A selection of my published journalistic work, including features, essays, reviews, and reported pieces. Full publication list and references available on request.
Muddy Stilettos
I wrote for Muddy Stilettos for ten months, from July 2024 to May 2025. During this period I wrote 1-2 features per week spanning a range of topics. I wrote everything from theatre, exhibition, music venue and restaurant reviews (so much fun and so much good food) to ‘top 10 child-friendly places to eat in Derbyshire’, Christmas gift guides for toddlers, hot property in Wiltshire and why to start doing cryotherapy. As first jobs go, it was certainly one of the more unusual. While the content, perhaps unsurprisingly, wasn’t exactly ‘me’, it was so exciting to be able to publish work right from the off and I learnt a huge amount from my excellent colleagues, many of whom were veteran journos.
Review: Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre
Cougar Town: Hollywood’s age gap craze
The Muddy Stilettos take on the recent wave of films depicting relationships between older women and younger men. Why they asked their only male writer to do it, Lord knows.
Review: The World of Tim Burton, The Design Museum
Student journalism
I wrote for three different student publications in my time at university: The Oxford Student, Cherwell and Isis Magazine. At The Oxford Student, I was section editor for Entertainment and deputy section editor for Sport in 2022. I also co-hosted and produced a weekly radio show, Music Memoirs, on the university radio station Oxide Radio.
British Bombs: Interview with Declan McKenna
Write-up of an exclusive interview with Declan McKenna which I conducted in early 2024 following the release of his album What Happened To The Beach?
Soft-boys to soft-men: Arctic Monkeys mature with classy new album The Car
A review of Arctic Monkeys’ most recent album, The Car.
Between Love and Hate: The Strokes’ Guide to Staying Together
What is the secret to staying together? I use the Strokes as a case study to discuss why bands so often break up and what might be the key to musical longevity.
The best of times, the worst of times: A Tale of Man City
A layman’s guide to the Financial Fair Play maelstrom involving Manchester City.
Music Memoirs Episode 21: Cops and Robbers
Driftenschriften: A Flâneur in Munich
Driftenschriften was a travel column which I wrote in The Oxford Student while I was living and studying in Munich on my year abroad. It was my first experience of travel writing, and I had a wonderful time writing it.
Episode 3: The Immatriculationsbescheinigung
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