Andrew is available for news commentary, product reviews and opinion/history pieces on:
- Drones (regular contributor to Drone Magazine UK)
- Consumer technology (PCs, media systems, mobile communications)
- TV, film, and animation (science fiction, comedy, horror/thrillers)
- Music (alternative, industrial, rock/metal, rock & roll)
- Anything else you think he might be excited about working on.
If you have a project you want to contact me about, please send an email to raggedyman@gmail.com
Commissioned Factual Works
Drone Magazine: Issues 1 onwards, average of ten pages per issue. Samples available on request.
- News: From issue 2 onwards, 6 pages of content covering developments in the Drone/UAV market. Includes email and phone contact with company representatives, event organisers, technology developers, representative bodies, and government agencies
- Reviews: Hands on reviews and assessment of low to medium level drones
- Interviews: Extended phone or email interview with notable members of the drone industry
- Highlights
- Issue 11: "DJI Go update", interview with industry leading company on product changes
- Issue 10: "FAA 107" two page coverage and interviews on changes to USA drone law and 4 page review of the Ghost 2.0
- Issue 9:"Talent Show", interview about drones on Britain's Got Talent and "Above the Law" interview with Kornel Flint about drone incident that made national press
- Issue 8: "DIY Drones" 4 page interview with North Wales RC on home drone making and "The Crash That Never Was" on the Heathrow drone incident
- Issue 7: "3DR The Inside Story" 2 page interview with Roger Sollenberger on market repositioning of major drone producer
- Issue 6: "Pocket Rocket" 2 page interview with Sal Irigoyen, follow up to CES and coverage of product development,
- Issue 5: "Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 3.0" 4 page review.
- Issue 4: "Parrot Bebop 2" front cover article and 4 page review. "CES Report" six page coverage of industry event in USA
- Issue 1: "Drone Regulation" first of ongoing series of articles and commentary sections on drone regulations, in both USA/UK/Europe and globally
- Reviews: Issue 1– Revell Proto Quad, Issue 2 – Trndlabs Nano Pro, Issue 3 – Trndlabs Hexa and Mini Drone, Issue 4 – Parrot Bebop 2, Issue 5 – Extreme Fliers Micro Drone 3.0, Issue 6 – Realflight Drone Sim (software) and Revell X-Spy 2.0, Issue 7 – Revell Steady Quad Cam
Submitted and Published Satire/Comedy
- Brexit Marriage Counselling service advises everyone to divorce, immediately - Newsthump.com
- "We're not killer clowns" confirm Goths - Newsthump.com
- ‘UK can win Eurovision’ announce people who clearly haven’t heard the song yet - Newsthump.com
- ‘Are you both trying to lose?’ public asks EU referendum campaigns - Newsthump.com
- "Best-Preserved Bronze Age Dwellings" go on sale for half a million each - Newsthump.com
- People who like Batman Vs Superman to be given police protection - Newsthump.com
- Green party calls for the Polititron coalition-bot to ASSEMBLE! - Newsthump.com
- Operation Yewtree investigates Leave campaign over plan to f*ck a generation of kids - Newsthump.com
- “What financial crisis?” asks Mad Max survival gear salesmen - Newsthump.com
- ‘You’re going to miss him…a lot’ as Paul Daniels passes away - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
- Amazon delivery drones to autodetect when you’re not at home - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
- Bernie Sanders supporters make astonishing advances in mathematics whilst trying to prove he can still win - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
- Labour shake-up completes purge of voters from the party - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
- Tennis corruption investigation to focus on price of strawberries and cream - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
- New fizzy drink tax leads to black market ‘street’ Vimto - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
- ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ followed by ‘Do some work or you’re fired Tuesday’ - Newsthump.com (co-writer)
Commissioned Fiction
- M*A*Z*H, The Mammoth Book Of Zombie Comics
Published Critiques
- Film Review: Technotise: Edit & I – Dragondark
- TV Review: American Horror Story Coven (UK DVD) – Cult TV Times
- Film Review: Hardware (25th Anniversary Edition, UK DVD) – Dragondark
- TV History: The Highwayman – Cult TV Times (sample available upon request)
- Animation Review: Blood Lad (UK BD) – Cult TV Times
- Music Review: Bhorgesia, "And Man Created God" – Midlands Metalheads
Self Published Factual Works
- News Commentary: The Imminent Death of Nightclubs
- Event Coverage: Breakout Festival, 2015