I’m a writer, teacher and editor from the UK who’s been living and working in Japan since Feb 2020. Doing one last bit of traveling around Kyushu before heading home at the start of May. I love hiking, swimming, snorkeling, yoga, nature, reading, music and having beers with friends!

Music, Movies, and Books

Sufjan Stevens, Tame Impala, Father John Misty, War on Drugs, Joanna Newsom, Ought, Adult Jazz, James Blake, Future Islands, Songs: Ohia, Deerhunter, Beirut, Iron and Wine, M. Ward, Radiohead, The National, Spoon, Destroyer. Older favourites: Pulp, Madness, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, John Martyn, Velvet Underground, Etta James, Fleetwood Mac, ect. ect. y'know the type.
Fave films: Withnail & I, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Spirited Away, most stuff by Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson...
Books: Literature student so I adore to read. Donna Haraway, Oreo, Three Men in a Boat, Margaret Atwood, Richard Powers, Ursula K Le Guin.
Tv: Broad City, Better Things, The Office, Big Mouth, Peep Show, Green Wing, Black Books, Mad Men, Parks n Rec, The Simpsons (old), Rick and Morty, Bob's Burgers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in Japan; realising a life-long dream!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Beers. Traveling stories. An almost faultless memorised catalogue of Friends quotes. Plenty of laughs.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Morocco, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

England, Japan, Sweden