Writing

In the the summer of 2016 I reviewed Echo and the Bunnymen’s show at Webster Hall, New York, for popular UK music blog GetIntoThis.

Prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup I interviewed lead-singer of the Lightning Seeds Ian Broudie for Halcyon Magazine talking football, musical beginnings and that song.

For issue 4 of Halcyon Magazine I interviewed veteran Italian football broadcaster James Richardson.

Al Baker is a North-West based photographer specialising in music and sub-culture. I spoke to him in 2015 about his time living and working on Manchester’s infamous housing estate, ‘Hulme Crescents’.

In 2015 I pitched a #TBT feature to the Liverpool Echo, focusing upon Merseyside trends and events of yesteryear. #TBT became a running feature; this entry looked at legendary Liverpool fashion retailer Wade Smith’s.

In the summer of 2013, Halcyon Magazine sent me to Novi Sad, Serbia, to write a piece about the country’s famous festival, Exit.

Last year a story I wrote for the Liverpool Echo was published on its front page. Whilst researching international footballers that had formerly played on Merseyside, I uncovered the story about Igor Biscan assaulting a taxi driver via a Zagreb-based newspaper. The news item was subsequently ran across international media, including BBC and Sky Sports.

In 2015 I began writing for Merseyside’s local newspaper, The Liverpool Echo. Part of the Trinity Mirror Group, it has one of the largest regional circulations in the UK. Employed in a freelance capacity, I’ve had a number of articles published in the newspaper and online, which you find here.

Pitching ideas, meeting deadlines and attending content meetings provided great experience. I continue to write New York related stories from America.

Last year I was tasked with reviewing Sleaford Mods debut show in Liverpool for Halcyon Magazine.