Editor at longform/immersive specialist harpoon.productions. Creator of BBC News Magazine in days of yore. Chair @wansteadfringe.bsky.social “One of the most impressive beards I've ever seen” - forensic psychologist Sohom Das
Meteorological stats and phenomena for East London. FRMetS
Conditions https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/e3a1d9968b954a97895098a26bd9fbe9/slim
AKA @wanstead_meteo over on X
Made in Wanstead. Est. 2013.
Our September festival is a celebration of the arts, literature, music and film.
Wanstead Fringe is a CIC.
New recruits and co-conspirators welcome!
www.wansteadfringe.org
Dedicated Patch-birder, Blogger, Photographer, Heroic father, ex-Domestic Goddess.
Tall, curly, silly, sometimes musical. Currently Head of Product at Which?, freelance product coach and somehow also a trainer for Mind the Product. Did time at GDS, DIT, ITV, MTV, BBC. Helping art meet massive, and to get stories told.
• Author of SURRENDER (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018) & GREYHOUND (Fitzcarraldo Editions & Soft Skull Press, 2025).
• Words in Guardian, Spectator, New Statesman, TLS, The Nation, etc...
• Creative Writing tutor at the University of the Arts, London.
Councillor (Wanstead Village, Redbridge) & environment cabinet member. Board member: SERA, Epping Forest Heritage Trust, ReLondon, London Sustainable Development Commission
Former editor of magazines that no longer exist.
Paper Cuts published by White Rabbit http://bit.ly/PaperCutsTK. More recently: To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish
Also, http://thenewcue.substack.com
Assistant editor, The Guardian Saturday magazine. Gradually weaning myself off The Bad Place
I love Maths, Tech and helping others. Founder of Stemettes. Author of She's in CTRL. Trustee at Institute for the Future of Work. Leader, Presenter & Speaker.
Head of digital formats and visual journalism at BBC News
Rejoined 🇪🇺 December 2024 🇮🇪🛂
A new performance and Kinema space for Wanstead, including the Point Bar, our alcohol-free meeting place.
https://wansteadfringe.org/venue/wanstead-curtain/
The Wanstead Fringe Association
I ❤️ all styles of Photography. My leisure time is spent mostly taking photos and being with my bird (girlfriend),cat & dog but not always in that order 😉 All photos posted are mine and taken for fun. Formally known as the WansteadFlatsWomble on 🐦& IG
Vapid Response Unit. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, musical human. Producer, writer, arranger. Perform with Scritti Politti, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, Cardiacs, others. More info at rhodri.biz
