Imagine a TV studio audience cheering while a game show host cheerfully dismantles what’s left of the planet. Imagine a world where it’s tiresome that “Jonny tried to kill himself again today,” or you go on a wild adventure with destruction goddess Kali, after you’ve been turned into a Sindy doll (TM). Where the annoying Glaswegian raver next to you who keeps asking for a lighter won’t stop talking about religion – and now he’s making a Molotov cocktail. Or after years of being ‘good’ without reward, trolling on the internet not only makes you feel better and boosts your career, but sucks you into a devil’s pact you can’t get out of.
This is the medium I work in — that gap between what we say, what we know, and what we do: with the lights down. It’s work designed to stay with audiences for life.
My work’s about what people do with power – of any sort. I tell dark – and often funny – human stories that have deep roots in the real world. As well as being a professional writer for a couple of decades, I’ve spent 30 years working in strategic communications and political campaigning, in every sector and across many continents. I know how power talks to itself when it thinks no one is listening. And I know how good people will do all they can – before they resort to telling themselves, my ends justify my means….
What have I done? Let’s see.
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