Autism Awareness Week

I wrote a piece for the Reach group (Express/Mirror) to coincide with the publication of In Her Room, and Autism Awareness Week.

In Her Room in the Bookseller

My new book, In Her Room, is previewed in this week's Bookseller.

This Is Not a Choir

I wrote about Will Ashon's magnificent Chamber Music for Review 31 here

Monocle Radio interview

My interview with Monocle Radio is here.

All Music Books interview

My interview with All Music Books is here

Tinderbox

My review of Megan Dunn's first book, Tinderbox, for Review 31. Here

In Conversation with David Stubbs, for Review 31

I talked to journalist and author David Stubbs about his recent book, 1996 & the End of History, an examination of the year as it unfolded in the UK in politics, music, light entertainment and sport. We also discuss Memory Songs, my alternative history of the Britpop moment, told through analysis of the music that informed the era, and recollections of my time as a songwriter during the nineties. Here