Writing & Editorial

Interviews

Glen Matlock (Musician & Sex Pistol)
Humberto Campana (Designer)
Amanda Berry (BAFTA)
M.I.A. (Musician)
Melanie Keen (Wellcome Collection Director)
Rupert Sanderson (Footwear Designer)
Anab Jain (Designer)
James Haskell (Rugby Player)
Kim West (Latex Designer)
Rene Gimpel (Art Gallery)
Victoria Fox (Author)
Abigail Greydanus (Latex Designer)
Stuart Thom (Footwear Designer)
Louis Fleischauer (Costume Designer)

Writing fiction/non-fiction/academic

‘Octomorphosis – The Little Book of Unrealist Stories inspired by the art of Jon Everitt’.
‘Portsmouth Fairy Tales for Grown Ups’: ebook or paperback
‘Creativity: conceptual approaches of global creative arts institutions’ commissioned by Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London.
‘Grotesque Laughter since the Death of God’, The British Institute of Humour Studies Conference, the University of Surrey.
‘Credo Mutwa’s Women and the Search for Meaning’, unit piece for The University of Roehampton.
Portsmouth, The Corsetry Capital: Force for Feminism or Whiff of Desperation?’ Star & Crescent, UK in Pompey Writes: The Best of Star & Crescent So Fa
‘Irukandji Roulette’, in Day of the Dead.
‘Green Mangoes’ inspired by Arthur Hunt and the Vervet Monkey Sanctuary, Limpopo, South Africa. [https://vervet.za.org/]
‘Christmas cranberries, ainsley-ts and a wooden fork’, Skin Two magazine.
‘The Meat Market’, performed at Brixton Bookjam.
‘Lost in Chefchaouen’, performed at Spark London.
‘The Hardware Store’, performed at The Erotic Book Club, London.
‘Horse Riding with a Dominatrix’, performed at Pop-Up Literary Salon.
Flash Fiction – Open Pen ‘War of the Words’ [Hackney, London, OpenPen.co.uk]
‘The Warehouse’, co-written with Beth Granville. Pilot episode for the BBC Trans Comedy Award competition.
‘Kiko & Eve’, animation screenplay.
‘Marylin Monroe’, short film screenplay.
‘London and the Grotesque’, World Literature Today, USA.
‘The Coral Rangers,’ Sport Diving magazine, Australia.
‘An art dealer’s perspective: Rene Gimpel on Hirst vs. Hockney, Tracey Emin & grown up art’ CultureKiddo.
‘Walking with the Wounded, Private JacoVan Gass on why he’s not taking a gold fish to the North Pole’, Playgirl UK.
‘Duchess of Cornwall to be Figurehead of English Wine’, Decanter.
World Wine Award Quiz (Alsace + Chardonnay + Champagne + Australia), Decanter.
‘London’s Luxury Escapism’, Murooj magazine.
‘Enrique Former of Marques de Caceres’, Decanter.
‘Notting Hill’, LateXtra magazine.
‘James Haskell, Naked on the Roof’, Playgirl magazine UK.
‘Les Dieux du Stade’, Playgirl magazine UK.
‘French Laundry Pops up in London’, Decanter.
‘Ben Eine & A Rebel’s Career Path’, Playgirl magazine UK.
‘Eating your way to homesickness’, International Association for Literary Journalism Blog.
‘Impure London’, Quintessentially magazine.
‘Men are thieving our Corsets,’ (column) Skin Two magazine.
‘Rise of the Barbie Doms,’(column) Skin Two magazine (Issue 62).
‘Interview with Abigail Greydanus, Latex Designer from LA’, Skin Two magazine (Issue 62).
‘I’m not a politician!’ Drag Queen Lilley White for CultureKiddo.
‘Wigs, Superman and Rope Bondage; undercover at the London Fetish Weekend Ball,’ Skin Two magazine.
‘Winter Scents’ Murooj magazine.
‘Shoes to Die For’ Stuart Thom, Footwear Designer of Ainsley-T from Milan, Skin Two magazine.
‘Interview with Louis Fleischauer, film and costume leatherwear designer AMF Korsets from Berlin’, Skin Two magazine.
‘The Erotic Chair’, Skin Two magazine,

Plays

‘A Day, A Life’ – Staged at the Corpus Christi Cambridge Playroom
‘Clean Conscience’ – Entered into Chesil Theatre 150th Anniversary 10X10
‘Beyond a Fairy Tale’ – Staged at the Cambridge Playroom
‘When Three Strings Make a Rope’ – shortlisted for the London Writing Competition.

Recent teaching:

MA Culture, Criticism and Curation, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
MA Fashion Culture and Communication, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
MA Performance, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
BA and MA Creative Writing, The University of Portsmouth

Podcasts

Express FM 97.3 Culture Show with James Sandy & Dave Allen. Features the writers Tessa Ditner, Matt Wingett and Diana Bretherick, broadcast Monday 27th October 2014, available as a podcast from http://kingofthebuttons.podbean.com/e/towards-the-point-series-4-show-2/

Art Reviews

‘Powers of Manipulation’ Tim Shaw (solo exhibition) at the Riflemaker Gallery, London (as my pseudonym Eeny Meeny Miny Mo) www.aqnb.com
‘Eggs & Keys on Toast’ David Shrigley (solo exhibition) at the Hayward Gallery, London (as Eeny Meeny Miny Mo) www.aqnb.com
‘Impress Me’ She Doesn’t Care at the EB&Flow Gallery, London (as Eeny Meeny Miny Mo) www.aqnb.com
‘Eye Sweeteners’ Remote Control at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (as Eeny Meeny Miny Mo) www.aqnb.com
‘Satellite String’ Bertille Bak (solo exhibition) at Nettie Horn Gallery, London (as Eeny Meeny Miny Mo) www.aqnb.com
‘Endangered Knowledge’ Palm Leaf Architecture of the United Arab Emirates at The Royal Geographical Society, London (as Eeny Meeny Miny Mo) www.aqnb.com
Selling Sex at SHOWStudio, London skintwo.co.uk
Art Erotica at Cork Street Open Exhibition, London culturekiddo.blogspot.co.uk
Vanitas: The Transience of Earthly Pleasure, 33 Portland Place, London
Art at The Last Tuesday Society

Writing Competition Judging

Short Story Competition Judge – The Portsmouth Short Story Competition 2016 and 2017

Theatre & Film Reviews

Cause Célèbre at the Old Vic, London
‘Shakespeare Milkshake’ at Arts Theatre, London
Madame Bovary at The Rosemary Branch Theatre, London
The Shoemaker’s Holiday at The Actor’s Church, Covent Garden, London
Du Goudron et des Plumes at the Barbican, London
House of Tolerance at Ciné Lumière, Institut français, London
The People Pile Studio Event by The People Pile at London Studio Centre, London
Gruntlers at Azerbaijani House, London
Nuit Demonia at The Moulin Rouge, Paris
Scented by Darkbloom Theatre at the Frameless Gallery, London
Paper Wings by the Beehive Theatre Company at The Space, London
Life’s a Drag featuring Drag Queen Cookie at Cellar Door, London
‘The Tarantino of Choirs’ Our Lady J at Soho Theatre, London
Orpheus in the Underworld by the Royal College of Music at the Britten Theatre, London
Public Interest by Clever by Clever at the New Diorama Theatre, London
The Biting Point at Theatre 503, London
Kojo at Soho Theatre, London
Baadinya at The Space, London
Pawnography at The Rose Theatre, London
More or Lesque/Major Suttle-Tease at Volupte Lounge, London
Agent Lynch and Friends at Studio 64, London
Brad Channer at Jewel Bar, London
‘A jackal and a diva on stage’ Pistol & Jack at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, London
The Folly Mixtures at Volupte Lounge, London
Better than Sex by Robert B Suda, London
Wam Bam Club at Cafe de Paris, London
Hocus Pocus at Proud Cabaret, London
Miranda at Tara Arts, London
London Alternative Fringe Festival Launch Show at Madame Jojos, London
East End Cabaret at Carnivalesque, London