My Story 

Like most teenagers, I fell in love with music. I learned to play the guitar, wrote songs and sang on my own and in bands. Then, at the age of 19, I became self-conscious and stopped singing in public. The longer I didn’t sing, the harder it was to start again and yet the more I wanted to do it. 

 

Years passed. I became a successful TV and radio scriptwriter, at one point introducing Kat Slater to Albert Square on Eastenders. I also worked as a theatre musician, writing songs for hit shows, like The Nutcracker at Theatre Royal Bath.  But these were always songs for other people to sing; the longing to sing my own songs remained as strong as ever.

 

Eventually, in 2016, I stepped on stage at Bristol Old Vic Theatre and sang to  500 people. Then, I went on a tour that took me to pubs, clubs, festivals and theatres around the UK and Europe. This became the subject of a play on BBC Radio 4 and the acclaimed memoir On the Road Not Taken (“Rammed with the thrills of recognition” Mark  Ellen), telling the story of  my childhood passion for  music and all the things that had got in the way ever since.

 

In 2019 I released my debut EP Fire In the Darkness, which has achieved more than 100k streaming listeners and made friends around the world. But there was still one thing missing, and that was to make a full-length album and for that to be released on vinyl. Hope is the Horizon makes the journey complete.

 

Hope is the Horizon was released on vinyl + streaming on 2nd May 2025. It is an album of 10 acoustic songs about  love, loss and getting older, with a range of influences from Laura Marling, Leonard Cohen to Frank Turner. It is the work of a mature songwriter who finds unusual angles on familiar things but always retains a sense of hope.  The record was produced by Frank Naughton in Ty Dwrg Studio in Cardiff and features collaborations with long term musical partners, Ian Harris (violin) and Fred Gregory (Mandolin). There are also contributions from Pete Judge (flugelhorn), Sarah Moody (cello) and Cara Ludlow (additional vocals).