About Me

I'm a displaced Mackem, living in that London and I support Sunderland AFC. I have been writing Coronation Street weekly updates for th'internet since 1995. The updates are funny, tongue-in-cheek and have their own blog and official website. I also write a Coronation Street monthly update for The Union Jack, the only national USA newspaper for British ex-pats. And I podcast a regular Coronation Street feature called Word on the Street for The Soap Show.


In 2008 I was commissioned to update Coronation Street: The Complete Saga, a novel by Katherine Hardy, with major events from the cobbles from 2003 to 2008, a five year update. The book is available via Amazon here. My name appears on an imprint page inside the book.

I graduated as a (very) mature student in 2001 with First Class (Hons) and a prize for excellence in communication after studying Journalism at the University of Sunderland. During my degree, my personal website, a spoof tabloid paper, was shortlisted for The Guardian Student Media Awards. I was also invited to work in the Coronation Street press office where I worked on the ITV book: Access All Areas: Behind the Scenes at Coronation Street. I also used to write freelance for the now defunct Coronation Street magazine.

After graduation I carried on my studies at postgrad level, discussing representation of femininity in Coronation Street - and if you're looking for academic sources of info, then a good place to start is the list I've compiled for Corrie net

From its inception in October 2005 to when I left it in September 2007 I was editor of Corrieblog. During my time as editor, Corrieblog was praised by The Guardian as Marvellous and twice by the Manchester Evening News as Excellent and Essential reading for Street fans.

I have also contributed to the official Coronation Street website for itv.com.

Please email me if you'd like to.