Writing: Words on a page

For as long as I can remember I've enjoyed writing. At school I excelled in what we used to call 'English Language' and won a national commendation in a short story competition. Perhaps inevitably, when I graduated from university I ended up in journalism - still writing, only this time not fiction (despite what the cynics like to say about reporters...)

Here is a collection of some of my work. At the moment it includes only writing that I hold the copyright to, but I hope to add features written for Eastern Counties Newspapers and North West London Newspapers if I can secure permission.

Politics

I wrote 16 columns for Independent Digital during the 2001 general election. They dropped off the Indy's site a long time ago, and I've retired from politics so they're not on a party site. Which is why I've collected them here instead.

Independence Avenue: writing on America

Independent Digital's readership in the US is so great that at one point they ran a site for US readers called Independence Avenue. It didn't last, but while it did I pitched them the idea of a column looking at America through a British eye.

Published writing

Have keyboard, will travel. I've written for a lot of different publications, both before and after Eastern Counties Newspapers hammered the basics of journalism into my head. Here's a selection of published writing.

Competition entries

Writing competitions are good discipline, even if you work under the assumption you'll never win any. They force you to overcome the constraints of word length, deadline, subject and format in order to say what you want to say.