''For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.'' - Hemingway

BA English Literature and Typography
Published in The Guardian, Empire, Vogue UK, Time Out London, The Evening Standard.
Photographs published with the BBC, CNBC, The Guardian, The Times and National Geographic.
Artwork and graphic designs used by the London Symphony Orchestra and the Barbican.

The thing about being a writer, especially now, is that people always ask me why I wanted to be a writer. It’s not an easy question to answer. Firstly, you don’t really set out to ‘become’ a writer; it’s not really a profession to me, it’s more like a way of life. Whenever something good or bad happens to me, I write it down and later, maybe a few months or even a year later, I’ll write a short story about it. Sort of like a diary really, except that with a diary you’re usually forced to write. I can only write when given the freedom. If you tell me to write an article about say, Badgers, I’ll do it but it won’t sound great.

You can’t force true creativity.

That being said though, you need to have the capacity to churn out articles like there’s no tomorrow. No one will hire you just to sit around moping like a troubled beatnik.

People always ask me for advice: ”how can I become a writer?” etc and really, I’m the worst person to ask; I’m not, and never will be, one of those over-excited journalists you see probing about crime scenes, nor will I ever be seen driving a Bentley, wearing a stuffy old suit, carrying a briefcase. Writing isn’t a business for me. I write because I love it, not because I want to be rich. Obviously I want to earn my living through writing, but I’m not driven by money; I’m driven by the fact that people will read what I’ve written and be inspired, or become at once happy, or angry or sad. As a writer you have the power to shape people’s dreams, the power to change their lives. To me, that transcends money.