Welcome

I am a London-based writer and work as a journalist on a number of newspapers and magazines in the UK and the USA. I also write books and take photographs.

My second book, We're British, Innit, is out now in paperback - published by Collins. It is available from all good book shops and via Amazon. The book is a hilarious lexicon about what it is that makes up the characteristics of Britain and the British and has a dedicated website where you can read about Britishness and British culture.

I have recently been artist in residence in Margate, producing a photographic show about youth culture history for Turner Contemporary. I am now blogging about youth subcultures as well.

You can read more about me on these pages and also keep up to date with recent journalism or just get in touch.

My books

We're British, Innit

From alcopops to X Factor via Churchill and Ovaltine, this lexicon of Britishness is an acutely observed A-Z of all that Brits are and do.

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A Fête Worse Than Death

Read what happened when I spent the summer travelling around England in search of summer madness.

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“side-splittingly funny” - Daily Mail