Natasha Lipman

Natasha is a former BBC journalist and podcaster, specialising in chronic illness, disability, and health.

Natasha has been recognised as one of the most influential disabled people in the UK by the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100, and has been named a Global Changemaker, Rhize Emerging Catalyst, and Virgin Media Pioneer. Her podcast, The Rest Room, was a finalist at the British Podcast Awards and the International Women's Podcast Awards.

Many moons ago, she was the "entrepreneurship content guru" at Virgin Unite and co-founded the internationally recognised Libyan Youth Voices, part of the IPF (a youth journalism project she founded), alongside various international youth projects.

Natasha has also worked with a number of health tech start-ups and mentored young people with chronic illness.

These days, you'll find her researching her debut non-fiction book, editing The Dead Language Society on Substack, and doing PPI work advising on the design of medical research.

She's also an avid knitter, voracious reader, and learner of languages. You'll probably find a ball of wool (or five) near her at all times.