I've worked as a showbiz journalist for
three decades. In the 80s, it was pop stars. In the 90s, my TV heroes
of the 60s (go figure). In the Noughties, it's been women's magazines
and celebrity culture. Here's a selection...
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About me
I write showbiz interviews for Best magazine and celebrity
and relationship debate issues from a Mars perspective for Cosmopolitan.
I've written about pop culture - music and movies - since 1981 for Melody
Maker, New Sounds New Styles, No.1, the Daily Express and the NME. Other TV
writing work includes the exploitation movies spoof show, Exploitica (4-Later),
David Walliams: My Life with James Bond (ITV1) and It Started With Swap Shop
(BBC2). I am currently writing the authorised Spandau Ballet biography.
Magazines:
1982 - 83 Melody Maker Features Writer & Film Reviewer
1982 - New Sounds New Styles Features & Film Writer
1983 - 88 No.1 Features Writer
1988 - 98 Daily Express Music Reviewer
1990 - 94 Magazine Film Reviewer
1994 - 95 NME Film Reviewer
1994 - 99 Chat Magazine Features Writer
2002 - 07 Best Magazine Showbiz Writer
2007 - present Cosmopolitan's Undercover Man
2008 - present Venus & Mars weekly column for http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/
Also The Village Voice; 19 Magazine; Just Seventeen; The Sunday Times; Insight.
TV:
1999 Writer on Exploitica (Mentorn/4-Later) 12 Episodes
2000 Writer on Exploitica Rides Again (Mentorn/4-Later) 24 Episodes
2002 Writer & Editor Expedition 360: Road to Australia (Discovery Channel)
2003 Writer & Editor Expedition 360: Destination Darwin (Discovery Channel)
2006 Writer My Life with James Bond (Unique TV for ITV1)
2006 Writer It Started with Swap Shop (Unique TV for BBC2)
Books:
The Saint: From Big Screen To Small Screen and Back Again (Chameleon/Andre
Deutsh)