About me
I’ve been writing freelance since 2006; before that I worked for Leeds Guide, where I was, variously, the Annual Guides editor, Leeds Guide deputy editor, rock and pop editor and an exceedingly efficient postmistress. I studied English and Cultural Criticism at Cardiff University, where I was shortlisted for a Guardian Student Media Award in the Best Critic category.
I live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, next to the train line connecting Leeds and Manchester. They’re near enough for gigs, art and my fix of urban architecture but far enough away that I can’t hear the shouting.
When not working, I enjoy hillwalking in the Pennines, Dales and Peak District, baking cakes and playing violin in my local orchestra. My tendency to gravitate to the nearest canal, crumbling viaduct or museum of curiosities in any place has led to the accusation that I’m secretly a Victorian.
Plan B violin illustration by Anke Weckmann