James Charnley

James Charnley is the author of 'Creative License', 'Art and Adversity' and 'Anything But Dull: The Life and Art of Jeff Nuttall' published by Academica Press in 2022. His most recent book is 'Louise or Words to That Effect' published in 2024. James Charnley studied Fine Art and Art History at Manchester, Chelsea and Leeds Polytechnic. During a peripatetic career he learned furniture making and set design, worked in broadcast television and film animation, scripted and produced videos and, most recently, worked on joinery commissions. Such occupations funded his writing and other creative projects. James Charnley lives in Preston with his partner Louise and a lazy, ginger cat named Rodger.