Rhian E. Jones grew up in South Wales before studying at Goldsmiths College and Oxford University. She now lives and works in London where she writes on music, history, politics and popular culture. Her writing has appeared in Wears the Trousers magazine, McSweeneys Internet Tendency, New Left Project, Red Pepper, the New Welsh Review and the Morning Star. Her first book will be published by zer0 Books in 2013. Her blog is Velvet Coalmine. See http://velvetcoalmine.wordpresscom