Experience:
July 2011 – December 2011
Assistant Editor
December 2011 – Present
Editor
June 2011 – Present
Freelance Features Writer
June 2011 – Present
- Moby – Camden Roundhouse (live review)
- Danananaykroyd – There Is A Way (album review)
- Incubus – If Not Now, When (album review)
- Ben & Jerry’s Sundae 2011 (festival review)
- The Horrible Crowes – Elsie (album review)
- Mogwai – Earth Division ep (album review)
- Jane’s Addiction – The Great Escape Artist (album review)
- Funeral For A Friend – See You All In Hell ep (album review)
- Elbow’s Build A Rocket Boys for Album of the Year 2011 (blog post)
- Smashing Pumpkins – Gish and Siamese Dream Remastered (album review)
- Frank Turner – The Second Three Years (album review)
- Nissan Micra: The car of choice for Mongol Rally racers (motoring feature)
- Ken Block: From Hoonigan to World Rally Pro (motor-racing feature)
- Motoring Profile: Lewis Hamilton (motor-racing feature)
- Peugeot looks to the future with HX1 concept (motoring feature)
- New Vauxhall Astra GTC: Much more than just a three-door hatchback (motoring feature)
April 2011 – Present
- Toploader – Only Human (Album Review)
- Taking Back Sunday – Camden Roundhouse (Live Review)
- Explosions In The Sky – Camden Roundhouse (Live Review)
- The Retrospective Soundtrack Players – Cool Hand Luke (Album Review)
Adfero News Feeds
February – July 2011
Full-time writer for a variety of travel, finance and business websites on behalf of Direct News, News Reach and Content Plus.
Clients included ETX Capital, Major Travel, Bristol Street Motors, Caravan Times and BDO.
Aspect News
September 2010 – February 2011
Full-time writer across 27 different websites, including travel, property, finance, health and motoring.
- Map The Gap Travel Feature: Should safari fans return to Zimbabwe?
- I Want Sun Travel Feature: I Wish I Was There Instead – Paxos
- I Want Sun Travel Feature: Top value for money hotspots for 2011
- Map The Gap Travel Feature: Discover Wisconsin, the home of Snowmobiling
- Thrifty Holidays Travel Feature: Air Tax rise means travellers need to be smarter
- Map The Gap Travel Feature: Every safari is a new experience
Open Magazine
July 2009 – December 2010
- Krapp’s Last Tape – Theatre Review
- Mary & Max – Film Review
- Metropolis (Restored and Reconstructued) – Film Review
- Yes, Prime Minister – Theatre Review
- The Shawshank Redemption – Theatre Review
- Spotify – Share My Playlists Feature
- iTunes Festival Feature
October 2009 – August 2010
Chief Content Developer and GCSE Maths Tutor
May 2009 – July 2010
- Holland 0 – 1 Spain (AET) – World Cup Final match report
- Pulled Apart By Horses – Pulled Apart By Horses, Album Review
- Sport Comment: England victory sets up hardest possible route to final
- Sport: England vs Algeria Player Ratings
- Sport Comment: England’s False Start to World Cup 2010
- Taylor Hawkins and The Coattail Riders – Red Light Fever, Album Review
- Danny and The Champions of the World – Streets Of Our Time, Album Review
- The Automatic – Tear The Signs Down, Album Review
- Idlewild, Live Music Review
- Baddies – Do The Job, Album Review
- Brand New – Daisy, Album Review
- Arctic Monkeys – Humbug, Album Review
- Placebo, Live Music Review
- Mr Hudson, Live Music Review
- Snow Patrol, Live Music Review
- People In Planes – Beyond The Horizon, Album Review
- Skint & Demoralised, Live Music Review
- Mars Volta – Octahedron, Album Review
- Maximo Park, Live Music Review
June 2009 – August 2009
Sub-Editing Work Experience, July 2009
April – May 2009
- News feature: Councils attacked for £1.5m foreign jaunts
- News feature: Explosion in drug websites puts patients at risk
- News feature: British too honest to take ‘free money’
- News: Major Phil Packer to complete London Marathon
- News: Frosted light bulbs to be banned by EU
April 2009
January 2009; Sub-Editing, April – May 2009
July 2008 – September 2008
- Lily Allen: I’m Still ‘Friends’ with Elton John
- Helen Mirren Shocker: I ‘Loved Coke’ & Was Date Raped
- Anne Hathaway Sets Her Own Rules for Dating
- Julianne Moore: ‘I Don’t Know Why Women Do Botox’
December 2007
March 2007, December 2007
National Institute For Clinical Excellence, Communications
January 2007
March 2006 – June 2008
- Proving Ground (Durham Drama Festival, theatre preview)
- Reassuringly Popular (Rumble Strips music, interview)
- They Came From The Sun (Yourcodenameis:milo/Enter Shikari, live music review)
- Brit-Pop Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, theatre review)
July 2003
Education:
September 2008 – May 2009
Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism
Collingwood College, Durham University
October 2005 – June 2008
BA, English Literature, 2;1 Hons
Royal Grammar School, Guildford
September 1998 – July 2005
3 A Levels, 2 AS Levels and 9 GCSES
