I trained in magazine journalism at Cardiff after a degree in modern languages at Durham, where I spent time in Strasbourg and Siena avoiding work and learning slang. My freelance work included a property column for rich Welsh bachelors, whose needs seemed to include three inch thick carpets and posh taps.

I worked on the Radio Times and Top Gear websites before moving to Empire on the Emap Talent Scholarship. After that, I ran the Aloud Festival and Gig Guides for Emap and wrote for the Q and Kerrang websites while freelancing about music, film and celebrities. I now work on The London Paper's website.

TRIVIA
Click for the first thing broadcast. Geek.Channel 4 and I both came into this world on November 2 1982, which means that as Scorpios we are given to the occasionally spasm of artiness and a predilection for American programming, especially Veronica Mars, 30 Rock, The L Word and Oz. Black Books, Monkey Dust and good old Red Dwarf get the vote for the British end of things. I also absolutely adore Grease 2 which is a masterwork of just about everything ever.

TRIVIAL FACT: I was born opposite a greyhound track but am utterly rubbish at gambling.

My childhood love for Mandy and Judy comics and Willard Price was counterpointed by my parents playing lots of music and Radio 4. Thanks to them I got to like Tom Lehrer, the 6.30 comedy slot, David Bowie, miserable Christmas carols and lots of other things that weren't the Beatles.
 
UghTRIVIAL FACT: I believed my dad was a vampire for a whole day when I was 14.

My first foray into writing was when I was quite little and wrote and recorded a book for my grandma. Unfortunately, I was so impressed with my own genius that I nicked it off her and lost it.

TRIVIAL FACT: I won a bottle of sherry at a tombola when I was 10. I haven't drunk it since.

I enjoy going on holiday - not travelling. The last time I went "travelling" I "enjoyed" Italian trains for eight hours solid.

TRIVIAL FACT: I have no wish to "find" myself in Asia but am going to do a massage course there anyway because it sounds like fun. This is not code for becoming a whore.