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I started writing for NME when I was still at school, was music & clubs editor at the London listings magazine City Limits, and was editor of The Face magazine from 1989-95.

I later edited the Observer magazine, and have contributed to everyone from the Guardian, Times and Telegraph to Elle, Vanity Fair, GQ, Marie Claire, Red and Grazia.

I'm now a coaching helping creative professionals of all kinds get the success and life they want, making work they love.

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	Adventures In Wonderland: Acid house, rave and the UK club explosion 4.39 avg rating — 111 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventures In Wonderland: A Decade of Club Culture 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creative Play: 365 ideas for Artist Dates and solo adventures really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Face "Bjork Issue" (November 1993/Vol.2 #62) /Rare Fine Print UK Magazine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Art Work: On the Creative Life

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“Be ruthless about protecting writing days, i.e., do not cave in to endless requests to have "essential" and "long overdue" meetings on those days. The funny thing is that, although writing has been my actual job for several years now, I still seem to have to fight for time in which to do it. Some people do not seem to grasp that I still have to sit down in peace and write the books, apparently believing that they pop up like mushrooms without my connivance. I must therefore guard the time allotted to writing as a Hungarian Horntail guards its firstborn egg.”
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