I’ve edited and written for the Guardian, The Morning Star, and assorted music / culture magazines, fanzines and websites.
Want to read some of my stuff? I bet you do, I’m great! Below you’ll find some samples of my work.
News and Features
Live blogging the 2017 general election
‘Uber for bikes’ comes to Cambridge – if you can find it
Drawing the line at Cressingham Gardens
‘We’re not cult members’: Labour supporters at Corbyn rallies
‘Tom has gone and we’ll go too’: one last song for folk legend Tom Paley
Interviews
‘I understand guns in the A&R office’: an interview with Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh
Opinion
Balfron Tower: not for the likes of us
Don’t mock: a Doctor Who movie could be awesome
Shh! London gig-goers are mourning the loss of the Luminaire
Reviews
Howlin’ Fling review – rocky walks and remote partying at the UK’s friendliest festival
Al Murray the pub landlord at Just The Tonic
Cosmonauts exhibition at the Science Museum
Community
‘We were lied to’: voters who have changed their mind on Brexit
‘We, Daniel Blake’: readers on the UK benefits system
‘They’re in costume but they’re not real clowns’: professional clowns on the clown craze
‘Star Trek is a hope for a better future’: fans on the 50th anniversary
In chronological order…
Eventually this page will contain links to everything I’ve ever written, with the exception of the stuff I want to commit to the memory hole (if you want my Star Trek reviews from when I was sixteen, email me and we can discuss).
A review of Al Murray The Pub Landlord, for The Phoenix Remix
A review of Cornershop’s England Is A Garden, for The Phoenix Remix
A review of Brent Would’s Got Wood at the Vault Festival, for The Phoenix Remix
A review of Imogené, The Improvised Pop Concert, at The Vault Festival, for The Phoenix Remix
A review of Jack AG Britton’s Mighty, at the Vault Festival, for The Phoenix Remix
A review of Tom Basden’s Sorry Thank You Please, at the Soho Theatre, for The Phoenix Remix
“Tom has gone and we’ll go too: one last song for folk legend Tom Paley,” for The Guardian
A review of the Howlin’ Fling music festival, for the Guardian
A few hundred words on my favourite cycle ride, for The Guardian
An interview with Tjinder Singh of Cornershop, for The Morning Star
“You helmets, get a life!” – celebrating 25 years of the Dunwich Dynamo, for The Guardian
‘Uber for bikes’ comes to Cambridge – if you can find it, for The Guardian
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