CURRICULUM VITAE FOR PHIL EDWARDS
Based: Manchester, England
e: research at amroth dot zetnet dot co dot uk
Freelance writer, researcher and editor
Areas of expertise: twentieth-century European history; Italian politics; political extremism and terrorism; computing.
Selected work
Chapter on the Right in power in Italy (2001-4), Southern European Politics and Society, forthcoming
D-Day comment (TV appearance), GMTV, June 2004
Channel Four, Don't Panic (educational site on terrorism; 3000 words), 2004
e-Pro magazine, "WebWords" (award-winning column on e-business), 2002-4
BBCi, World War II Remembrance site (five topics; 18000 words), 2003
Channel Four, Real Lives (nineteen biographies; 25000 words), 2000-2003
BBCi, Timeline of English history, 1066-1832 (12000 words), 2002
Channel Four, Secret History (four topics, 6000 words), 2000
"Culture is a way of life" (on Raymond Williams), Red Pepper, August 1999
Interview with Mark Thomas, Red Pepper, April 1999
Interview with Tony Wilson, socialist, 12/2/1992
Numerous book reviews for Independent, Red Pepper, New Statesman, Tribune and others (1988-2004).
Features, columns and humour articles on IT-related topics for Computing, IT Week and others (1999-2004).
Complete list of published work
Education
Ph.D, Salford University. Thesis currently receiving corrections; final submission due July 2004.
Thesis title: Struggling to protest: the Italian Communist Party and the protest cycle, 1972-77.
M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History, Salford University; pass with distinction (1998). Included modules on the British intelligence services, Nazi Germany and collaboration and resistance in World War II.
B.A. (Hons) in English, Cambridge University, grade 2.i. (1982)
Employment
From 1/1996 to 12/1998 I edited NEWS/400.uk (now iSeries NEWS UK), a monthly magazine for users of the IBM AS/400 computer platform.
Previously I was employed in IT for several years (systems design, data analysis, system administration).
Other information
I have worked at different times for the Socialist Society (Chair 1989-90), the fortnightly newspaper socialist (Books Editor 1992-3) and the magazine Red Pepper (Culture Editor 1998-2000).
I read Italian, French and Spanish.
Interests include music (contemporary and folk), visual arts, architecture.