Poet, essayist, and London-living Scot, originally from Edinburgh.

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My poetry and prose has appeared in journals such as The Dark Horse, Poetry London, the Times Literary Supplement, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Hopkins Review, New Writing Scotland, and elsewhere.

I work as Director of Campaigns at a charity, the Howard League for Penal Reform, and I’m currently Chair of The Poetry Society. I am also co-editor of the digital poetry journal Bad Lilies.