I’m a journalist and copy-editor with a few decades’ experience under my belt (I was a very young apprentice). I started out on a regional listings magazine and am now freelance.

I am a widely published feature writer and my specialist subjects include lifestyle and social issues, green issues, consumer, culture, media, business, local tourism, food and health etc. I have written for a very diverse range of publications in recent years - The Guardian, The Observer, Fabulous, Candis, New Consumer, Sweet, Your Home, How Do and Skin Two, to mention just a few. I am available for commissions. My first book, Epilepsy: The Essential Guide, will be published in May 2009.

I failed an audition for The Tube in 1982 but finally made it onto BBC News 24 in April 2008.

I’m a one-finger typist and I never learned shorthand. But I’ve never missed a deadline.

I’ve twice worked as a professional cook between hacking jobs.

I’m a notorious pedant with a hatred of incorrectly used Oxford commas.

I currently live Oop North with my pedigree cat, Nelson, who has his own blog somewhere on the net. We watch EastEnders together. My portfolio website is here.