Journalism

Reviews, essays, interviews….

2025

Review of The Expansion Project by Benjamin Pester for The Spectator

Essay: Sex, Life and Oscar Wilde: ‘rarely pure and never simple’ for Aeon

Beautiful and Innovative: In Praise of Artistic Experimentation in Literature – essay for LitHub about marrying the Literary and the Visual in fiction and non-fiction

A discussion about bisexuality/the lives of famous bisexuals with Bisexual Brunch

A talk introducing the film Morocco, prior to a screening at the Garden Cinema, discussing how Dietrich’s bisexuality influenced her acting, how the famous kiss made it past Hollywood censors, and how Dietrich’s creative partnership – and tussles – with her director von Sternberg flavoured her performance.

An interview with 3:AM Magazine: ‘Who is Controlling the Plot?’

Beyond The Zero podcast: a discussion about The Watermark

Across The Pond podcast with Sam Jordison and Lori Feathers, discussing The Watermark

2022

Essay on Kaloprosopia – the art of crafting a persona for Psyche

‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses: A book that keeps on burning‘ for The London Magazine

2021

‘Control of our destinies: on #MeToo’ for Indigo Press https://theindigopress.com/control-of-our-destinies/

Interview with the Arts Desk about Chauvo-Feminism

A Most Sensitive and Sophisticated Mind – essay on Virginia and Leonard Woolf for The London Magazine

My favourite short stories for ‘A Personal Anthology’

Literary Prostitutes: Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller and writing erotica for Aeon magazine

2020

‘Caring for my father‘ – article for The Guardian about being a carer to my Dad

2016

Interview with Lancashire Writing Hub about The Quiddity of Will Self

2013

‘Five Minute Memoir’ for The Independent

2012

Interview with The Observer about The Quiddity of Will Self