Emma Guinness

Scottish author and journalist.

Fiction to be found under the surname Grae. 

Internationally published Scottish journalist

About me


Emma Guinness is an internationally published journalist and editor from Glasgow, who specialises in human interest stories. 

She has written about sex and relationships for some of the industry's biggest titles including Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, and HuffPost. 

Other topics of interest include news, health and entertainment, and her stories on these subjects have appeared in the Metro, New York Post, MailOnline and the Mirror, to name a few publications. 

She holds a Gold Standard NCTJ from News Associates, the UK's top journalism school. 

Emma is also an award-winning Scots language author, writing fiction under the name Grae. 

To get in touch with commissions or story pitches, please email emmaguinness@hotmail.com

My Portfolio

Kidspot •

'My son had sepsis, and I only knew thanks to a Facebook mum's group'

Jasmine Stevens, 21, recently took to TikTok to share the signs herself after admitting if she hadn't found the knowledge by chance, her son's sepsis infection could have 'ended very differently'. She'd learned about the signs from a bereaved mum on Facebook and, armed with that knowledge, lept into action when she noticed Mateo, then four months old, had mottled and a temperature. "We assumed the mottled skin was him trying to regulate his temperature. He gets a high temperature when poorly, so it wasn't a major cause for concern,” she said.
Irish Mirror •

Irish mum on quest to beat 'The Terminator' brain cancer for son

An Irish mum with the world’s deadliest form of brain cancer, known as “the Terminator”, is on a mission to live as long as possible to see her son grow up. Tracy Verblis, 48, was given just 18 months to live when she was diagnosed with a highly aggressive brain tumour after suffering a seizure at home with her husband Daniel while her son Oliver was at school. Tracy has glioblastoma, a grade four brain tumour, and immediately underwent treatment on the NHS in May 2022 which included surgery t
Daily Mail •

I almost died from sepsis after I scratching myself on a bowling ball

A young mother has revealed how she almost died from sepsis when she developed the deadly condition after scratching herself on a bowling ball. Nakita Harden, 33, from Norfolk, claims her brush with death began during an innocuous game of bowling with her boyfriend when she said she scratched her thumb on the inside of a bowling ball. The mother-of-two said she initially brushed off the scratch as a minor cut but became concerned when she noticed a pain in her thumb later that evening. Nakita
Metro.co.uk •

'My husband helps me pick new matches on dating apps'

A woman has said she’s the ‘luckiest wife in the world’ after her husband let her get dating apps – and he’s even helped her swipe on other men. OnlyFans model Alexandra Le Tissier, 31, has been in a monogamous relationship with her husband Mitch for over a decade, but when their relationship got ‘a little bit boring’, she decided she wanted to spice things up. Stressing that she is very much still in love with her husband, Alexandra, who goes by Alex, asked Mitch, also 31, if she could downlo
Kidspot •

I'm a grandma, but I look so young that people still ask me for my ID

Rachel McIntyre welcomed her first grandchild at the end of July and shared the happy news on social media, where users claimed that she looked far too young to be a granny and others congratulated her on what they assumed to be her newborn. The 34-year-old fell pregnant for the first time when she was just 15, and when she discovered that her then 17-year-old daughter was pregnant last year, she had some reservations about being a young granny because she knows how hard it is being a young, fu
Daily Mail •

Cancer-stricken 18-month-old's family trying to raise £300,000

Parents of a toddler who battled an aggressive cancer are urgently trying to raise £300,000 to fund potentially life-saving treatment. Robin Samuel, now 18 months, has neuroblastoma — a type of cancer that mostly affects babies and young children. Robin, of London, immediately began chemotherapy. But tests showed the cancer had spread to his abdomen, pelvis, spine, and bone marrow. After a gruelling course of treatment, Robin now has no detectable cancer. But in a fresh blow, medics discover
New York Post •

My son is younger than my grandson — and I breastfed them both

This UK grandma is hip and young — and so are her children. Jane McNeice, 47, became a grandmother in her mid-30s when her daughter Laura, now 27, decided to become pregnant at 15. Author and businesswoman Jane was already in an unusual spot as an exceptionally young grandma, but the family dynamics got even more extraordinary when she got pregnant with her second child at 37. That infant, a boy named Oliver, is now 9 years old — making him two years younger than his 11-year-old niece Evie —
Tyla •

Woman who was accidentally set on fire says traumatic ordeal was 'worth everything'

An inspirational young dancer who was accidentally set on fire while performing has opened up about why the traumatic ordeal was ultimately 'worth everything'. Sophie Lee, from Lancashire, received life-changing injuries in 2018 when performing with fire for the first time in the US, despite taking extensive precautions before her act. While she has only recently been able to listen to the song she was performing to when the accident happened, she doesn't see the ordeal as a bad thing because it changed her life for the better.
Tyla •

The very mysterious circumstances surrounding the aftermath of Marilyn Monroe's death

The Some like it Hot star was found dead after an apparent barbiturate overdose, and the circumstances surrounding her death were more mysterious than you think. As it was famously sang by Elton John, Monroe was naked when she was discovered dead in bed in the early hours of the morning, and while her death looked like a suicide, to this day, there are some who argue this was not the case. Despite being one of the biggest stars in the world at the time, Monroe's corpse - which now rests next t
Tyla •

Polyamorous person explains why multiple partners are for those who are ‘more committed’

But while both allow for multiple partners, Poly Philia, who uses she/they pronouns, recently told Tyla that polyamory is actually for people who are extremely committed and don't necessarily just want the option of more sexual encounters. "Polyamory is for people who are extremely committed," they said. "And I think that people who fear commitment are not going to be happy in polyamory, as well as monogamy. The TikToker added that a key part to being successful in polyamory is being able to m
The National •

Knowing the Queen spoke Doric should mark an ultimate end to Scots stigma

Scots speakers typically grow up being told some variation of the phrase, ‘You should be speaking the Good Queen’s English!’ It, therefore, came as a surprise to many when the BBC reported that the late Queen Elizabeth II spoke Doric – a North Eastern dialect of the Scots language. The recent revelation came from the local minister at the Queen’s church in Balmoral when discussing her strong links to the area, which she has visited since she was a child in the 1920s. He said the late Queen sp
The National •

Modern Scots language should be celebrated the same as Robert Burns

The popularity of Scots words goes beyond gift shops. Len Pennie’s Scots Word of the Day has been a huge success on social media and has encouraged many outside Scotland to start learning our language. But therein lies the problem. Scots is a language, and not slang, and an estimated 1.5 million people speak it today. However, because of Scots’ close relation to English, it is embroiled with classism as it is spoken predominantly by the working class, and its use as a celebration of Scottishnes
Medium •

Former addict who became ‘the lowest of the low’ opens up about how he turned his life around

Former addict who became ‘the lowest of the low’ opens up about how he turned his life around Adian Martin says that stealing from his brother’s cancer fund was the worst thing he did to fuel his drug addiction. “I helped raise the money for my brother’s treatment — then I started stealing it,” he tells me. When we sit down for our interview, the author is brutally honest about the day he hit “rock bottom”, describing betraying his dying brother as “the lowest of the low”. Of course, reliving
VT •

'Seaspiracy' Journalist Calls Out Animal Charity The RSPCA In Exclusive Interview

Seaspiracy contributor and investigative journalist George Monbiot is furious with the RSPCA. During an exclusive interview with VT, he tells me that the animal charity was actually lucky not to feature in his hit Netflix documentary. The 90-minute film paints a damning portrait of commercial fishing. It also puts forward the argument that the best thing we can do to save the sea is to stop eating fish. Hence why so many people that have seen the documentary are now vowing to go vegan. But how does the RSPCA come into this?
VT •

America Needs to Ban Guns – I Knew It Was A Matter Of Time Before Someone I Loved Was Killed

Konrad Juengling knew something was wrong when his friend Carrie Parsons hadn't been active on Facebook. It was the morning after the the 2017 Las Vegas Shooting. Devastatingly, 60 innocent people had been killed after 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Deep in the back of his mind, Konrad had always feared losing someone to gun grime. "But on the other hand, you think, it's not going to happen to someone I know," he tells VT.
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