Richard Tomkins

Profile: Full name: Richard Tomkins Area of interest: Features - chief feature writer Journals/Organisation: Financial Times Email: richard.tomkins@ft.com Personal website: Website: FT.Com / Richard Tomkins Blog: Representation: Networks:

Biography: About: Education: King Edward’s School, Birmingham Career: Before journalism: a factory worker, a truck driver, a restaurant cashier, a civil servant, an assistant private secretary to a government minister. Joined FT in 1983 after serving a four-year apprenticeship with his local newspaper. FT roles: Transport correspondent, financial reporting, marketing correspondent, FT’s New York bureau correspondent, consumer industries editor from 2001/6 Current position/role: chief features writer also writes/has written for: Other roles/Main role: Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Scoops: Awards/Honours: Business Journalist of the Year Awards, Business Journalist of the Year, 2003; David Watt Prize for outstanding political journalism, 2007 Other:

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Financial Times: Column name: on Consumer Culture (column ended Feb. 2006) Remit/Info: Consumer goods sector: advertising, marketing and brands; specialises in feature-length articles that try to understand and explain consumer trends Section: Business life Role: Consumer industries editor Pen-name: Email: richard.tomkins@ft.com Personal website: Website: FT.Com / Richard Tomkins Commissioning editor: Day published: Tuesday Regularity: Weekly Column format: Average length:

Articles: The new self-satisfaction - Tucked away at the top end of Monmouth Street in London’s Covent Garden, just opposite Bang & Olufsen, is an erotic emporium called Coco de Me - 6th March 2006

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