Peter Paphides

Peter Paphides (born 1969 as Panayiotis Paphides) is a British journalist and broadcaster.

Paphides was born in Birmingham to a Greek Cypriot father, Chris, and a Greek mother, Victoria.[1] He has an elder brother, Aki.[2] His father ran the 'Great Western' fish bar in Acocks Green, and the family lived upstairs.[3] In 1979, the family moved to the suburb of Olton, where his father ran the 'King Fisher' (now 'George's Fish Bar'). He read philosophy at the University of Wales, Lampeter.[4]

Between 2005 and 2010 he was employed as the chief rock critic of The Times and presented The Times' weekly music podcast for Sounds Music supplement.[5][6] Since then, he has worked freelance including for The Guardian, Mojo and Q magazine. He has also made various documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and made a pilot for BBC 6 Music show Vinyl Revival which was later commissioned for a seven-part series, and was broadcast from 4 December 2011.

Paphides has written for Melody Maker and Time Out.[7]

He is based in London. He married Times columnist Caitlin Moran in December 1999. They have two daughters.[8]

References
  1. Paphides, Pete (2020). Broken Greek. Quercus. ISBN 1529404436.
  2. Paphides, Pete (2020). Broken Greek. Quercus. ISBN 1529404436.
  3. Paphides, Pete (2020). Broken Greek. Quercus. ISBN 1529404436.
  4. Paphides, Pete (2020). Broken Greek. Quercus. ISBN 1529404436.
  5. Dowell, Ben (2010-10-25). "Chief rock critic Peter Paphides quits the Times". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  6. "The Quietus | News | Pete Paphides Launches New Podcast". The Quietus. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  7. https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/pete-paphides
  8. https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/caitlin-moran-what-i-know-about-men-20121212-2b957.html
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