I'm
a writer, cartoonist and artist. Wherever possible I'll try not to talk about myself
in the third person. That's always a sure sign of impending madness. No, Tim
Bradford won't be going down that route.My writing is firmly of the East Midlands Magical Realist Bollocks Travel In The Head school. With sketches, cartoons and daft maps. In The Groundwater Diaries I walked the routes of many of the buried tributaries of the Thames over the course of a year, using extra strong lager as a kind of dowsing tool. The idea was to use it as a way into London, an attempt to get my head around the idea of the city.
Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive? involved driving around
Ireland Kerouac style, trying to sell a crappy little car with the help of a
felt musical leprechaun.The journey was more about searching for a personal
idea of Irishness and veered off into various tangents. A lot of it seems like
it might have been a drunken dream, but it all happened. Apart from Sean the
Dublin Bay Prawn of neutrality. In the film version I think it'll end in a big
Marx Brothers style set piece at the Miss Galway competition. I am
currently working on some new travel non-adventures which possibly don't involve
as much alcohol.
I've been a cartoonist for the football magazine When Saturday Comes since 1990. My regular spots have included Who Am I?, Football Myths & Legends, Tactical Genius, Steal from the Pros and Maths of the Day. I do a lot of work for The Guardian - including the strips Writers Workshop, Dr Clever and Modern Legends. I've also done sports cartoons for both The Observer and The Express. In spring 2006 I moved with my family to North Clare in Ireland for 16 months. On top of my normal freelance activities, plus dry stone walling, gardening and staring at tractors, I spent much of my time painting. My first solo exhibition, Bachelors Walk, took place at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, in July 2007. Now we are back in North London. The pull of Blackstock Road was just too strong.
