Journalism
I began my journalistic career writing up crib notes for Reggie Kray, who was writing a book from Broadmoor about slang, edited by the writer Francis Wyndham. When Reggie requested I visit him in Broadmoor, I hot-footed it to the Central Republic of the Congo. Writing about missionaries and West African art was suddenly far more appealing. Back in the UK nine months later, I cut off my African hair extensions (fake hair, not human) and wrote broader arts pieces before turning to features, celebrity interviews, property, wellbeing and luxury travel. You can find my pieces everywhere from The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and the Daily Mail to the New Statesman, Catholic Herald, Marie Claire and Psychologies.
I've interviewed a range of actors, authors, public figures and celebrities, including Juliet Stevenson, Jonathan Franzen, Jung Chang, Elizabeth Jennings, Paula Rego, Julie Walters, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Kristen Scott Thomas, Rose Tremain, Kate Atkinson, David Grossman, Nicole Krauss, Kathryn Stockett, Jeffrey Archer, Alexander McCall Smith and Howard Jacobson.
Selected Pieces
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/feb/28/literary-breaks-11-uk-writers-houses-now-holiday-homes
Book Reviews
I ran the Daily Telegraph Book Club and wrote a weekly column, The Daily Telegraph Book Group. The Book Club became a touring event, sponsored by National Book Tokens. I’ve reviewed debut fiction for The Daily Mail and I’ve been a member of three book groups, one for fifteen years. The latter was called The No 8 Group. Our choices were eclectic: high, low, never both and always fuelled by three-course meals in each other’s homes. I’d say The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was a low, and Sebastian Barry’s Days Without End a high. It’s just about one of the most tender, poetic novels I have ever read.
Click on the images below to read some of my reviews.
Content Creation
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