John Harris (critic)

John Harris (critic)

John Harris (born 1969) is a British journalist, writer, and critic. Harris was raised in Cheshire by two university lecturers and became fixated by pop music at an early age. In addition to writing, Harris often guests on television programmes concerned with late 80s/early 90s British pop music as well as being a regular pundit on BBC2's The Late Review. He lives in Hay on Wye on the Wales/Herefordshire border and occasionally makes guest appearances on BBC Radio Wales.

Professional writing career

John Harris spent three years at The Queen's College, Oxford and in 1991, Harris joined "Melody Maker". Between 1993 and the summer of 1995, Harris wrote for "NME". And in 1995, Harris was named editor of "Select" magazine after a brief stint with Q.

In 1995, Harris resumed his career as a freelance writer, writing about pop music, politics, and a variety of other subjects. His articles have appeared in Q, "Mojo", "Rolling Stone", "The Independent", the "New Statesman", "The Times", and "The Guardian."

Harris has written three books:
* "The Last Party: Britpop, Blair and the Demise of English Rock" was published in May 2003, by Fourth Estate. This led to his presenting a BBC4 documentary on the musical movement, The Britpop Story.
* "So Now Who Do We Vote For?" examined the 2005 UK general election.
* " The Dark Side Of The Moon: The Making Of The Pink Floyd Masterpiece"

External links

* [http://www.johnharris.me.uk/ Official Site]
* [http://sonowwhodowevotefor.blogspot.com/ So Now Who Do We Vote For? blog]
* [http://www.sonowwhodowevotefor.net/ So Now Who Do We Vote For? site]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnharris John Harris at Comment is Free] (The Guardian)


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