Martyn HalsallMartyn Halsall grew up in Lancashire, taught in Dorset, and was a student in Chelsea before entering journalism. After working as a reporter on local and regional newspapers he joined the Guardian as religious affairs correspondent, later covering inustry in the North of England. An award-winning poet and journalist, he studied creative writing and creative literary studies at the Universities of Lancaster and Cumbria. He now lives and writes in Northumberland. Read More Read Less