Allegra Handelsman is a 23-year-old London-based writer, poet and journalist. Her work ranges from satirical fiction and spoken word poetry to cultural journalism and essays. Handelsman has built a following from her work as a journalist, writing social commentary on culture and film, for publications such as The Times, Tatler and A Rabbit’s Foot. She has also gained recognition through her late-night poetry readings which she hosts in different venues around London, always drawing a large audience comprised of some of the city’s brightest young creatives.

Her creative writing focuses on modern femininity, sexuality, and society, and is cloaked in a distinctly melancholy though youthful tone. By delving into the crisis of authentic identity of the modern age, which can often play out in fixations like nostalgia, self- concealing and gatekeeping, Handelsman’s work is firmly rooted in the understanding of her generation (gen z). With a bachelor’s degree in politics and sociology, Handelsman uses her academic experience to also comment on the hypocrisy of high society – a process which is energised by an essence of self-reflection.