If variety is the spice of life, then my journalism career is a vindaloo. Books, music, film, real estate - chances are I've written about and got an opinion on it. As a music journalist, writing for Rolling Stone, Billboard and Yahoo.com I've interviewed Prince, Beyonce, Dr. Dre, Jennifer Lopez and Quincy Jones amongst many others. Authors Marlon James and Richard Price have also been subject to my quizzing for Interview Magazine. At Variety and Dirt.com I write about real estate in its many facets — celeb, luxury, trends and more. Being from England, soccer (or football as we call it) is a passion of mine and I have the misfortune of being born into a family that supports West Ham United. As I try to explain my dour disposition on match days to my US friends, it’s like being in the mafia. Once you’re in you can’t get out.