I consider myself from Liverpool, even though technically I am what is known as a woollyback.

I once made the mistake of studying English literature for a degree.

I compounded that mistake by doing the same thing again and studying for a PG Diploma in the same subject two years later.

I taught English in Japan for a year. I’ve also taught in Germany and Hungary.

I worked and trained as a reporter with Incisive Media. I’ve never had a magazine or newspaper staff job since.

I have freelanced for media outlets around the world since 2010.

I write for a host of BTB magazines including Pensions Age, The Banker, and European Pensions.

I was an editor at Associated Reporters Abroad and worked on numerous breaking new stories for The New York Post, The Washington Times, and USA Today.

Former senior writer/editor for The Independent on its boxing team, managing three reporters.

I once worked on a story for USA Today about a giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo, and the zoo is still pissed off at me.

I’m a member of the Society of Freelance Journalists, the International Press Institute, and the German Union of Journalists.

I write books, novellas, and short stories between writing gigs in order to keep the pencil sharp.

I am the author of the books Death of a Boxer and A Duel of Bulls: Hemingway and Welles in Love and War, both with BiteBack Publishing. I have another two books - modern destiny and The Pier - that my agent is working with. I’m currently writing a fifth, called Motherland.

I do not have a podcast, although I often appear on them.

I seem to have picked up the occasional weekend habit of commentating the international stream of boxing events in Germany and Denmark, mostly on DAZN.

I have a contact page. Please use it if you would like to hire me or have a question about my work.

About Me