Hello, my name is Sam

I am a writer and broadcaster from London.

My new book ‘Sort Your Head Out - Mental Health Without All The Bollocks’ is out now. Check out the books section for links etc.

Increasingly, I talk and write about issues surrounding mental health and addiction. I also consult with businesses on how to improves mental health conversations among employees. Get in touch via my contact page if you’d like to work with me.

I am the co-host of the Top Flight Time Machine podcast (over 20 million downloads and counting) and I write and podcast regularly about mental health via The Reset (which you can check out here)

My three previous books were: Get Smashed - The Story Of The Men Who Made The Ads That Changed Our Lives (Sceptre, 2007), Night Of The Living Dad (John Murray, 2009) and Mad Men And Bad Men (Faber, 2015).

My writing has appeared in The Guardian, Observer, The Sunday Times, Independent, Daily Telegraph, NME, Q, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, the New Statesman and numerous others.

I have spent years as a broadcaster both in radio and TV. I have hosted numerous shows on BBC 5Live, BBC London and talkSPORT and presented documentaries for BBC Three and Channel 4. From 2016-2018 I hosted the drive time show on Talk Radio, covering the Brexit referendum, two general elections and the 2016 US Presidential Election, live from Washington DC.

From 2009 until 2011 I was editor-in-chief of heat magazine.

Between 2013 and 2015 I was editor-in-chief of Comedy Central UK.

I recently aquired a Level 2 certificate in counselling skills, accredited by the BACP. I am also an ambassador for the mental health chairty, CALM.

Links to my recent writing and podcasting, plus my books, in the menu above. Drop me a note if you want. Bye.