A few odds and sods about me. In 2008 I made it back to Wales after 10 years of working in London. I now live in Cardiff.

So far, much of my life has been concerned with working out how to do things with words, to pinch a phrase from JL Austin. In lieu of an apprenticeship, I spent my first professional years doing all manner of jobs in the press: from putting together showbiz bulletins and sub-editing on the tabloids to writing for ski magazines and specialised technical journals.

Before journalism I spent six years studying the English language. I completed a BA in English and an MPhil in general linguistics at Oxford University, and then a diploma at the Centre for Journalism Studies, Cardiff. Prior to that, I was busy growing up in Mumbles, a short hop west along the M4.

Below is a small but expanding miscellany of things that have snagged my interest over the years. For current obsessions, take a peek at the weblog.

Schitt's Misanthropy
A failed book project from a few years ago