Frances Daniels

Frances Daniels

Senior Sleep Staff Writer

Frances Daniels is a PPA-accredited journalist and Sleep Staff Writer at Tom's Guide with an MA in Magazine Journalism from Cardiff University. Her role includes covering mattress and sleep news and writing sleep product reviews and buyer's guides, including our Best Hybrid Mattress 2025 guide. She is hugely interested in the relationship between good sleep and overall health, interviewing a wide array of mattress and sleep experts to create well-informed articles about important topics such as nutrition, sleep disorders (from sleep apnea to night terrors), lucid dreaming, sleep hygiene, and mattress care. She is also our specialist on mattress toppers — producing mattress topper reviews and taking care of our Best Mattress Toppers 2025 guide — and takes the lead on all content related to fiberglass-free mattresses for a clean, non-toxic sleep. Outside of Tom's Guide, she has written for Ideal Home, Homes & Gardens, and Marie Claire. 

Latest articles by Frances Daniels

A woman lies in bed, unable to sleep well

I'm a sleep writer — here's what I do when I can't sleep

By Frances Daniels published

If you don’t know what to do when you can’t sleep, try the simple tricks that I use to drift off

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A woman sleeps with a blue hot water bottle

5 ways a hot water bottle helps you get to sleep fast in cold weather

By Frances Daniels published

Sleep expert Max Kirsten reveals how a hot water bottle helps you get to sleep fast on cold winter nights, plus how to pick the best hot water bottle for sleeping.

Sleep
The DreamCloud Luxury Hybrid Mattress UK shown on a black bedframe in a black bedroom and with a Black Friday mattress deals badge overlaid on the image

The 7 best Black Friday mattress sales in the UK right now — save up to £1,100!

By Frances Daniels published

UK Black Friday Mattress sales are now live, and they can save you up to £1,100 on hybrid, organic and memory foam beds.

Mattresses
What do mattress toppers do: A woman unrolls the Tempur Topper Supreme on her wooden bed frame

What do mattress toppers do? 5 key facts and why you should buy one in Black Friday sales

By Frances Daniels published

We answer common mattress topper questions, including what do they do and how they can help with back pain.

Mattress Toppers
A bare white mattress and two pillows sit on top of a beige bed in a pale grey bedroom. In the front of the picture, there is a green Black Friday Shopping banner.

Beginner’s guide to Black Friday mattress deals shopping – 5 key things to remember

By Frances Daniels published

Find the perfect Black Friday mattress deal with our expert shopping tips.

Mattresses
Two delivery men take a mattress that is being returned and carry it to a white van

How to return a mattress bought in this year’s Black Friday sales

By Frances Daniels last updated

How to return a mattress to Amazon, Mattress Firm, Nectar, DreamCloud and more with our how-to guide ahead of Black Friday.

Mattresses
A woman wearing a yellow top plays Tetris on her phone in bed

Playing this puzzle video game before bed helps you sleep better, experts say

By Frances Daniels published

Looking for a way to wind down before bed? Playing Tetris may help you sleep better and drop off faster.

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A man with dark hair and a woman with red hair go mattress shopping together

5 mistakes couples make when buying their first mattress together

By Frances Daniels published

Shopping for your first ever mattress together should be fun – avoid these common bed shopping mistakes and it will be.

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