BASIC
British bi-national based in Paris, France. Books, broadcasting, criticism and reporting (on the arts, culture, bandes dessinées and comics); the teaching of writing in workshops, for radio, also via volunteer work. Languages: English, French, Spanish, some Russian. Sample autobiographical chapter “My Lunch With Andy Warhol”, A HIDDEN LANDSCAPE ONCE A WEEK, (MIT Press US, 2018)
BA, MA Newnham College Cambridge University; Member: National Union of Journalists, Society of Authors, International Federation of Journalists
WORKS AS
Author, writer, reporter, broadcaster dealing with culture, literature and arts criticism. Work as Paris correspondent includes CRAFTS (UK) and The Comics Journal (US), BBC World Service and others. Forthcoming book project: ARDENT SPIRITS Chez le Père Lunette (The Life and Death of a Dive Bar)
BOOKS
Co-author, RIOT, with Isaac Julien (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014). Author: TRADE SECRETS Young British Talents Talk Business (Thames & Hudson); DESIGN AFTER DARK The Story of Dancefloor Style (Thames & Hudson); LIVING IN AMERICA The Soul Saga of James Brown (Serpent's Tail, UK & US) Preface, THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC, Jacques Tardi (Fantagraphics, 2026); chapter on journalism, A HIDDEN LANDSCAPE ONCE A WEEK, (Strange Attractor UK/MIT Press US, 2018); Introduction, André Franquin’s DIE LAUGHING (Fantagraphics Books 2018); Introduction, Hergé’s PEPPY IN THE WILD WEST (Fantagraphics Books 2017)
TV PRODUCTION, REPORTING, PRESENTING
BBC World, Consultant and producer; MTV Europe, Features Producer and writer; BBC TV, Features Producer; BBC Radio 4; co-presenter on "Start The Week" under Melvyn Bragg; Assistant Presenter; BBC World Service; Contributor, BBC Radio Four; Contributor, BBC Radio London
ARTS & CURATORIAL
Digital Artist-in-Residence for the Andy Warhol Foundation/Four Culture, 911 Media, Seattle (“The Typing Explosion”, Venice Biennale); Curator, “La Semaine de la Bande Dessinée avec David B.”, Alliance Française Seattle and Fantagraphics Books (US)
SELECTED JOURNALISM
Contributor: The Comics Journal, Crafts UK, Guardian, Time Out, Independent on Sunday, New Statesman & Society, Art News, the Sunday Times, Vogue, International Herald Tribune, Elle, Elle Décor, Entertainment Weekly, The Observer, British Vogue, Rolling Stone, The London Times, Arena magazine, The Face, Film Comment, Sight & Sound, Dazed & Confused
Producer, MTV Europe; Editor, City Limits, London; Staff writer (five years) New Musical Express, London