Editorial services
I work across a wide range of topics, including travel, education, media and popular culture. My services include:
- Feature writing. I take on everything from research features and colour pieces to profiles, survey pieces and explainers.
- Editing and project management. I’m happy to look after magazines, supplements, microsites or other types of publication, managing editorial workflow from synopsis to sign-off.
- Commissioning. I can draw on a large network of contacts to find the right writers for the job, and get the best out of them.
- Troubleshooting. If a project is falling apart or you’ve been let down with sub-par material, I can salvage it.
I can often accept commissions with a tight deadline. See below for some examples of my work, or drop me a line to find out more.
SELECTED ARTICLES
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Secret Wales: 30 lesser‑visited spots
Ideas for an unhurried autumn getaway, from Anglesey to the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Stuff the bus pass, I take the ski lift
A report on skiing’s over-65s boom, with help from my dad.
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The best resorts for guaranteed snow
Five places where you won’t be short of the white stuff.
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Riot at the Garden House
When a student demo led to prison. Also syndicated in The Independent.
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Is bribery ever necessary? Discuss
The rise of ethics and social responsibility on the MBA syllabus.
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University mergers and the Welsh model
Are vice-chancellors right to fear mergers and takeovers?
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Man of vision
Kevin Godley, star of 10cc and MTV, recalls some of his greatest video hits.
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Eight hundred years of history
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Cambridge’s outgoing Vice-Chancellor, on effecting change in an ancient university.
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An alternative Christmas
Think Scrooge was too soft? Ditch the tinsel and take these tips.
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Ten ways to spend a winter evening
From box sets to stargazing, 10 sure-fire antidotes to the seasonal blues.
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Rock on
Sifting through four decades of music mythology at Moles, the classic Bath cellar club.
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True crime
Positive criminology is delivering some radical solutions in UK penal policy.
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All aboard the brain train
A progress report on plans to reopen the Varsity Line between Oxford and Cambridge.
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Picture credits: Real Ale Train © Mid Hants Railway; Kevin Godley © Sue Godley; Alastair Campbell Duncan R2, Alastair Campbell March 2017, CC BY-SA 4.0; Leszek Borysiewicz Cmglee, Cmglee Cambridge graduation Leszek Borysiewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0; Bobby Seagull Argos, Bobby Seagull for Argos, CC BY 3.0