Jack Shamash has been a professional journalist for more than 20 years. He has written for most national papers including the Times, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Observer, the Mail on Sunday and the Sun. Oh, by the way, here he is with John Torode and Gregg Wallace, who he interviewed at Masterchef Live.

He's written for a huge number of magazines and websites. Oh, And he's written for plenty of now defunct publications such as the Sunday Correspondent, Honey and City Limits

 He is also a professional poet and has performed on the London circuit with writers and performers such as Will Self, Phill Jupitus, Sean Hughes, Stewart Lee, Ken Campbell and John Hegley.

This site contains details and selections from his writings and lets you know what he's doing.

Oh, and if you want to get hold of the great man, you can contact him on jackshamash@yahoo.com