About me
Born in London, next door to a notorious prison, I’ve been on the run ever since - Malta, Manchester, Cheltenham, Cardiff, London.
After finishing my MA Creative Writing at Lancaster I jointly set up a multi-media theatre co-op and had lots of fun designing, building, animating and setting fire to things, blowing things up and setting off fireworks. I moved to the north-east, Saltburn and Durham, where I worked as an Arts Officer for 11 years - working with some very talented artists, choreographers, dancers, musicians, photographers and writers.
I then worked as a freelance imaginateur, project manager and fund-raising advisor.
Why Barcelona?
In 1980 a very good anarchist friend wrote me a postcard from Barcelona: “You’d love it here. You’d go bananas.” In 1981, a few months after Tejero’s failed coup, I visited Barcelona for the first time.
My friend was right - I did fall in love with the place, and I did go bananas. Over the years I visited Barcelona several times, each time finding something new, or uncovering something in its rich past, which fuelled an unhealthy fascination.
In 1995 I received an award from the Arts Council to visit Barcelona and Zaragoza to research George Orwell’s wife’s time during the Civil War.
But, in the end, I moved to this great city in 2003 not because of my love for the city and its people, but for the love of a good woman. I write, I translate, I show people around this “city of marvels”.
- the people
- the architecture
- the love and respect for good food and drink
- the sense of possibility
Where else can you find me online?
You won’t.
