Hello world! Welcome to my website. It's full of stuff. Take a look! Have a nosey! Like those little bowls where you keep single batteries and pencil sharpeners and small bits of broken plastic, there's tat and useful bits all mixed up together. Enjoy
Stormzy: Respect Me Like You Would Adele
Sunday 26th Feb 2017
Gang Signs & Prayers is set to be a massive album. Stormzy is massive in every way, this piece was a pleasure to write
Ewan McGregor: What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?
Sunday 26th Feb 2017
Trainspotting, middle age and heartbreak: Ewan McG knows all
Inside Tracks: Life Inside National Prison Radio
Sunday 26th Feb 2017
Prison is grim, especially at the moment. National Prison Radio makes prisoners' lives better
Late Night Radio DJs: "It's like a confession and I'm the priest"
Sunday 26th Feb 2017
It's a dying art, hosting the radio night-time slot
How Kano Turned My Son Into A Computer Programmer
Friday 27th Jun 2014
Not really. But it got him a little way there
Paul McCartney: Here, There and Everywhere
Wednesday 27th Nov 2013
I know this is uncool, but…... A BEATLE! An actual real life Beatle
The World's End: Simon Pegg and Nick Frost go to some pubs
Tuesday 9th Jul 2013
Simon and Nick are old friends of my husband, which made this interview odd to do. But I thought of you, dear reader, and stuck it out
All Families Are Psychotic
Friday 27th Jun 2014
THIS IS NOT A PIC OF MY FAMILY! This was a piece I wrote because of a talk I was hosting. You can read it on the Times website, if you subscribe, or here in blog version
What Music Can Do
Monday 8th Apr 2013
... it can change your life with its strange beauty, for a start. But you knew that
Out Of Time
Wednesday 6th Nov 2013
I'm writing a book about mid-life crisis, as, in my mid-40s, I am having a not-very-exciting one.
Interview with David Lynch
Monday 21st Nov 2011
In which the be-quiffed genius talks about his new album, Crazy Clown Time, and ideas being like little fishes
Interview with PJ Harvey
Monday 2nd May 2011
The Peej! Looking like a really glamourous crow and talking about her stunning album Let England Shake
Interview with Lady Gaga
Wednesday 27th Nov 2013
This was a tricky interview, to say the least, but Gaga knows what she's doing
6 Degrees Of...
Monday 8th Apr 2013
I've made a short series of programmes for BBC 6Music exploring emotions and notions through music and interviews. Here it is!