 | Author of hit book Stand By Your Manhood, which was serialised in the Daily Mail and subsequently named their Book of the Week. He was previously the copywriter at Madonna’s PR company, MBC, and worked with Simon Fuller’s 19 Management in New York. He is also a regular pundit on Sky News and BBC Radio. Originally from Liverpool, he is now based in London. |
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