Dickon Edwards
Birth nameRichard Dickon Edwards
Also known asDickon Angel
Born (1971-09-03) 3 September 1971
OriginBildeston, Suffolk, England
GenresIndie pop
Occupation(s)Musician, Writer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Websitedickonedwards.com

Dickon Edwards (born Richard Dickon Edwards; 3 September 1971), also known as Dickon Angel, is a London-based indie pop musician and diarist.[1] He was a founding member of the bands Orlando and Fosca, and briefly played guitar in the band Spearmint.[2][3]

He has kept a blog called The Diary at the Centre of the Earth since 8 December 1997[4] (predating the 1999 coining of the term "blog"[5] - he terms it an "online diary"). Excerpts from the blog were included in Travis Elborough and Nick Rennison's A London Year[6] and in the follow-up title A Traveller's Year.[7]

In March 2008 he released a printed collection of lyrics titled The Portable Dickon Edwards, which was released in a limited edition alongside Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket album.[8]

In 2021, Edwards completed a PhD on Ronald Firbank and the Legacy of Camp Modernism at Birkbeck College, University of London.[9]

Personal life

Known for his dandy aesthetic,[10] Dickon has peroxide blonde hair and is often seen in a white, blue, or silver-grey three-piece suit, the silver-grey suit being a bequest from fellow London dandy Sebastian Horsley.[11] Edwards is a son of the quiltmaker and author Lynne Edwards MBE,[12] and the cartoonist Brian "Bib" Edwards.[13][14] His brother was the Adam Ant[15] guitarist, Tom Edwards.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Top Ten Literary Diarists The Guardian. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Dickon Edwards The Minds Construction Quarterly. Winter 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ↑ A Spearmint Biography Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Spearmint.net. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. ↑ The Diary at the Centre of the Earth Dickonedwards.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "It's the links, stupid". The Economist. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2008.
  6. ↑ Introduction A London Year. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Contributors A Travellers Year. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Press Release for Painted Side of the Rocket. Butisitart.org. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ↑ Dickon Edwards PhD Thesis final version. BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  10. ↑ I am Dandy has arrived! Lives of the Dandies. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. ↑ Fix Up Look Sharp: Dickon Edwards Meets Turbonegro's English Gent The Quietus. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Bildeston - Former teacher lands honour for craftwork Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Suffolk Free Press. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Hooper-scharf, Terry (8 February 2014). "COMIC BITS ONLINE: Tribute To Brian "Bib" Edwards by John Schiltz". Hoopercomicart.blogspot.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Diary at the Centre of the Earth » Seeing Dad". Dickonedwards.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Adam Ant cancels shows due to death of guitarist". Nme.com. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  16. ↑ Noble, Jason. "Fundraising page launched for Suffolk-based Adam Ant guitarist Tom Edwards". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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