I am a non-fiction writer, biographer, translator and (occasional) composer. I worked for many years in the House of Commons Library. My publications include Hofmannsthal and Greek Myth (2002), a translation of Frank Wedekind’s novella Mine-Haha (2010), studies of the work of Sandy Denny (2011), Helen Mirren (2019), Laura Nyro (2022) and Michael Arlen (2023), as well as a volume of essays, Instead of a Critic (2022). A contributor to a number of arts journals, I live in Cambridge, where I am a Senior Member of Wolfson College.