I write about food, cities and the people who run them
Writer and editor in Manchester. I also edit books for small publishers, usually non-fiction.
Manchester
About
I've written for local papers, food magazines and a few books, mostly about who runs the places we eat and shop, and how.
I take on two or three editing projects a year, from proposal to final proofs.
Recent work
The last tripe dresser
Northern Food Quarterly
Essay
2026
A day with one of the last people in the north west still dressing tripe by hand.
Market Street
Common Press
Book, editor
2025
A history of one street told through its shopkeepers.