and creative writing transformed me into the writer I am today. And as for everything else — the socializing, the student community, and the campus overall — well, it was perfect for a studious extrovert like myself.But...
Geographical •

Documentary review: Hell Jumper – volunteering on Ukraine's frontline

By Victoria Heath


Just four days after the Russia-Ukraine war began, Chris Parry – a 28-year-old civilian with no military experience – flew from his home county of Cornwall to Poland, entering Ukraine to join an international community gathered to help evacuate civilians amidst the devastation.


During his time in Ukraine, Chris personally evacuated 400 individuals, and likely many more – and it is Hell Jumper that captures the true realities of his life on the frontline.


As you watch...
Geographical •

Review of 'Our Planet II'

The latest Our Planet II series offers a four-episode insight into the importance of animal migration for the planet, capturing spectacular scenes of mass migration and more intimate animal encounters with ease. Narrated by David Attenborough, the docuseries does address the environmental damage that humans have wreaked on the planet, but could have lingered on this stark reality for longer.


There are moments in the series which, inevitably, make you want to cry. Animals...
Geographical •

Interview with writer-director Fridtjof Ryder on 'Inland'

Inland (2022) is a modern folktale that explores the fractured identity of a young man after the mysterious disappearance of his mother. Guided by a father figure and old friends, his journey through the dreamlike spaces of rural England brings him face to face with the loss that haunts him in ways he could never have expected.


Writer-director Fridtjof Ryder discusses the inspiration and filmmaking process behind Inland in an interview with Geographical.


What was your...
Empoword Journalism •

Film review: Jordan Peele's 'Nope'

With critically-acclaimed films like Get Out and Us, Jordan Peele’s latest sci-fi horror Nope was eagerly anticipated by cinemagoers ahead of its UK release earlier this week. Expectations have been held high alongside hopes of this film matching the level of Peele’s previous pictures. But is it worth the hype? Although there are many positive aspects to the film, I suppose the short answer for me is “Nope!”
The film opens with a perplexing Peele-esque style scene, full of dramati...
I AM BEYOUTIFUL •

Why your body is already summer ready

The terms ‘beach-body’ and ‘summer-body’ have been thrown around for many decades, but the consequence of such phrases has a lasting impact. They imply that our bodies must fit some sort of criteria to be deemed ‘ready’ for summer. This is restrictive and imposing - you might internalise these terms and begin to change your diet or exercise routine out of shame, not because you genuinely want to. The lead up to summer can therefore begin to feel anything but exciting. Instead you might feel drea