About me

Hello. Nice to see you. Do come in and sit down. Cup of tea? Milk and sugar? Sorry about the mess - let me move that out of your way. Biscuit? I’ve got some Tunnocks wafers somewhere. Oh, and I wouldn’t stroke the cat. He doesn’t like people.

So, me? What do I do? Well you might say I’m a weaver of words. A selector of sentences, a purveyor of paragraphs, and a collector of colons (not the ones you see the doctor about – hope that cream’s helping by the way). In short, I’m a writer.

I’ve written everything from fiction to features, from news to columns, from scripts to stand-up, from poetry to shopping lists. And as a journalist of more than 20 years, I’ve written for and edited more national magazines and newspapers than I care to remember.

I’ve also been known to get up on stage and make a fool of myself in front of a paying audience, having performed improvised and sketch comedy on the London circuit and at the Edinburgh Fringe.

You can sometimes find me at my art desk too, fastidiously obsessing over a hand-drawn illustration or meticulously putting paint to canvas while trying not to get any on my clothes. (Note to self: buy more Vanish.)

Oh and you can catch me online trying to rhyme ‘marzipan’, ‘aspidistra’ and ‘Bacofoil’ without dropping my anapaestic rhythm (yes, I had to google it too) at #TheLimerickQueen.

Anyway, here’s your tea. I’m out of Tunnocks, but I found some Hobnobs behind the bread bin. If you could just put the mug on that coaster…

Welcome to my webpage. Have a look around, read my blog and let me know if you need anything. I’ll be out the back, deadheading the wisteria.