Never Knowingly Understood

"By turns comforting, acerbic, outrageous and enlightening, a journey through the landscape of modern Britain in the company of the good Dr Roberts makes you see the world in new and strange ways. Gives you a prescription guaranteed to raise a smile, but one that also make you think. Imagine (if you can) the ghosts of Tony Hancock, Lewis Carroll and PG Wodehouse dropped in Castle Park, Colchester and asked to find their way back home, relying only on on their wit and the kindness of strangers. A gem."

Stephen May

"Anthony Roberts' columns make me laugh, make me think and sometimes make me wonder what he had for breakfast that morning. They are all beautifully written and full of insight - delivered in his own inimitable style."

Anthony Clavane

Anthony Roberts is currently Director at Colchester Arts Centre. Born in Watford in 1960 he studied English and Drama at BristolUniversity and after graduating with a joint honours degree became a car park attendant back in his home town of Watford. After two years of car parking he moved to London and took up post on a job scheme in the press office at The Old Bull Arts Centre in Barnet. From thence to Salisbury Arts Centre where he began programming and promoting bands, comedy and performance alongside press and marketing duties. In 1991 he arrived in Colchester to take up his current post.In 2015 he was invited to act as interim manager at Colchester's award winning Firstsite Gallery, after a year he returned to his beloved arts centre. He performs 'Christmas Carol' as fundraising charity events for local charities, recites poetry on line and writes a weekly column in the Colchester Gazette and Essex County Standard. He is married with one child, a stepson and a granddaughter.