Musician, journalist & PR consultant. Founder of Scotland's first record label for ex-offenders, Conviction Records. Mum to Charlie Brown, giant poodle.
Lover of Victorian novels, foliage, puppets and pickles.
Freelance journalist & writer. Bylines at the Herald, the Guardian, the London Review of Books, the Big Issue, Prospect Magazine et al. Radio 4 documentaries, including Waiting for the Van & Prosecuting Polmont. Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize.
Writer & broadcaster.
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๐ The Two Roberts is my new novel. Iโm also curating a show about them for Charleston in Lewes.
๐ Maggie & Me.
๐ You Will Be Safe Here.
๐บ Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer.
PhD, FRSL, FRSE.
โYouโre only as good as your last trick,โ (so said my late mum, and Iโve found no reason to disagree).
Scottish journalist and art lover. Writing Book Two. Founder member & former co-chair Women in Journalism Scotland