Biography

Born, raised and educated in London with a BA Honours degree from the University of Westminster, I’ve worked on a selection of digital music websites for Q, Mojo and Mixmag, contributed to Heat, reviewed concerts for worldpop.com, ghost-written cricket columns and founded entertainment website uk-fusion.com (2000 to 2008) featuring exclusive interviews with artists and bands including the late Lynden David Hall, Keane, Maroon 5, Velvet Revolver, Taio Cruz, Jamie Cullum, Jamelia, CKY, Evanescence, Nickleback and John Mayer.

I specialise in writing reviews and features on real-life issues, travel, beauty and celebrity interviews. I regularly write for blogs including one crafted towards beauty and most recently, launched a cookery blog showcasing my own recipes as well as testing out published ones.

As a photographer, not only do I take pictures to illustrate my work exclusively, I also shoot professionally and examples of my work can be found at
www.afsheen-shaikh.co.uk.