Paolo Hewitt

Paolo is a much sought after writer and commentator on British popular culture and was recently a major contributor to the BBC documentary series  ‘British Style Genius'

In 2007 he had two of his books published- ‘The Changing Man' the definitive biography on Paul Weller and ‘The Mumper' a fictional account set in the mid 80's

Paolo first came to prominence when he joined ‘Melody Maker' in 1979 where he stayed for four years before joining the ‘NME'. At the same time his first book was published ‘The Jam: A Beat Concerto'.

In 1990, he left the NME and started contributing for Vogue Germany, Fare Musica in Italy and The Sunday Times.

In 1993 his first novel was published ‘Heaven's Promise', the first of its kind to focus on Britain's Acid House scene. In 1995 his third book ‘The Small Faces: The Young Mod's Forgotten Story' was published. Following it's publication he was asked to write the major biography on the band Oasis- ‘Getting High: The Adventure of Oasis, and the following year ‘The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw- The Robin Friday Story' was published.

In 1999 ‘Forever The People- Six Months on the Road' with Oasis was published as was his anthology of Sixties writing ‘The Sharper Word'

2000 saw ‘Alan McGee and the Story of Creation Records and ‘The Soul Stylists- Forty Years of Modernism' published and in 2001 Paolo's autobiography ‘The Looked After Kid- My Life in a Children's Home' followed by the BBC shooting a 45 minute documentary on Paolo as part of their Taking Care season.

‘All Too Beautiful' followed as well as a ten thousand word essay on the shirt manufacturer Ben Sherman. In 2004 ‘The Fashion of Football' was published and has just been released on paperback.