Born in Coventry in June 1961, Mark started his life as a drummer. His first concert was at 13 and he started touring at the age of 15. Mark spent the next 35 years as a musician and songwriter for BMG, writing and playing for some of the top names in music including The New Seekers, Mud and the Weather…
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The Harbour Gallery
In April 2012, Mark bought The Harbour Gallery in Portscatho. Within 4 years Mark had increased the gallery’s turnover by 500%, focussing especially on social media and website marketing, and in 2017 THG won ‘Best Cornish Gallery’ in a reader poll. The Harbour Gallery represents some of the best British artists working in the country today, including many Royal Institute and…
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BritishContemporary.art
Having worked with some of the best British artists in The Harbour Gallery, Mark wanted to expand the selection he could offer of their work, plus work with other artists that so inspired him outside of the locational confines of his physical Cornish gallery. As such, in January 2018, Mark launched an exciting online-only gallery, BritishContemporary.art, featuring some of the…
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ArtRehome
After having customers ask how they can sell on works they’ve inherited or fallen out of love with, in 2015 Mark launched the world’s first free-to-list art resale website ArtRehome.com Such an innovative new idea, its launch was featured with a full page article in The Telegraph and has grown to feature thousands of listings from artists, galleries and…
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Kaya
Kaya: In June 2011, Mark was commissioned to write a screenplay about the life of Mauritian musician and political icon, Joseph Topize, locally know as Kaya. Born in 10 August 1960, Kaya became famous as the creator of “Seggae”, a fusion of sega and reggae, two of the most popular music genres in Mauritius. A local hero, Kaya met his…
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Marcello Marcello
In 2002, Mark decided to sit down and pen his first screenplay. Ten days later, Marcello’s Date (later to be filmed as Marcello Marcello) was written and within days, started to gain interest from the industry. It went through three producer’s hands before being secured by Swiss/French director, Denis Rabaglia who, in 2007, brought it to life in Italy on…
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Books
Mark has written both fiction and non-fiction books since 2002. After completing his first screenplay, Marcello Marcello, that year, Mark sat down and within 10 days, had turned it into a novel, Marcello’s Date. The manuscript sold within 24 hours and has since been released worldwide under many languages. _____________ In 2006 Mark was commissioned to write Nobel nominated elimination…
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Music
Mark has been in the music business for over 35 years, first as session drummer and then on to guitarist, music writer and finally score writer for films and television. He started his career at sixteen as drummer for legendary Coventry punk band, Squad. He cut his teeth by touring with The Specials and releasing their Melody Maker Single of the week, Red…
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Environmental
Disillusioned with the way waste batteries were being handled in the UK, in 2007 Mark approached his council to see what solutions could be found in his parish. After weeks of navigating the red-tape involved in carrying ‘Hazardous’ waste, with the help of Rachael Bice at Cornwall Council and Gitty Ankers at the Environment Agency, Mark found a loop-hole and…
