BASIC
British bi-national based in Paris, France. Books, prefaces; criticism and reporting (arts, culture, bandes dessinées/comics), French to English translation; teaching of writing/scripting. Sample chapter “My Lunch With Andy Warhol”.
BA, MA Newnham College Cambridge University; Member: National Union of Journalists, Society of Authors, la Société des Amis du Louvre
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.
BOOKS
Essay 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); Co-author, RIOT, with Isaac Julien (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014). Previous: 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)
TV PRODUCTION, REPORTING, PRESENTING
BBC World, Consultant and producer; MTV Europe, Features Producer and writer; BBC TV, Features Producer; BBC Radio 4', including "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/Seattle 911 Media (for “The Typing Explosion”, presented at the Venice Biennale); Curator for “La Semaine de la Bande Dessinée” for the Alliance Française and Fantagraphics Books in Seattle, WA, 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, US magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Observer, British Vogue, Rolling Stone, The London Times, Arena magazine, The Face, Film Comment, Sight & Sound, Dazed & Confused, CREEM (US)
Producer, Weekend Edition, MTV Europe; Editor, City Limits, London; Staff writer, New Musical Express, London (five years)