Past work and testimonials
Testimonials:
“always excellent” – Newsweek
“great and even-handed” – The BBC
“essential” – The Observer blog
“consistently excellent” – The Financial Times
“intriguing and well-written” – European Voice
“In the often fractious and shouty world of Britain’s political blogs, J Clive Matthews’ balanced, informed and entertaining writing on British and European politics manages to rise above the murk – whatever part of the political spectrum you live on.” – The Metro
Publications worked on/for include:
Britain magazine, De Vere Deluxe, DuVin, The English Garden, Eve, Heritage, Heritage Cities Planner, HFM Week, InBritain, The Law Gazette, London Map & Guide, London Planner, Mal Life, Newsweek, Pocket Films, The Press Gazette, Realm, So British, Starburst, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times Literary Supplement
Organisations worked for include:
AOL UK, Archant, BBC Worldwide, Bluequest Media, Definitely Mably, East-West Consulting, the European Commission, Free Features, Gibson Square Books, Haymarket, the House of Commons, the Law Society, News International, openDemocracy, Pageant Media, Pocket Films, ProductSifter, Publicis-Blueprint, Romsey Publishing, Virgin Publishing, Visual Imagination, WordAppeal
Film reviews have appeared in over 100 publications, including:
The Belfast Telegraph, The Big Issue, The Birmingham Post, The Bristol Post, The Cambridge Evening News, The Camden New Journal, The Dublin Informer, The Hackney Gazette, The Ham & High, The Hammersmith & Fulham News, The Irish News, The Liverpool Post, The Manchester Evening News, The Metro, The Newcastle Journal, The Oxford Journal, Pink News, The South London Press, The Sussex Express, Wales on Sunday, The West Midlands Press, The Western Daily Press, and The Yorkshire Post.
Six years’ blogging experience:
Named runner-up in the 2005 Guardian Political Weblog Awards; shortlisted in the 2004 Deutsche Welle international “Bobs” blog awards; shortlisted in the 2005 and 2008 Weblog Awards; quoted in/linked to by the Guardian, Times, BBC, Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent, Sun, Metro, American Spectator, Financial Times Deutschland, New York Observer, Ottawa Citizen, La Stampa, Le Croix, Salon.com, Slate.
Specialties:
- Quick and accurate editing and subbing (especially structural)
- Flexible writing style for a broad range of audiences (subjects ranging from Big Brother to the politics of the European fringe)
- Planning and translating print content for the web
- Strong visual sense (professional experience of magazine and web design, plus photography)
- Presenting in-depth research accessibly and coherently
- Ability to work across books, magazines and the internet equally well
Books:
2007 - Editor, Blowing Up Russia by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky (revised edition)
2007 - Co-author, Virgin Film: Tim Burton (second edition)
2007 - Editor, Nixon: A Life by Jonathan Aitken
2006 - Contributor, The Blog Digest 2007 (ed. Justin McKeating)
2005 - Editor, The Riches of Michelangelo by Rab Hatfield
2005 - Contributor, 2005: Blogged (ed. Tim Worstall)
2004 – Co-author, The Lord of the Rings: The films, the books, the radio series
2003 - Editor, Silent Victims: Gordon Rowe and the abuse in the Longcare Case by John Pring
2002 – Co-author, Virgin Film: Tim Burton
2001 - Contributor, Crushguide (ed. James Piesse)