At The Lookout Tower, April 2016
I am a writer and teacher interested in the conversation between theology, philosophy, and the arts. I have taught Theology at Magdalen College School, Philosophy and Ethics at d'Overbroecks Sixth Form, and Religious Studies at Sherborne Girls in Dorset. I am now working on a practice-based Creative Writing doctorate at Goldsmiths.
I read Theology at the University of Oxford, and completed an MA in Creative Non-Fiction at UEA. I also have a performers' diploma in Viola performance. For many years I was a member of a monastic community in the Carmelite tradition. Before that, I studied electro-acoustic composition at IRCAM, in Paris, and worked for Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne.
More recently, I have published a variety of fiction and nonfiction writing, including extracts from a memoir of my father, the figurative painter William Coldstream, and have written for online journals, including the Oxonian Review. I have read and performed at arts festivals and multimedia events using original live and pre-recorded material.
I remain active locally as a musician, and am a member of a number of instrumental ensembles, such as the A440 Chamber Orchestra, and the Oxford String Quartet. I regularly participate in liturgical singing and cathedral choir tours. In 2016 I read from my memoir at the Lookout Tower, Aldeburgh, as part of a week-long residency at the venue. Since then I have been working on a novel, and have had poems published in three anthologies.
I read Theology at the University of Oxford, and completed an MA in Creative Non-Fiction at UEA. I also have a performers' diploma in Viola performance. For many years I was a member of a monastic community in the Carmelite tradition. Before that, I studied electro-acoustic composition at IRCAM, in Paris, and worked for Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne.
More recently, I have published a variety of fiction and nonfiction writing, including extracts from a memoir of my father, the figurative painter William Coldstream, and have written for online journals, including the Oxonian Review. I have read and performed at arts festivals and multimedia events using original live and pre-recorded material.
I remain active locally as a musician, and am a member of a number of instrumental ensembles, such as the A440 Chamber Orchestra, and the Oxford String Quartet. I regularly participate in liturgical singing and cathedral choir tours. In 2016 I read from my memoir at the Lookout Tower, Aldeburgh, as part of a week-long residency at the venue. Since then I have been working on a novel, and have had poems published in three anthologies.
The Oxford String Quartet at Blenheim