Curriculum Vitae
Philip James Moss
Brook Farm, Cwmcarvan NP25 4JP
@mossleather
Objective
To obtain representation for my comic novel, Flogging The Field II: Revenge!
Publications
* Comic novel: Flogging The Field: Where Country Life Meets Low Life (Skycat Publications 2015)
Writing Experience
* Monthly magazine column: Fair Game, a comedic review of game fairs and country show in Gun Trade News (Future Publishing) 2006-present
* Monthly magazine column: Carnage Sporting, diary of fictional gun shop owner in Gun Trade News (Future Publishing) 2012-2013
* Monthly magazine column: Quentin Vapor, diaries of a bibulous old soak in the classical music industry in Music Industry News (Blaze Publishing) 2013-2014
* Restaurant reviewer: Les Routiers Guide, 2004-2006
* Restaurant reviewer: AA Restaurant and AA Pub Guide, 2006-2008
* Restaurant reviewer: Waitrose Magazine, 2005-2007
* B&B Inspector: Sawday’s Special Places To Stay, 2007-2009
* Restaurant reviewer: Wine Magazine, 2004-2008
* Features writer: In-flight magazines including British Airways, Easy Jet & Qatar, 2002-2007
* Features writer: Various in-house magazines including Wetherspoons News & Institute of Chartered Accountants, 2011-2013
* Food writer: recipes and food history in CLA Magazine, 2002
* Monthly magazine column: Robert Fludd On Asia in One To One, B2B magazine for the optical disc industry, 1996-2001
Other Relevant Experience
Founder of Three Monkeys Technology (San Ho Jin Gong Si), Chinese agency to sell optical disc technology in China, 1997-2003
Head of Asian Operations, Nimbus Technology & Engineering, developers and sellers of laser mastering lathes, 1994-1997
Head of PR for Nimbus Records, writing international press materials for this niche classical music label, 1990-1994
Lobbyist for PPA, a parliamentary lobbying company, specialising in Far East and Africa accounts, 1987-1990
Speech writer for Sir Martin Jacomb & Lord Camoys at Barclays de Zoete Wedd, during the deregulation of The City of London financial markets, 1986-1987
Researcher at the Conservative Research Department, covering House of Lords Questions and Liberal/SDP policy, 1984-1986
Secretary of the Conservative Philosophy Group, 1982-1983
Managing Editor of the Salisbury Review, 1982-1983
Speech writer for Jonathan Aitken MP, 1982-1983
Education
School Of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, part-time MSc in Politics & Economics of South East Asia, 1989-1990 (not completed)
Shakespeare Institute, MA in Shakespearean Studies, 1981-1982
University of Buckingham, Licence in History, Politics and English Literature, 1979-1981
Universitaet des Saarlands, Licence in Constitutional Law, 1978-1979
Aylesbury College of Further Education, 1973-1976
Berkhamsted School, 1966-1972