Meet The Team
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CONTACT SFX MAGAZINE
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Phone number (customer services)
01858 438794
Phone number (editorial team)
01225 442244
Postal address
SFX, Future Publishing, 30 Monmouth Street, Bath, BA1 2BW
General enquiries
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Everything else
Contact a team member below…
Dave Bradley, Editor-in-ChiefThis is who you’d meet if you demanded, “Take me to your leader”.
Email: dbradley@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Londoner Dave migrated west across the country in the 1990s to study medieval literature (don’t ask) and then to pursue a career writing, later editing, computing magazines. A lifelong SF fan, he joined SFX in May 2005 when the mag needed a new captain in the big chair, rejoicing at his chance to combine those years of magazine know-how with his absurd love of ’80s fantasy movies.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hawk the Slayer.
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, The X-Files, Heroes, Medium.
Likes: Coffee, chicken biryani, Parisian cafés, video games with decent plots.
Dislikes: DIY, soccer, invertebrates as food, slackers (get back to work!)
Nick Setchfield, Features EditorCommissions the features and profiles in the magazine.
Email: nick.setchfield@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Born to roam the world in pursuit of fabulous lost treasures but too attached to the concept of hot and cold running water. Lover, adventurer, poet and delusional fantasist.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Unbreakable, It’s A Wonderful Life, Superman The Movie, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: Doctor Who, The Avengers, American Gothic.
Likes: David Bowie, hot dogs, ’30s New York, dancing girls, Hanna-Barbera, ’70s French disco, old comic books, Marvin Gaye on a summer morning.
Dislikes: Endless hairy guitar solos, grapefruit juice, chip shop people who skimp on the salt and vinegar, the death of the great pop single.
Ian Berriman, Reviews EditorOrganises all our reviews of the latest films, DVDs, books and tat…
Email: ian.berriman@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Belligerent tyke Ian was briefly a researcher on some truly dreadful daytime TV programmes, working with legends like Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen and Cheryl Baker. He freelanced for SFX for a couple of years before joining the team full-time in March 2002.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Videodrome, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Dawn Of The Dead, Suspiria, The Thing From Another World, Danger: Diabolik.
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: Doctor Who, Star Trek, The Prisoner, Buffy, Angel, Sapphire And Steel, Firefly, Misfits, True Blood, Being Human.
Likes: Obscure indie records, cats, Tony Hancock, ‘70s punk rock, the smell of second-hand bookshops, alphabeticising things, Bill Hicks, windy autumn days, scarves, bitter, shouting, pistachios.
Dislikes: Pomposity, Leeds United, Heat magazine, the smell of tuna, people who wear sunglasses on top of their heads, blazing summer heat, hippy nonsense, grocers’ apostrophes.
Russell Lewin, Production EditorReads every single word in SFX, usually three or four times, checking they make sense/are factually correct/are funny/are legal. All the captions you like are written by him (all the ones you don’t aren’t).
Email: russell.lewin@futurenet.com
Biography: Born and bred in Newcastle Upon Tyne, then headed to London for uni and stayed there for far too long working on everything from Capital Radio to FHM to the Sunday Times to Kerrang! to Marie Claire… to all sorts of other crazy things. Escaped the madness of the capital in 2008 to come to Bath and by sheer happy accident – seriously – SFX were looking for a Production Editor about six weeks after he arrived.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Back To The Future, Back To The Future Part II, The Truman Show, Star Wars, A Clockwork Orange, The Birds, King Kong (1933), Frankenstein (1931), Bride Of Frankenstein, Dr Strangelove, Groundhog Day, Westworld and many more…
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: The Prisoner, Doctor Who, The Twilight Zone, Life On Mars, The Avengers (colour Diana Rigg episodes).
Likes: Real ale, Laurel and Hardy, curry, visiting new places, dogs, the Fab Four, Masterchef, Viz.
Dislikes: Injustice, rats, American sport, lager, noise, Jeremy Kyle, Piers Moron, dishonesty, snakes.
Jonathan Coates, Art EditorThe reason our mag looks so goddamn gorgeous…
Email: jonathan.coates@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Born in Durham City in 1975, Jonathan was raised on a diet of Newcastle Brown Ale, Stottie Cakes and Byker Grove. This accounts for his cast iron stomach and a penchant for girls named Spuggie.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Back to the Future, The Lost Boys, Total Recall, Donnie Darko, The Spy Who Loved Me
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: The Avengers, The X-Files, Moondial, Red Dwarf, Captain Caveman.
Likes: The Good Life, Casey Kasem, “Lord” Michael Ironside, sleeping, Pigs In Space, Roger Moore’s eyebrow.
Dislikes: Spam, sensible shoes, Attack Of The Clones, people who slag off Chevy Chase.
Catherine Kirkpatrick, Deputy Art EditorThe other half of the art team that makes our mag look so darn good.
Email: catherine.kirkpatrick@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Born in the seaside town of Weymouth. Studied graphic design degree at the Surrey. Institute of Art and Design in Epsom. Moved to Bath to work on Digital Home magazine before joining SFX on issue 134.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Donnie Darko, Shaun of the Dead, Jurassic Park, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Back to The Future, ET.
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: The X-Files, Lost, The Mighty Boosh, Misfits and Fringe.
Likes: Wes Anderson films, Arrested Development (especially GOB), Scrubs, ER, Owen Wilson, Peter Serafinowicz, Nick Hodgson from the Kaiser Chiefs, vodka and coke, Magma bookshop, live music, Paul Frank, chocolate.
Dislikes: First Class sections of trains (always empty!), tomatoes, tea and coffee, mess, Avid Merrion.
Richard Edwards, News EditorHe’ll fact you ’til you fart.
Email: redwards@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Luton-born, Staffordshire-bred and occasionally Welsh, Rich has always had a bit of an identity crisis. When a physics degree put him off physics he decided to have a crack at journalism, and spent four years on movie mag Hotdog before turning up on SFX’s doorstep. He is kind to animals and often helps old ladies across the road.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Back To The Future, Aliens, The Thing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Tremors, The Wrath Of Khan, Brazil, Donnie Darko, Moon, the Bill & Teds.
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: Battlestar Galactica (the new one), Doctor Who, Futurama, Babylon 5, Being Human, Misfits, Fringe, Pushing Daisies, Life On Mars/Ashes To Ashes, The Clangers.
Likes: Alan Partridge, pointless trivia, sciencey stuff (it’s much better when you don’t have to study it at uni), The Simpsons, the Coen brothers, Derby County, Welsh rugby, guitars, Looney Tunes logic, proper beer.
Dislikes: Reality TV, people who are famous for being famous, the proposed closure of BBC 6Music, hot drinks, characterless identikit pubs, laughter tracks.
Jordan Farley, Staff WriterOur newest recruit, a young writer destined for great things (like picking up the slack when we go to the pub)
Email: jordan.farley@futurenet.com
Biography: Born and raised in the darkest depths of north-west England before defecting to the Welsh Valleys, Jordan spent the past four years as a student in a valiant attempt to avoid all grown-up responsibilities and watch films all day. Got his first job writing for SFX shortly after finishing university.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: The Empire Strikes Back, Aliens, 2001, The Thing, Forbidden Planet, Blade Runner, T2, Ghostbusters, Wall-E.
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: Battlestar Galactica, The Prisoner, Supernatural, True Blood, Lost, Buffy, Carnivale, Firefly, Futurama, Red Dwarf.
Likes: Fish and chips, rock music, swimming pools, walking on dry leaves, Blu-ray, a warm bed on a cold night, Chuck Norris’s beard.
Dislikes: Pop music, onions, buses, hands free kits, expensive pubs, anyone who says a bad word about Chuck Norris.
Dave Golder, Online And Special Projects EditorIn charge of SFX stuff that’s not in SFX (if that makes sense…)
Email: dgolder@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: “I was born in the wagon of a travellin’ show, my mama used to dance for the money they’d throw, papa would do whatever he could…” Ah no, that’s a Cher song. Staines (school), Canterbury (uni), London (first job), Windsor (stalked the Queen), Bath (got job at Future). Discovered SF through Star Wars and Space Themes by Geoff Love and his Orchestra. Wrote 13 scripts for Doctor Who. None accepted. Hell, none actually submitted. Edited SFX for a while.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Forbidden Planet, Spider-Man 2, Night Of The Demon, An American Werewolf In London, Videodrome, The Thing (John Carpenter’s), Blade Runner: The Final Cut (which made it near perfect).
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: The Prisoner, Doctor Who, Angel, Heroes, The Clangers, Medium, Farscape, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Chuck, The Middleman, QI.
Likes: Otters, Converse All-Stars, food (except tomatoes), the music of Kate Bush, Doctor Who.
Dislikes: Westbury train station, The Daily Mail, Reebok Classics, organic bananas that come in polythene packaging.
Advertise with SFX
With a certified circulation of 31,342 (source: ABC), SFX is the best-selling science fiction/fantasy magazine. But we’re not just the market leader in our sector: we’re miles ahead of the competition.
Our readers are dedicated SF and fantasy fans, and spend a great deal of money on their interest. So if you have an SF, fantasy or horror product that you want to promote, you should consider getting it some exposure in the pages of our magazine.
To find out more about advertising in SFX, call Adrian Hill, on 01225 442244. His email is below. He can tell you about advertising here on the website too.
Adrian Hill, Advertising Manager
He’s seen things you people wouldn’t believe…
Email: adrian.hill@futurenet.co.uk
Biography: Ade grew up all over the UK and like most boys in the ’70s was Star Wars and Doctor Who crazy. Once became a Pontins Bluecoat before spending two years as a Club 18-30 rep in the Canary Islands. Ade has been with SFX for about 113 years, starting with the very first edition.
Favourite SF/fantasy films: Original Star Wars, Jaws, Blade Runner, Superman, Alien(s), The Goonies, Star Trek (2009) and many more
Favourite SF/fantasy TV: Classic and new Doctor Who, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Torchwood, Heroes, Top Gear
Likes: Depeche Mode, curry, classic British comedy, Manchester United, a good party, fast cars
Dislikes: Spiders, the three Star Wars prequels, Lost (got bored!), slow drivers
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