Author
Mark Blacklock
4 articles
Mark Blacklock is a novelist and cultural historian who teaches at Birkbeck. His novels I'm Jack and Hinton were both published by Granta.
Articles
The Beadlean Library
Legendary presenter Jeremy Beadle had a big secret hiding in his Oxfordshire mansion.
3 June 2025
Taxi Cab Confessionals
On the trail of Brian Richard Martin, the Yorkshire businessman and paedophile who bought a school.
18 April 2023
Mr Martin Bought the School
An investigation into Queen Ethelburga’s, a fee-paying school in Yorkshire, whose proprietor is a convicted paedophile.
18 April 2023
Everyman His Own Football
Hark at the golden age of DIY counterfeits.
25 May 2021