David Matthews Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England Metropolitan Area

I write books and produce documentaries.

London, England, United Kingdom

Currently editing the fascinating memoir-cum-life hack of a leading global record company exec.

Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

The boxing ring has long been a compelling site for artists. It has produced many books, songs, paintings and films.What is it about the fight that speaks to artists through the ages and why do some contemporary artists respond so vividly to its grit, history and contest?Shadow Boxer will highlight this cultural fascination and showcase the work of contemporary Australian artists who explore ideas of race, gender and class and the sheer physicality of Boxing in their work.

London, England, United Kingdom

The philosophy behind DAC at CSM is linked to a practice-led socially responsive (1) design research agenda that posits crime as a theme that can be addressed by methodologies generated by ‘social design’ (2) (also referred to as ‘Socially Useful Design’ or ‘Design for Society’) (3). The approach comprehends that, because crime is not carbon neutral, any design address also demands attention to multiple drivers, including those used to measure sustainability (4). The Centre’s focus is based on the understanding that design thinking, as well as design practice, can and should address security issues without compromising functionality and other aspects of performance, or aesthetics. In everyday language, secure design has to be user-friendly whilst abuser-unfriendly, but it doesn’t have to look criminal or even ugly.DAC aims to:1. Demonstrate why ‘secure design doesn’t have to look criminal’ via practice-led design and social innovation benchmarks aimed at public space and the public realm.2. Reduce the incidence and adverse consequences of crime through the design of products, services, communications and environments that are ‘fit for purpose’ and contextually appropriate.3. Equip design practitioners with the cognitive and practical tools and resources to design out crime.4. Address ‘environmental complicity’ with crime in the built environment to reduce crime and increase the wellbeing of individuals and build sustainable communities.5. Prove and promote the social and commercial benefits of designing out crime to manufacturing and service industries, as well as to those concerned with the ‘social economy’.6. Transfer successful practice and the DAC methodology, which have a strong evidence base of success, to other social issues to be addressed by design (such as health, ageing, climate change and finance) via our Socially Responsive Design and Innovation Hub (SRVD). Also to encourage PhD research on these issues.

London Area, United Kingdom

Edited the rags to riches memoir of Simon Woolley, aka Lord Woolley of Woodford.

London, England, United Kingdom

Both memoir and call-to-arms, Tribes explores both the benign and malign effects of our need to belong. How this need – genetically programmed and socially acquired – can manifest itself in positive ways, collaboratively achieving great things that individuals alone cannot. And yet how, in recent years, globalisation and digitisation have led to new, more pernicious kinds of tribalism. This book is a fascinating and perceptive analysis of not only the way the world works but also the way we really are.

London, England Metropolitan Area

Authored "Voices of the Windrush Generation".

London, England, United Kingdom

Tony Long was the best ‘shot’ the Met ever had. Under the codename ‘Echo 7’, he was ‘licenced to kill’ bringing down scores of targets, sometimes with deadly force. In 1985 he opened fire on a suspect to save a four-year-old girl whose mother had been stabbed to death by her assailant. Two years later he was involved in another high profile shooting while confronting three armed criminals. On both occasions Tony was commended by the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. But in the spring of 2005, coming face to face with suspected drug dealer and armed robber Azelle Rodney, a volley of point blank shots would bring his career crashing to an end, tarnish his reputation and leave him fighting a murder charge and possible life sentence.

Weymouth, England, United Kingdom

AquaVoltaic is a commentary on the commercial use and abuse of water, and a satire of globalisation and popular media. After buying a consignment of water from a shady Nigerian in Sierra Leone, quixotic Afro-Caribbean ‘businessman’ John Jay-Jay Joseph attempts to smuggle his booty through London and Essex to Outback Australia, where he intends to sell it to a mysterious Aboriginal tribe with magical realist ambitions. But when Jay-Jay’s bizarre plans go awry, the transaction between him and the other ‘ethnics’ unravels a darkly comic tale that raises questions about racial stereotyping, global trade, and the mutating qualities of H2O.Film Duration: 23 mins

London, England, United Kingdom

David Lammy MP predicted the riots of 2011 a year before they took place. Following the violence he spoke passionately for his constituents. In Out of the Ashes he sets out the causes and implications of the disturbances.He draws on his experience of growing up in Tottenham – the area he now represents and the place where the riots began. He introduces the human stories behind the television pictures and newspaper headlines. Above all, he seeks to explain why the breakdown of law and order was so swift and so widespread, offering a way forward for Britain that is both practical and inspiring.

Southend-On-Sea, England, United Kingdom

Still: Conflict, Conservation and Contemplation was an exhibition of new works made by artists in relation to the economics, politics, ownership and contested nature of global water supplies in the era of climate change, which included a collaborative series of works titled "Aquavoltaic" made by myself and Sydney-based British artist, Paul Howard.

London, England, United Kingdom

Whatever happened to middle England? Two of our funniest writers set out on a journey through conservative country - with hilarious results. The Women's Institute. Polo matches. The Duke of Edinburgh. Nimbys, shooting and game fairs. Pall Mall clubs, the Countryside Alliance and Boris Johnson. Hampshire Police's brass band, the rubber chicken circuit - and of course the Conservative party itself. Middle England, with all the social rituals, institutions and traditions that hold it together, has lasted for a long time. And Chris Horrie and David Matthews, two left-leaning journalists - Chris is from Manchester and David's parents are from Guyana - are fascinated by it. So off they go, armed with two ballpoints and a sharp sense of humour, to see what they can see. Sometimes, it's as simple as hanging out at the proms, munching scones with the vicar at a village cricket match, or chatting with Michael Howard. And other times, a bit more guile is needed - so Chris and David baffle Conservative party members by helping out with their campaigns. With backgrounds as investigative reporters, the authors infiltrate Middle England and capture its denizens at their least guarded.What they find is at times cheering, and sometimes a bit worrying - but it is always very entertaining. True Blue is Bill Bryson meets Spitting Image - and a must-read for fans of John O'Farrell, Private Eye and Jon Ronson.

London, England, United Kingdom

David Matthews, author of the critically acclaimed LOOKING FOR A FIGHT, needed a fresh challenge after he had recovered from being a professional boxer. Drawn to the slightly shady appeal of greyhound racing, and not averse to making some easy money, he decided to learn the tricks of the trade from the inside and buy a greyhound. Unfortunately Zussies Boy, aka Kevin, turned out to be something of a dud, and Matthews soon found out the hard way that in the world of greyhound racing there is only one winner – the hare.

London, England, United Kingdom

... journalist David Matthews was given a commission to write a feature about boxing. As he ventured into this closed subculture, he became fascinated by the hardened characters who inhabited it – and found that they were unwilling to talk to outsiders.An average guy, of average fitness, he decided to take them on at their own game and began a two year training programme with the aim of achieving a level of fitness where he could have just one fight.At that time boxing was seen as a violent, outdated sport that was the last bastion of rabid machismo. But in the years since, helped by the global status of superstars such as Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury, boxing has come to be seen as the ultimate physical and psychological athletic challenge. And what was once exclusively male terrain has grown in appeal amongst women as a martial art which can deliver a level of strength and mental toughness unparalleled in other sports.Matthews pursues his goal with humour and determination. He diets, he works out, he learns how to punch properly and how to take a punch, and he observes the boxing scene with wit, grit and emotion, peppered with self deprecating charm. Well ahead of the game, it’s this journey of self discovery that makes this remarkable account of boxing from within such a compelling read.

Fellowship, Socially Responsive Design And Communication, Fellow

Activities and Societies: Design Against Crime Research Centre

Ma Journalism, Journalism, Merit

Post-Graduate Diploma (Pgdip) In Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Merit

Ba (Hons) Business Studies, Marketing And Communications, 2:1

Nctj Print Journalism/Nvq Print Journalism, Journalism, Merit