I love the intimacy and immediacy oF radio. You’re right there and SO AM I.  More than anything, I love listening.

I’m a regular on Radio 4 where, for a time, I hosted Front Row - Dolly Parton, Javier Marías and Brad Pitt were among my favourite guests. In 2023, I hosted Whose Truth Is It Anyway? which considered the truth we (don’t) tell in memoir, fiction and autofiction. In 2022. I made an Archive on 4 show for BBC Radio 4 looking at the history and future of Pride. In 2021, I hosted my own series for BBC Radio called Guide Books, which considered how books might help us with the messy business of living. Our themes included The Body and Grief and our guests included Sarah Perry and Helen Macdonald. The series was a ‘pick’ in the Radio Times, Guardian and Telegraph and you can catch is on BBC Sounds now. 

I’m also making stand-alone documentaries for radio and at work on a podcast (it is possible the world doesn’t need another one).

As well as hosting shows I’ve written plays and essays for radio.  These include Summer Son, a little ghost-love story about a gay student trapped on campus one summer because he can’t go home. And an essay for From Our Home Correspondent on my continued quest to find glow worms. I’m very proud of the documentary I made about Pride.

my literary Salon is still available as a podcast and features hundreds of readings and interviews including world premieres and UK firsts. You can listen here: