about.

After graduating from the University of Glasgow with a degree in Politics and Sociology in 2002, I began my writing career as a journalist that same year — and today I have also established myself as an author, biographer and curator.

As an internationally published journalist (with bylines in the likes of Abu Dhabi's The National, The Guardian, The Irish Times, Maclean's, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Christian Science Monitor & BBC online) I have written most often for Al Jazeera English (AJE) for whom I also served as a Senior Producer in its online team on the Europe desk in 2023/24.

Among my many journalistic commissions, I have reported from Cairo on Egypt's street children, Amman on Jordan's honour killing crisis, Beirut on the Lebanese resistance group, Hezbollah, Madrid on the plight of refugees in Spain and Freetown on Sierra Leone's single leg amputee football club. I have also been commissioned by UNICEF Egypt and UNICEF Tunisia to compose human interest stories for their fundraising information packs.

More recent career highlights by year:
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2026
— Played a leading role in the curation of BEAUTIFUL DREAMERS: The Art of James & Marguerite McBey art exhibition in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, in March 2026.
— Completed, after 13 months work, the (1909-1959) James McBey diary transcription project for Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.
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2025
— Began my Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museum-commissioned James McBey transcription project.
— Co-wrote a full-length film script (based on my book) with Malcolm McGonigle, a writer from Netflix's The Crown.
— Played a leading role in the curation of the James McBey: His Art, His World art exhibition in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire.
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2024
— Founding member of the James McBey Project team.
— Ended my 2023/2024 stint as a Senior Producer for Al Jazeera English online.

2023
— Co-curated the SHADOWS & LIGHT art exhibition (based on my book) at Aberdeen Art Gallery from Feb. to May 2023.
— Began my stint as a Senior Producer for Al Jazeera English online.
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2022
— My first authored book, SHADOWS & LIGHT: The Extraordinary Life of James McBey, was published in Dec. 2022 by Scotland Street Press after 2 ½ years' research, writing and editing.‍

Both my book and the exhibitions have garnered significant media coverage, such as from ARTMAG, The Guardian, The Press & Journal, The Sunday National, The National in Abu Dhabi, The Sunday Post, BBC Radio Scotland and STV news.

Since 2022, I have to date delivered 14 separate lectures/talks/exhibitions related to my book:

— (EXHIBITION) Beautiful Dreamers: The Art of James and Marguerite McBey, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire (14 March to 15 March 2026)

— (EXHIBITION) James McBey: His Art, His World exhibition, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire (20 September to 21 September 2025)

— (TALK) The T.E. Lawrence Society symposium, RAF Museum Hendon, London (21 September 2024)
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— (TALK/GUIDE) The James McBey Tourist Trail, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire (28 January 2024)
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— (TALK) Newburgh Village Hall, Aberdeenshire (The James McBey Project Launch — 27 January 2024)
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— (TALK) Aberdeen Central Library, Aberdeen (Book Week Scotland — 13 November 2023)
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— (TALK) Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco (1 June 2023)
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— (TALK) Newburgh Village Hall, Aberdeenshire (7 May 2023)
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— (TALK) Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen (15 April 2023)
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— (ONLINE TALK) Scottish Society for Art History (Zoom — 21 March 2023)
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— (ONLINE TALK) Egyptian Expeditionary Force in WWI Society (Zoom — 7 March 2023)

— (EXHIBITION) The Shadows & Light art exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery (11 Feb. to 28 May 2023)
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— (TALK/DISCUSSION) The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh (15 Dec. 2022)
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— (BOOK LAUNCH/DISCUSSION) The Gallery Bookshop, Glasgow (Book launch — 2 Dec. 2022)